Olivia Rodrigo and Addison Rae Surprise Coachella with 'Drop Dead' Debut
Olivia Rodrigo and Addison Rae stunned Coachella audiences with a surprise collaboration, marking the live debut of Rodrigo's new single, 'Drop Dead'.
The unexpected collaboration between Olivia Rodrigo and Addison Rae ignited the Coachella main stage last night (April 18), during Rae's performance. This surprise came just a week after Maddie Ziegler's guest appearance during Rae's 'Aquamarine' dance break.
As Rae performed her 2025 hit, 'Headphones On', singing the line, "I compare myself to the new It Girl," Rodrigo emerged on stage. Together, they launched into a performance of 'Drop Dead,' released just a day prior.
Rae and Rodrigo traded verses, energizing the crowd with their brand new song. Check it out below:
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The new track, 'Drop Dead' is a taste of Rodrigo's highly anticipated album, 'You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love', set to drop on June 12 via Geffen. Pre-order/pre-save here. This album marks her reunion with producer Dan Nigro, who also worked on 'Guts' (2023) and her debut album 'Sour' (2021).
Rich with synth and harmonies, the track includes a nod to The Cure, with Rodrigo singing: “You know all the words to ‘Just Like Heaven’/And I know why he wrote them now that you’re standing right here”.
This follows her performance with Robert Smith of The Cure during her headline set at Glastonbury last summer, where they performed 'Friday I’m In Love' and 'Just Like Heaven'. Rodrigo subsequently released these duets as part of her 'Live From Glastonbury 2025' album.
Earlier this week, she shared the music video, which sees her take over Versailles in Paris.
The album announcement followed weeks of anticipation, sparked by cryptic pink album teasers in Los Angeles and London. In a recent interview with British Vogue, the record was described as Rodrigo at her “most experimental”, with one track being labelled as “smooth, trippy soft rock”.
Rodrigo described the album as consisting of “sad love songs”, adding, “I realised all my favourite romantic love songs were beautiful because they had a tinge of fear or yearning in them.”
“I’ve found a lot of inspiration from being in London,” she added. “I’ve spent so much time here over the course of making this album. It has a lot of songs that are London vibes, about experiences that I’ve had here.
“It was a creative challenge to write from a joyful place. When you’re experiencing that you’re connected to someone, or feeling really good, you’re not in your head thinking about bittersweet poems!”
As for Rae, she released her debut album ‘Addison’ last year, which landed at Number Two in NME's 50 Best Albums of 2025 list.
"Addison Rae dreamt ‘Addison’ into existence, working from a mood board of colours and vague feelings rather than specific sonic references,” the entry read. “What emerged from this vibes-based approach is one of the best pop debuts in recent memory: starry-eyed, enigmatic observations on love, fame and money for an era in need of its hedonistic ethos.”
Her single ‘Headphones On’ also came in at Number Eight in our 50 Best Songs of 2025 list, with an entry reading: “With notes of dreamy ’90s R&B and Madonna’s ‘Ray Of Light’ era, pop’s brightest new star gives us plenty of reason to tune in.”
We also caught Addison Rae live at London’s O2 Academy Brixton last year, where we gave her performance a four-star review. “When she’s not exuberantly thanking the crowd in front of her, Rae delivers a euphoric hour-long set of perfect pop,” we wrote.
“The lights blackout for the fake ending, and when they turn back on for the key change, she’s standing triumphant, the screen behind her transformed into a cascading torrent of falling sparks. Once again, she’s made the hard things look really easy.”
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