Olivia Rodrigo announces third album out June 12, hints at tour

Olivia Rodrigo’s third studio album arrives June 12 via Geffen Records. Announced on April 2, the record is titled you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love — a full lowercase sentence that breaks the four-letter convention of Sour (2021) and Guts (2023), upending months of fan speculation that the title would be a single word.

The announcement came via Instagram, where Rodrigo wiped her feed clean before posting the album’s cover art — a photograph of the 23-year-old singer upside-down on a park swing, wearing a pink dress against a pale blue sky. “I am so proud of this record and I can’t wait for you to hear it,” she wrote, confirming pre-orders were live immediately.

The album contains 13 tracks, making it her longest project to date. Dan Nigro, who produced both Sour and Guts, returns as producer. Nigro confirmed the news on his own Instagram: “Olivia and I made an album. I’m pretty excited about it.” Multiple vinyl variants, CDs, and cassettes are available for pre-order; signed CD copies sold out within hours of the announcement.

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Rodrigo’s website is already pointing toward what comes next. A sticker on the site reads “OR on tour coming to a city near…” and the date April 7 is highlighted in the site’s architecture, indicating either a lead single, a full tracklist, or tour date confirmation is imminent. That secondary news cycle would arrive within 72 hours of the album reveal itself — an acceleration typical of major pop rollouts in 2026.

The collaboration angle adds a further dimension to the story. The Cure’s Robert Smith, writing in British Vogue’s profile of Rodrigo, confirmed that the two artists had been working together in the studio following their celebrated Glastonbury 2025 moment, when Smith joined her headline set for performances of “Friday I’m In Love” and “Just Like Heaven.” Smith confirmed they had “enjoyed a couple of memorable nights in the studio together,” though no track title or feature credit has been announced. British Vogue has described the forthcoming album as Rodrigo’s “most experimental” to date, and the Smith connection — unconfirmed as a release but documented as a studio event — remains the story no outlet has yet fully reported.

Thematically, the album departs from the unmediated heartbreak of Sour and the sharper-edged angst of Guts. In a March 2026 British Vogue interview, Rodrigo described the record as “sad love songs,” explaining that her favorite romantic songs have always worked because they contain “a tinge of fear or yearning.” She told the magazine it was “a creative challenge to write from a joyful place.” One track, she said, was inspired by Miranda and Steve’s relationship in Sex and the City. The album’s color scheme has shifted from Rodrigo’s long-established purple to soft pink, signaling the visual rebranding of the new era.

The commercial weight behind this release is considerable. Guts opened at number one on the Billboard 200 with 302,000 first-week units and topped charts in 15 countries. Its lead single “Vampire” made Rodrigo, then 20, the youngest artist to accumulate three number-one songs on the Billboard Hot 100. The Guts World Tour grossed over $209 million across 102 shows between 2024 and 2025. June 12 is National Loving Day in the United States and Lover’s Day in Brazil — a release date that carries international resonance, including in the Philippines, where it marks Independence Day and where Rodrigo has a deep connection as a Filipino-American artist.

Pre-orders are live now at oliviarodrigo.com. A further announcement — expected to include a lead single and tour dates — is signaled for April 7.

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