Olivia Rodrigo for Pitchfork – June 2026. She was interviewed about her new album ‘you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love’.

I like her look in these-but I agree the last one looks like she poked herself lol

I like the vibes of the shoot but the cover pic looks like she got arms attached right before and doesn’t know what to do with them.

That’s a rough pic on slide 1.

Sorry but fire whoever chose 1

She has the deadest eyes

whoever photographed these needs to be fired 😭

i just know that severe side part was uncomfortable

I’m kinda sick of her acting so rough and tough around the edges in terms of appearance, but then her music is still incredibly tame and mid. I feel like that’s why they picked an “unflattering” pic for the cover

This feels like someone’s first highschool photography class final project.

Like… it’s okay?

But that flower one was so overambitious

Where do I get the Cosmic Dancer lyric t-shirt😩

These handful of photos are the least interesting part of the piece. The interview itself that isn’t linked for some reason was fantastic and also has like ten more photos better than the ones OP posted.

My favorite bits:

“Later during our conversation, she brings up the idea that all the stresses and stressors of life in pop literally *do not fucking matter*. “I take my work very seriously. My art is something I take very seriously, and writing is something I take very seriously. But also nothing is really that important,” she says. She brings up *SNL*, on which she recently did double duty for the first time, a once-in-a-lifetime moment for any artist. “I was so nervous about it and I was like, ‘You know what? If I sing a bad note on *SNL,* the world keeps spinning.’ It should be fun. I should be having fun. How cool is it that I get to have this opportunity? Like, let me just have fun with it!”

“It’s so lucky we’re not brain surgeons!” she says emphatically. “Nobody lives or dies if we make a mistake. I think I’ve been feeling that lightness lately—we live charmed lives.”

*and*

“In a sense, it could all be boiled down to: Rodrigo does what she wants, with little attention paid to how political an artist should be, or what a pop career should look like. Dan Nigro, Rodrigo’s collaborator on all three of her records, says that “the beauty of Olivia, in general, is that she’s always just doing whatever she wants to do, and exactly how she feels.” This stage of her career, he says, is about her trusting her gut and not paying attention to what she thinks people would want from her.”

*and*

“I’ve had to reckon with exactly what type of artist I want to be, and I think as I get older and my brain gets more developed, it becomes a little clearer, but I just think I’m maybe not that type of artist,” she says. “There’s certain times where I really envy that ability to just be so present in the zeitgeist and make the thing that people want, that is, like, so consumable. There’s such an art to that, and I appreciate that, but I don’t think that I’ve ever been really good at it.”

*and*

“She’s propped up her head with her elbow on the table and looks, for the first time in our conversation, slightly absent-minded. “Sorry, I’m feeling like, *Fuck*, I got a little tipsy. I hope that I have interesting answers. It’s gonna be more free.”

Also the insight and self-awareness about having a problem internalizing jealousy and competition with other women in her relationships because of her upbringing as a child actor being pitted against other girls professionally from a young age.

edit: the link to those who want to see more photos and the actual interview: [https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/olivia-rodrigo-interview/](https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/olivia-rodrigo-interview/)

Olivia posts every hour now

Girl you’re so stunning what did they do to you in the covercl 😭😭

I like her and this is okay, but she can do so much better.

Coming from interviews cover this photoshoot looks boring