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\n\t\t\tOLIVIA RODRIGO ON LOVE, FLOWER CROWNS, AND HACKNEY<\/span>
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There isn\u2019t much the generation-defining pop mastermind hasn\u2019t done in 2026. She released her third studio album and is days away from the first edition of her Lilith Fair-inspired festival, Daisy Chain Fields. Even the design of a new collection of album-themed LEGO sets is stacked under her belt, as she sits down with Wonderland<\/em> to unpack it all.<\/h3>\n
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\u201cWhen have adults become so boring?\u201d I\u2019m thinking to myself minutes before joining Olivia Rodrigo on Zoom on a very early New York morning, her side of the pond. We\u2019re connecting to discuss her latest endeavour \u2013 a new collection of five LEGO sets designed as part of the rollout of her latest album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love<\/em>, shared on 12th June, as a way to bring her fans even closer to her world.<\/p>\n

Truth be told, nothing about Rodrigo is boring. In fact, she\u2019s been part of some of the happiest memories of my (and yours, I\u2019m sure) summer. Uncountable evenings spent with friends belting out \u201cmaggots for brains\u201d; her surprise set at Primavera Sound with a performance of her then-yet-to-be-debuted first-ever collaboration with The Cure\u2019s Robert Smith; other, equally endless evenings reminiscing about yesteryear\u2019s Glastonbury<\/a> (her first headline at the festival). But why can\u2019t I remember the last time I played with a LEGO set?<\/p>\n

Slumber parties. Park birthdays. Baking sessions. So much of childhood is lost during this so-called coming-of-age process that could, arguably, make adulting a little less painful. But it seems like some of us \u2013 Olivia being perhaps the master of that \u2013 succeed in staying in contact with their inner child, and can teach us a thing or two about loosening up. \u201cI don\u2019t remember my first experience with LEGO bricks, but one of my most recent experiences is that they have a Twilight<\/em> set where you can build the houses from [the film]. And I purchased those, and I\u2019m loving those,\u201d she says with a giggle. An important question follows, naturally. \u201cI\u2019m so Team Edward, always been Team Edward. I live and die by that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Olivia<\/figure>\n

you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love<\/a><\/em>, Rodrigo\u2019s third studio album, is a delightful body of work that follows her 2021 breakthrough SOUR<\/em> and 2023\u2019s GUTS<\/em>, and sees love taking on a new shape under her creative direction. Lyrically, it\u2019s a window to a maturing perspective on life and relationships, without losing any of the infectious sounds that will have lover girls dancing on the streets like nobody\u2019s watching. That\u2019s a power she wears confidently on her sleeve \u2013 and this weekend (29th August), it will be spread over Californian grounds for the first edition of Daisy Chain Fields<\/a>, her very own charitable festival, packed with a starred women-led bill inspired by the Lilith Fair.<\/p>\n

As she sits down with Wonderland<\/em> to discuss the collaboration, designing the new LEGO sets and the summer of 2026, she unpacks her third album\u2019s nuanced journey on what love can be, cover hits, and expectations for her festival\u2019s stacked lineup, featuring friends and personal heroes. Keep scrolling\u2026<\/p>\n

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Olivia! The last time I saw you was on stage during your surprise set at Primavera Sound in Barcelona. What a lovely surprise that was.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oh my God. I loved that day. I had a really awesome time. \u00a0<\/p>\n

What do you love most about this new campaign, and what has it been like working with the LEGO Group on this project?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s been so fun to incorporate little details of my tours and my album campaigns into these sets. I love miniature things, and I love toys that you get to play with your hands and things that aren\u2019t digital. And so it\u2019s really fun to get to create these sets with them.<\/p>\n

If you could build anything out of LEGO bricks that hasn\u2019t been created yet, what would it be?<\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s a great question. I\u2019m just always surprised at the ingenuity and the engineering behind all these LEGO sets. One of the LEGO sets that we did is a record player, and it actually spins, which is so mind-boggling to me. So I don\u2019t know. [Maybe] a camera case or something that really stressed the engineering. Something you could take a picture with. I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

If you were to host a LEGO building session, who would you invite?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019d invite all my friends. I\u2019d invite my friend Jamie because she\u2019s very creative, [and] my friend Conan is very artsy and has a good eye for stuff like that. I\u2019d probably invite both of them and hope that their artistic prowess is greater than my own.\u200b<\/p>\n

We\u2019re all so obsessed with the album. It\u2019s been on constant rotation at the Wonderland<\/em> office, and my best friend and I did a street karaoke session in Hackney the other day, singing along to the album, and had the time of our lives. But that got me thinking \u2013 what\u2019s the dream scenario you\u2019d love to have your album soundtracking?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u200bOh my gosh, where in Hackney were you guys? I love Hackney.<\/p>\n

\"Olivia<\/figure>\n

\u200bWe were just off Mare Street. It\u2019s been the highlight of our summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u200bOh, that\u2019s incredible. I mean, a pub night would be an amazing place for it to be played. I would die for that. I also said when I made the album that the ideal way for people to listen to it for me was to go to a drive-through, which I guess is a very American thing, but go to a drive-through with their friends in the car and eat hamburgers and milkshakes and listen to it front to back. That\u2019s how I always listen to albums that I\u2019m eagerly anticipating. So yeah, that would be awesome. I love listening to music in the car.<\/p>\n

Do you have an all-time favourite, happiness-inducing, sing-out-loud song?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Any ABBA song I think, is such a pick-me-up song. I love \u201cDancing Queen\u201d, whenever that plays in the club I go crazy. Obviously, [Robyn\u2019s] \u201cDancing On My Own\u201d, \u00a0that song just instantly picks me up and I start singing and dancing. So probably those two.\u200b<\/p>\n

Great choices. We were on such a high after your CMAT cover a couple of months ago. I also love that Role Model covered your song \u201cmaggots for brains\u201d yesterday. I don\u2019t know if you had time to see it, but it was amazing.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

I know. I saw that. It\u2019s so exciting to have people cover your songs. It\u2019s like the coolest thing ever. Role Model covered \u201cmaggots for brains\u201d, and Sienna Spiro covered my song \u201cless\u201d the other day. It was just so much fun, and it\u2019s so flattering because I think both of them are incredible artists, and to get to see their take on the song is really special. \u00a0<\/p>\n

What\u2019s another song on your list that you would love to cover at some point?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been listening to Ariana\u2019s album [petal<\/em>] a lot, so maybe something from Ariana\u2019s album.<\/p>\n

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What has working on this album taught you the most, and what would you tell pre-you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love<\/em> Olivia about this journey?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u200bIt\u2019s taught me so much. I think one of the things that it\u2019s taught me in my creative life and in my personal life is how nuanced romantic love can be. I think before I made this album, I kind of thought of love in very black-and-white terms. And I think this album really taught me to, you know, to see things as they are and\u2026 I don\u2019t know, it was really challenging and really joyful. I would do it all over again if I could. It was a really beautiful experience.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re so looking forward to Daisy Chain Fields. Tell me a little bit about some of your festival essentials. I know you love Glasto as much as we do \u2013 your set last year was so much fun. What makes a good festival headline set for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oh my gosh, yeah, Glasto was incredible. I feel like Daisy Chain Fields is going to be such a magical day. I literally can\u2019t wait. I mean, I\u2019m just so excited for all of the artists. There are so many of my friends and my heroes [on the lineup], and I can\u2019t wait to watch all of the sets, and I just think they\u2019re incredible human beings also because they are donating their time and doing this completely for free and for charity. Everything about it is just incredible and very special.<\/p>\n

My essentials \u2013 I mean, good friends around me. I really hope people wear flowers in their hands, flower crowns for Daisy Chain Fields because I just think it goes with the name and\u2026 comfortable shoes. I feel like everyone needs to be really comfortable going to this festival because they\u2019re not going to be thinking about their outfit. They\u2019re going to be wanting to think about the music and all these organisations that we\u2019re representing and [are] benefiting from this festival. So it\u2019s going to be really awesome.<\/p>\n

Words<\/strong> \u2013 Sofia Ferreira<\/p>\n

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