Olivia Rodrigos emotional L.A. pop-up celebrating her album was nothing short of a fantasy

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Olivia Rodrigo has officially begun her new era, and this time she invited her fans to experience it alongside her.To celebrate the release of her latest album, “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love,” Rodrigo collaborated with American Express to re-create the set of her music video for “The Cure.” The pop-up event, which opened last Thursday and ran until Sunday at Mica Studios, featured props from the video, storyboards, exclusive merchandise and several photo ops for fans.

With a beating felt heart and lab beakers to pose with, the pop-up transformed an industrial studio space in the Arts District into a pastel-painted cardboard hospital.Ahead of the public opening, Rodrigo surprised a small group of AMEX cardholders and select fans.

“I have an album that’s coming out today in about one hour, which is crazy,” Rodrigo said, wearing a blue “Nurses Do It Better” baby tee.“I figured since we’re all here, maybe we should just listen to a few of them together? Would that be cool?” Music The 23-year-old pop star takes up the bloom of young love on her thrilling new album, ‘You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love.’A little over an hour before the album’s release, Rodrigo played four songs from the album as the room brewed with excitement.

She began with “Maggots for Brains,” a song about being so infatuated you can’t focus when your partner is away.Although it was their first listen, the song’s catchy chorus already had fans dancing along.

Rodrigo explained that her next song, “Purple,” paid homage to the aesthetics of her previous albums, “Guts” and “Sour.”“Obviously, this is my first non-purple album, but I just had to shout out purple somehow,” Rodrigo joked.“This song started out as a love song and sort of devolved from there, so I’ll let you guys be the judge.”Playing off the somber vibes of “Purple,” Rodr...