Olivia Rodrigo Plays Acoustic, Talks 'Cure' at Grammy Museum — SkimNews
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- Olivia Rodrigo joined Cameron Crowe for a 33-minute rooftop Q&A before about 200 people, followed by a roughly half-hour acoustic set with her band's guitarist and pianist in which she performed 'Drop Dead,' 'Stupid Song,' 'Maggots for Brains,' 'Less' and 'The Cure.'
- The Grammy Museum debuted an exhibit dedicated to her 'The Cure' music video — featuring handmade cardboard and yarn pieces representing over 1,000 hours of artist labor — with a fall expansion planned to cover other aspects of her career.
- Daisy Chain Fields, the festival Rodrigo organized and presided over, drew 45,000 attendees, sold out instantly and raised $20 million for 10 organizations benefiting women and girls, including the National Domestic Workers Alliance; Stevie Nicks joined Rodrigo for a closing 'Landslide' duet.
- Rodrigo described her third album 'You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love' as an exercise in writing love songs grounded in melancholy, citing the band The Cure and their song 'Love Song' as inspirations for the album's concept.
- When Crowe floated the idea of a biopic about her, Rodrigo picked Monica Barbaro to play her and said 'I could do it' herself before deferring to Crowe's directorial judgment.
- Crowe mentioned he is in late-stage development on a long-planned Joni Mitchell biopic with casting still unknown, framing the broader music-journalism lens of the evening's conversation.
Why it matters: Rodrigo packed institutional validation, commercial firepower and critical acclaim into one night: her album is among 2026's best-reviewed, the Grammy Museum now has a dedicated exhibit around her work, and her festival raised $20 million for women's organizations — all while industry figures who will cast preliminary Grammy ballots sat among the rooftop audience.
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