Olivia Rodrigo’s You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love has broken streaming records.
The 23-year-old pop star released her third studio album on Friday (12.06.26) and it quickly became the most-streamed album in a single day in 2026 by a female artist on Spotify.
The music platform announced the record-breaking news on X.
Olivia also delivered Amazon Music’s biggest first 24-hour streaming debut globally of any album in 2026, according to the streamer’s Instagram account.
Olivia previously revealed she wrote a huge chunk of her new album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, in London, and explained that she feels like she’s the “best version” of herself in the city.
The brunette beauty – who previously dated London-born actor Louis Partridge – told Dazed: “I’m the best version of myself when I’m there. I wrote lots of the album in London; lots [of it] was inspired by my time there. Maybe it’s because it rains so much that all you want to do is be inside with the guitar and write.”
Olivia also admitted to feeling inspired by Manchester, the home of bands such as Oasis, The Smiths, Joy Division, and The Stone Roses.
The singer said: “I spent some time in Manchester a few years ago and it was so rainy I was like, ‘No wonder so many great bands come out of Manchester!’”
And, shockingly, despite her musical talent, Olivia has revealed she is “60 per cent deaf” in one ear.
Appearing on KISS FM, Olivia was asked what is wrong with her in reference to a song on her new album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love titled What’s Wrong With Me.
She replied: “There’s quite a lot that’s wrong with me.
“I’m actually like, 60 per cent deaf in my left ear. So, if you were to sit on this side of me [points to her left] and try to tell me a secret, I couldn’t make out what you were saying.
“So, if you tell me a secret, go right ear.”
The Cure singer previously revealed her hearing difficulties were discovered at a young age.
She told The Hollywood Reporter in 2023: “I never knew until kindergarten or so when they’re doing the tests on all the kids, and they were like, ‘Oh, you’re a little hard of hearing.’ It’s interesting.”
But Olivia couldn’t resist a joke about the situation.
She quipped: “One of my friends is this great photographer, Petra Collins, and she has really bad vision, so we always joke that I make music because I have bad hearing, and she takes photos because she has bad vision.”
