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Olivia Rodrigo and Addison Rae perform at the Coachella Stage during the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 18, 2026 in Indio, California. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Coachella Olivia Rodrigo made a surprise appearance at Coachella on Saturday, taking the stage unannounced during Addison Rae’s set to give her just-released new single “Drop Dead” its live debut.
Toward the end of Rae’s set, that singer was performing her song “Headphones On” when she paused after the lyric “I compare myself to the new It Girl,” at which point Rodrigo emerged onstage:
Addison Rae brings out Olivia Rodrigo to sing “Headphones On” at Coachella Weekend 2https://t.co/cO2mAdadSP pic.twitter.com/v2AJ9KNWUx
— Variety (@Variety) April 19, 2026
The two singers then duetted the remainder of that song together before Rae relinquished the spotlight to Rodrigo, who used the opportunity to perform her You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love single live for the first time:
olivia rodrigo – drop dead ft.addison rae (2026) pic.twitter.com/Hg6WlSeXnv
— ْ (@pourlesjolies) April 19, 2026
While Rodrigo has never played her own Coachella set, the singer has a history of surprise appearances at the fest: In 2024, she made an unannounced cameo during No Doubt’s reunion set to join that band on “Bathwater.”
