{"id":2107451,"date":"2026-08-22T16:28:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T13:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2107451"},"modified":"2026-08-22T16:28:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T13:28:58","slug":"olivia-rodrigo-surprise-releases-the-handmaids-tale-inspired-new-song-serena-joy-on-limited-edition-cd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2107451","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Rodrigo surprise releases \u2018The Handmaid\u2019s Tale\u2019-inspired new song \u2018Serena Joy\u2019 on limited edition CD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NMEAR_NME-GLASTO-2025_OliviaRodrigo_Pyramid_AFord-628239.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><i class=\"tdb-bread-sep td-icon-right\"><\/i><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Olivia Rodrigo surprise releases \u2018The Handmaid\u2019s Tale\u2019-inspired new song \u2018Serena Joy\u2019 on limited edition CD<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Just 500 copies were sold at an independent record shop near her upcoming Daisy Chain Fields festival<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Max Pilley<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-08-22T17:28:58+01:00\">22nd August 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .\/block --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NMEAR_NME-GLASTO-2025_OliviaRodrigo_Pyramid_AFord-628239-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Olivia Rodrigo performs at Glastonbury 2025, photo by Andy Ford\" title=\"NMEAR_NME-GLASTO-2025-OLIVIA-RODRIGO-LIVE-ANDY-FORD-2@2000x1270\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Olivia Rodrigo performs at Glastonbury 2025. Credit: Andy Ford for NME<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Olivia Rodrigo\u00a0has surprise-released a new song inspired by\u00a0<i>The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/i>, titled \u2018Serena Joy\u2019.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1352\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/b><b>Olivia Rodrigo \u2013 \u2018You Seem Pretty Sad\u00a0For\u00a0A\u00a0Girl So\u00a0In\u00a0Love\u2019 review: a bittersweet, cinematic odyssey from a generational talent<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The track has been made available exclusively through a limited run of 500 CDs sold only at the Analog Record Shop in Tustin, California, which is located around eight miles from Irvine\u2019s Great Park, which will be the site of Rodrigo\u2019s Daisy Chain Fields festival\u00a0next Saturday (August 29).<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>All 500 copies sold out on Friday (August 21), and it is expected that the track will receive a wider streaming and digital release on Monday (August 24), although Rodrigo has not confirmed this.<\/p>\n<p>Analog Record Shop posted on Friday: \u201cWe have a surprise. When we heard that Olivia Rodrigo was bringing an all-women music festival to Orange County, we were honestly just excited to see something this special happening right here in our hometown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs one of the closest record stores in the area, we wanted to find a\u00a0way to support Daisy Chain Fields. We knew Olivia had a track record of supporting record stores, but we were still taken aback when we heard the news: Olivia is releasing a new song ahead of Daisy Chain Fields\u00a0called \u2018Serena Joy\u2019, and she wants the physical CD copies to be exclusively sold at Analog Record Shop.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DcUJVk0AQiV\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAnd the best part,\u201d they continued. \u201cShe\u2019s giving it to us 3 DAYS before anyone else can hear it. Three days early.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0song\u00a0takes its title from Serena Joy Waterford, the central character in Margaret Atwood\u2019s 1985 dystopian novel\u00a0<i>The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/i>, who helps\u00a0establish\u00a0the patriarchal Gilead regime only to find herself deprived of rights and freedoms by the system she promoted.<\/p>\n<p>Rodrigo recorded the song during the sessions for her third album \u2018You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love\u2019, which was released in June, but it did not make the final record\u2019s tracklist.<\/p>\n<p><i>NME\u00a0<\/i>gave the new album a four-and-a-half-star review, writing: \u201cMore than any other Rodrigo album, you feel emotionally spent by the end of \u2018You Seem Pretty Sad\u00a0For\u00a0A\u00a0Girl So\u00a0In\u00a0Love\u2019,\u00a0but in the best way possible. This must be the most fully\u00a0realised\u00a0journey Rodrigo\u2019s taken us on \u2013 an impressive feat, considering how quickly\u00a0she had to rewrite songs here\u00a0in light of her break-up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere is a major popstar who is not afraid to get weirder and more wonderful, to give even more of themselves over in their art. \u2018You Seem Pretty Sad\u00a0For\u00a0A\u00a0Girl So\u00a0In\u00a0Love\u2019 is undeniable evidence of Rodrigo\u2019s growth: as a songwriter, composer, and as a human being.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Db6EyGDRD7y\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Daisy Chain Fields will feature performances from\u00a0Chappell Roan,\u00a0Doechii,\u00a0Mitski,\u00a0Bikini Kill,\u00a0Garbage,\u00a0The Breeders,\u00a0KATSEYE,\u00a0Santigold and more, and Rodrigo will close the event with a set featuring special guests.<\/p>\n<p>The schedule contains no overlapping performances, and proceeds will support organisations advocating for women and girls.<\/p>\n<p>Rodrigo will also\u00a0begin\u00a0her \u2018Unraveled\u2019 world tour in North America next month, before arriving in 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class=\"td-module-thumb\"><span class=\"entry-thumb td-thumb-css\" data-type=\"css_image\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/the_hollies_1966-400x254.jpg\" data-img-retina-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/the_hollies_1966-800x508.jpg\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Music News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">The Hollies officially call it quits after 63 years<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span>                <\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Olivia Rodrigo\u00a0has surprise-released a new song inspired by\u00a0<i>The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/i>, titled \u2018Serena Joy\u2019.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1352\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/b><b>Olivia Rodrigo \u2013 \u2018You Seem Pretty Sad\u00a0For\u00a0A\u00a0Girl So\u00a0In\u00a0Love\u2019 review: a bittersweet, cinematic odyssey from a generational talent<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The track has been made available exclusively through a limited run of 500 CDs sold only at the Analog Record Shop in Tustin, California, which is located around eight miles from Irvine\u2019s Great Park, which will be the site of Rodrigo\u2019s Daisy Chain Fields festival\u00a0next Saturday (August 29).<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>All 500 copies sold out on Friday (August 21), and it is expected that the track will receive a wider streaming and digital release on Monday (August 24), although Rodrigo has not confirmed this.<\/p>\n<p>Analog Record Shop posted on Friday: \u201cWe have a surprise. When we heard that Olivia Rodrigo was bringing an all-women music festival to Orange County, we were honestly just excited to see something this special happening right here in our hometown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs one of the closest record stores in the area, we wanted to find a\u00a0way to support Daisy Chain Fields. We knew Olivia had a track record of supporting record stores, but we were still taken aback when we heard the news: Olivia is releasing a new song ahead of Daisy Chain Fields\u00a0called \u2018Serena Joy\u2019, and she wants the physical CD copies to be exclusively sold at Analog Record Shop.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DcUJVk0AQiV\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAnd the best part,\u201d they continued. \u201cShe\u2019s giving it to us 3 DAYS before anyone else can hear it. Three days early.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0song\u00a0takes its title from Serena Joy Waterford, the central character in Margaret Atwood\u2019s 1985 dystopian novel\u00a0<i>The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/i>, who helps\u00a0establish\u00a0the patriarchal Gilead regime only to find herself deprived of rights and freedoms by the system she promoted.<\/p>\n<p>Rodrigo recorded the song during the sessions for her third album \u2018You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love\u2019, which was released in June, but it did not make the final record\u2019s tracklist.<\/p>\n<p><i>NME\u00a0<\/i>gave the new album a four-and-a-half-star review, writing: \u201cMore than any other Rodrigo album, you feel emotionally spent by the end of \u2018You Seem Pretty Sad\u00a0For\u00a0A\u00a0Girl So\u00a0In\u00a0Love\u2019,\u00a0but in the best way possible. This must be the most fully\u00a0realised\u00a0journey Rodrigo\u2019s taken us on \u2013 an impressive feat, considering how quickly\u00a0she had to rewrite songs here\u00a0in light of her break-up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere is a major popstar who is not afraid to get weirder and more wonderful, to give even more of themselves over in their art. \u2018You Seem Pretty Sad\u00a0For\u00a0A\u00a0Girl So\u00a0In\u00a0Love\u2019 is undeniable evidence of Rodrigo\u2019s growth: as a songwriter, composer, and as a human being.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Db6EyGDRD7y\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Daisy Chain Fields will feature performances from\u00a0Chappell Roan,\u00a0Doechii,\u00a0Mitski,\u00a0Bikini Kill,\u00a0Garbage,\u00a0The Breeders,\u00a0KATSEYE,\u00a0Santigold and more, and Rodrigo will close the event with a set featuring special guests.<\/p>\n<p>The schedule contains no overlapping performances, and proceeds will support organisations advocating for women and girls.<\/p>\n<p>Rodrigo will also\u00a0begin\u00a0her \u2018Unraveled\u2019 world tour in North America next month, before arriving in the UK and Europe in 2027.\u00a0Ticketmaster recently cancelled tickets acquired by suspected touts for the shows, making them available to fans again at face value.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/olivia-rodrigo-surprise-releases-the-handmaids-tale-inspired-new-song-serena-joy-on-limited-edition-cd-3964121&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NMEAR_NME-GLASTO-2025_OliviaRodrigo_Pyramid_AFord-628239.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Olivia Rodrigo surprise releases \u2018The Handmaid\u2019s Tale\u2019-inspired new song \u2018Serena Joy\u2019 on limited edition CD Just 500 copies were sold at an independent record shop near her upcoming Daisy Chain Fields festival By Max Pilley 22nd August 2026 Olivia Rodrigo performs at Glastonbury 2025. 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