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Olivia Rodrigo and The Cure's Robert Smith Debut Duet 'What's Wrong With Me' at Primavera Sound

Olivia Rodrigo and Robert Smith Perform Surprise Duet at Primavera Sound Festival

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Rob Sheffield

10h ago· 9 min readenNews

Summary

Olivia Rodrigo and Robert Smith (The Cure) performed a surprise duet of her song "What's Wrong With Me?" at Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona. The article highlights the cross-generational collaboration between the pop star and the goth rock legend, describing it as a touching moment of musical bonding. Smith helped inspire the song and joined her on stage, creating a memorable cross-generational moment.

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Olivia Rodrigo just lived out the ultimate teenage fantasy: First you sing a song for Robert Smith about how miserable you are, then he gives you a hug.
What a beautiful moment of cross-generational goth bonding.
The Eighties gloom god was positively beaming with pride and joy, standing beside her to sing this great new tune he helped inspire.
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Olivia Rodrigo singing with Robert Smith on new song "What's Wrong With Me"? It’s Goth Intuition.

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