‘You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love’: 48 Thoughts I Had While Listening to Olivia Rodrigo’s New Album

Over the years, I’ve developed a level of attachment to Olivia Rodrigo’s first two albums—2021’s Sour and 2023’s Guts—that feels a little dissonant, given that I am almost 33 years of age and Rodrigo’s debut came out when she was quite literally 18. Maybe it’s a classic case of arrested development, but nothing has ever felt more healing than screaming along to “Good 4 U” as I drove around Austin after a breakup five years ago, and if I’m being honest, I still play “Bad Idea Right?” pretty much every time I send a text that I probably shouldn’t.

So how does Rodrigo’s third studio album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, stand up to its predecessors? Below, quite literally every thought I had during my inaugural listen.