the cure
Note
there is no cure!
Album
you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love
Released
2026
Language
English
Summary
“the cure” is the second single from Olivia Rodrigo’s third studio album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love.
Olivia is featured on the cover holding a red string making out the track’s title, a detail she first teased in an interview with Cosmopolitan:
I can’t give too much away, but the red string is important to the themes of the album.
Olivia initially described the single, saying “It’s karaokable if you’re sad.”
The song was first teased on May 18, 2026, when two lyrical snippets were painted on Olivia’s wall mural in Los Angeles, with stitching embedded in the font. She officially announced the song’s release the following day.
On May 21, Olivia hosted an hour-long session of NTS Radio, where she played sad songs to tease her album, and ended her set by premiering “the cure” two hours early.
Collaborators
Dan Nigro (producer, writer, instrumentalist, arranger, vocal producer), PJ Cartwright (strings arranger, instrumentalist), Sterling Laws (drums), Bryn Bliska (synthesizer), Mike Bozzi (mastering engineer), Mitch McCarthy (mixing engineer), Universal Music Group (distributor), Geffen Records (label)
Cover Art
