{"id":62744,"date":"2026-04-17T19:21:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T19:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/olivia-rodrigo-drop-dead-single-not-played-for-robert-smith\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T19:21:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T19:21:31","slug":"olivia-rodrigo-drop-dead-single-not-played-for-robert-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/olivia-rodrigo-drop-dead-single-not-played-for-robert-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Rodrigo &#8216;Drop Dead&#8217; Single Not Played for Robert Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The pop star made the revelation during an appearance on Apple Music 1\u2019s\u00a0<em>New Music Daily<\/em> with Zane Lowe<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIt seems <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/robert-smith\/\" id=\"auto-tag_robert-smith\" data-tag=\"robert-smith\">Robert Smith<\/a> will be hearing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/olivia-rodrigo\/\" id=\"auto-tag_olivia-rodrigo\" data-tag=\"olivia-rodrigo\">Olivia Rodrigo<\/a>\u2018s new single <a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/olivia-rodrigo-new-song-drop-dead-1235543566\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/olivia-rodrigo-new-song-drop-dead-1235543566\/\">\u201cDrop Dead\u201d<\/a> for the first time today, despite being referenced on the synth-heavy track. \u201cYou know all the words to \u2018Just Like Heaven\u2019 \/ And I know why he wrote them now that you\u2019re standing right here,\u201d the pop star sings in the first verse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OdyGCwzGuGU\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OdyGCwzGuGU\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">new interview<\/a> for Apple Music 1\u2019s\u00a0<em>New Music Daily<\/em> with Zane Lowe, Rodrigo was asked about Smith\u2019s reaction to track, given those lines. \u201cOh my god. I actually don\u2019t know if I played it for him. He might hear it today,\u201d she responded with genuine surprise. \u201cI played him a bunch of other songs on the album,\u201d she added, referring to her forthcoming LP <em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/olivia-rodrigo-announces-new-album-you-seem-pretty-sad-1235531647\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/olivia-rodrigo-announces-new-album-you-seem-pretty-sad-1235531647\/\">You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love<\/a><\/em><\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Olivia Rodrigo: \u201cdrop dead,\u201d New Music Video &amp; Songwriting | New Music Daily\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OdyGCwzGuGU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tLast summer, Smith <a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/the-cure-robert-smith-olivia-rodrigo-friday-im-in-love-1235375272\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/the-cure-robert-smith-olivia-rodrigo-friday-im-in-love-1235375272\/\">joined<\/a> Rodrigo onstage for her memorable <a rel=\"nofollow\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MDTlUtrzeFI\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MDTlUtrzeFI\" target=\"_blank\">Glastonbury set<\/a> to sing a couple of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/the-cure\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-cure\" data-tag=\"the-cure\">the Cure<\/a>\u2018s Eighties hits, including \u201cFriday I\u2019m in Love\u201d and \u201cJust Like Heaven.\u201d \u201cI adore him and obviously have gotten a chance to kind of get to know him a little bit over the past year,\u201d Rodrigo told Lowe.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tShe went on to recount \u201cone of [her] favorite memories\u201d from the night of the performance. \u201cI wore a t-shirt for the encore that said, \u2018You know all the words to \u201cJust Like Heaven\u201d\u2018 because I knew that the song was coming out and I wanted to like do a little Easter egg,\u201d she said. \u201cI walked backstage to do the quick change and I found out that Robert took a Sharpie at the bottom of my shirt and said, \u2018Or do you?\u2019 I was like, \u2018Oh my god, like he graffitied on this shirt. There\u2019s 100,000 people out there. Am I going to go out in this shirt that like has this thing on it?&#8217;\u201d Rodrigo continued: \u201cI was kind of freaking out and I was like whatever, I\u2019m just going to put it on. Honestly, it\u2019s like my favorite outfit I\u2019ve ever worn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tSmith hasn\u2019t shared his thoughts on \u201cDrop Dead\u201d with the public just yet, but as a known fan, and friend, of Rodrigo\u2019s, he\u2019s probably excited. \u201cShe calls me up quite a bit to talk about clothes and fashion \u2014 and we have enjoyed a couple of memorable nights in the studio together,\u201d he wrote to <a rel=\"nofollow\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.co.uk\/article\/olivia-rodrigo-british-vogue-interview\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.co.uk\/article\/olivia-rodrigo-british-vogue-interview\" target=\"_blank\">British Vogue<\/a> for Rodrigo\u2019s cover story. Smith added, \u201cI can\u2019t wait to hear what she does next!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/olivia-rodrigo-drop-dead-robert-smith-reaction-1235549486\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pop star made the revelation during an appearance on Apple Music 1\u2019s\u00a0New Music Daily with Zane Lowe It seems Robert Smith will be&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":62745,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}