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Olivia Rodrigo Didn’t Play ‘Drop Dead’ for Robert Smith: ‘I Played Him a Bunch of Other Songs’

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Olivia Rodrigo Didn’t Play ‘Drop Dead’ for Robert Smith: ‘I Played Him a Bunch of Other Songs’

By Maya Georgi

Maya Georgi

Contact Maya Georgi on X Contact Maya Georgi by Email View all posts by Maya Georgi April 17, 2026 Olivia Rodrigo performs with Robert Smith of The Cure Olivia Rodrigo performs with Robert Smith of The Cure at Glastonbury festival 2025 Samir Hussein/WireImage

It seems Robert Smith will be hearing Olivia Rodrigo‘s new single “Drop Dead” for the first time today, despite being referenced on the synth-heavy track. “You know all the words to ‘Just Like Heaven’ / And I know why he wrote them now that you’re standing right here,” the pop star sings in the first verse.

In a new interview for Apple Music 1’s New Music Daily with Zane Lowe, Rodrigo was asked about Smith’s reaction to track, given those lines. “Oh my god. I actually don’t know if I played it for him. He might hear it today,” she responded with genuine surprise. “I played him a bunch of other songs on the album,” she added, referring to her forthcoming LP You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love.

Last summer, Smith joined Rodrigo onstage for her memorable Glastonbury set to sing a couple of the Cure‘s Eighties hits, including “Friday I’m in Love” and “Just Like Heaven.” “I adore him and obviously have gotten a chance to kind of get to know him a little bit over the past year,” Rodrigo told Lowe.

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