Music Recommendations Based on "you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love" by Olivia Rodrigo
- Louise Geri

- Jun 18
- 3 min read
Upon the release of Olivia Rodrigo’s third and most tumultuous record you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, listeners are bursting with love for the main pop girls of the 2020s. From Olivia Rodrigo to Gracie Abrams to Billie Eilish to Taylor Swift to many, many more, there is no shortage of great music similar to Rodrigo’s. Here are songs, from classics to deep cuts to newer favorites that you may love, based on your favorite songs on you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love.

If you love “Drop Dead” and “Stupid Song”:
“Dream of You” – Camila Cabello
“Plans” – Maude Latour
“We Belong” – Pat Benatar
“Close to You” – Gracie Abrams
“How It Ends” – Charlotte Lawrence
“Red Chevy” – Holly Humberstone *
“Naked in Manhattan” – Chappell Roan *
“Teenage Chemistry” – Nina Nesbitt

If you love “Honeybee”, “Purple”, and “Less”:
“Sweet Nothing” – Taylor Swift
“O Love” – Elaine Hagenberg and the Beckenhorst Singers
“Complex” – Katie Gregson-MacLeod
“Easier Said” – Kacey Musgraves
“Vortex” – Lizzy McAlpine
“Bruises” – Reneé Rapp
“Same (Alternate Version)” – Josie Dunne
“Good Enough” – Maisie Peters
“Blue” – Ingrid Andress

If you love “My Way” and “Expectations”:
“Better Than Revenge” – Taylor Swift
“Girlfriend” – Avril Lavigne *
“Emily” – Daisy Grenade *
“Not Another Rockstar” – Maisie Peters *
“Jaded” – Miley Cyrus *
“Cobweb” – Liliana Tovar Dalton *
“Run” – Maisie Peters
“Siren Eyes” – Daughters of Venus

If you love “U + Me = <3”:
“Why Can’t I?” – Liz Phair *
“Golden Burning Sun” – Miley Cyrus
“Hold On To Me” – Courtney Love
“Emotional” – Ashe
“Closest Thing to Heaven” – Michelle Branch
“Cate’s Brother” – Maisie Peters
“Kiss Me” – Sixpence None the Richer

If you love “Begged”:
“Nothing Else I Can Do” – Tiffany Johnson
“7 (interlude)” – Maude Latour
“I Never Loved You” – Halsey
“Love Me Like a Girl – Ballerini Album Version” – Kelsea Ballerini
“Happiness is a butterfly” – Lana Del Rey
“Flat Earther” – Maisie Peters
“Chain Reaction” – Alina
“David” – Lorde
“Take A Shot” – Sabrina Sterling *

If you love “Maggots for Brains”, “The Cure” and “What’s Wrong With Me”:
“Disappearing Man” – Hayley Williams
“L’Amour De Ma Vie” – Billie Eilish
“Everytime” – Ariana Grande *
“Panic Attack” – Halsey *
“You’re Losing Me” – Taylor Swift
“Cool Girl” – Sydney Rose
“Peachy” – Holly Humberstone
“Airplane” – Diana Silvers

If you love “Cigarette Smoke”:
“I Knew It, I Know You” – Gracie Abrams
“The Greatest” – Billie Eilish
“Firearm” – Lizzy McAlpine *
“I’ll See Him in Hell” – Isabel Pless *
“Aftertaste” – Katie Gavin
“Male Fantasy” – Billie Eilish
“Homesick” – Lexi Jayde
“Scott Street” – Phoebe Bridgers *
* explicit songs

Are you more of an album person? I'd suggest listening to The Secret of Us by Gracie Abrams, Speak Now (Taylor's Version) by Taylor Swift, and Cruel World by Holly Humberstone.
Listen to all of these songs on a playlist here.


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