Olivia Rodrigo debuted a new collaboration with Robert Smith from The Cure during her surprise set at Primavera Sound in Barcelona on June 6, unveiling the track “What’s Wrong With Me” before bringing Smith onstage. The song will appear on her upcoming third a
Barcelona felt different the moment Olivia Rodrigo walked onto the stage during Primavera Sound.
It was June 6, and Rodrigo’s set started like a normal hit of anticipation—until the new song arrived. In her surprise performance, the 23-year-old singer-songwriter debuted a collaboration with Robert Smith, the 67-year-old rock legend from The Cure. Her official fan account shared a clip on Instagram of the moment Rodrigo brought the audience into something brand-new: the track “What’s Wrong With Me.”.
Before she played it, Rodrigo spoke about the song as something personal and rare—her first feature ever. “It’s my first collaboration,” she said, adding, “I’m just so proud of it.” She went on, “I can’t believe this song exists [and] the person that it exists with. I’m so over the moon.”
Then the surprise sharpened into something unforgettable. Rodrigo began performing the track—only to bring Robert Smith out to join her onstage. After they finished, Rodrigo hugged Smith and turned back to the crowd, visibly moved. “I feel like I’m gonna cry … I can’t believe that that’s a thing that happened in the real world and not just a figment of my imagination.”.
That moment landed in a larger story already familiar to fans: this wasn’t the first time the pair had shared a stage. The latest on-stage collaboration is their second time performing together since Rodrigo’s set at the 2025 Glastonbury festival in the U.K. where they covered The Cure’s “Just Like Heaven” and Friday I’m in Love.”.
The new track also sits in the architecture of Rodrigo’s next album. “What’s Wrong With Me” will be the 10th song on “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So In Love. ” which is structured in two acts. Rodrigo revealed the first act. “Girl So In Love. ” will include her first single. “Drop Dead. ” along with other upbeat songs. The second act is also named after the title theme: “You Seem Pretty Sad.”.
She also connected the new material to emotions she has already put into words. Some of the lyrics from “What’s Wrong With Me” reference “poison” and “insecurities” she sang about in her previous single. “The Cure. ” including lines like. “Can’t describe this feeling I’ve got in my head / Another body in my bed / And I’m just searching up my symptoms / Desperate to fix them up. do anything.”.
For now, the performance has done what the best surprises do: it turned an announcement into a lived moment. “You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So in Love” is set to release on June 12. with “What’s Wrong With Me” already proven live in the place where artists don’t just debut songs—they test what a new chapter sounds like in real time.
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