Olivia Rodrigo Reveals Sex and the City Inspired a Song on you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love

-Feel the love for

Olivia Rodrigo. That's right! [ Cheers and applause ]

-Hi, y'all, -We are so excited to have you

back on our show and back... -Thank you so much for

having me back -...back in the building. -Yes!

-This is a huge week for you. You're the host

and musical guest on "Saturday Night Live"

this weekend. You announced --

[ Cheers and applause ] I want to talk to you

about that. You're gonna be great. You announced a new tour

this morning. -Yep.

[ Cheers and applause ] -And you made history on Monday with your new single,

"Drop Dead." Congratulations on this.

-Thank you! [ Cheers and applause ] "Drop Dead" went to number 1. You became the first artist

in history to debut their first three

lead singles at number 1. Congratulations.

That's what I'm talking about. What are you talking about? How fun!

-Thank you! Thank you.

I'm a very lucky girl. Thank you so much

for having me on the show. I love coming here.

-Oh, please. Now, you said the song is the

first chapter to your new album. What is it setting up?

-Yeah, I mean, the song is basically about

a really awesome first date. And so I always kind of knew

that I wanted it to be the first step in the journey of "You Seem Pretty Sad for

a Girl So in Love." So just the journey

definitely, like, ebbs and flows and goes in lots

of different places from here. But this is, like,

the first chapter. -Your first two albums were

"Sour" and "Guts." Did you --

Were you tempted to have this be a four-letter album? -You know what? I always knew it

wasn't going to be four letters. I just think I wanted to

just break out. -You don't want to be stuck.

-Yeah. I didn't want to

be stuck in it. But, yeah, I -- -I love the title of the album.

-Oh, thank you! "You Seem Pretty Sad for

a Girl So in Love." -Yeah.

-It's beautiful. -Thank you! Yeah. I knew that I wanted this record

to be about romantic love in more of a positive sense, because I think

my last two obviously were a little heartbroken

and angsty, as they should be. And so I knew I wanted to

write some, like, kind of love songs, but I also wanted to

inject them with a little bit of sadness and longing

and, you know, melancholy, because all my favorite love

songs have, like -- -What are your favorite

sad love songs? -Ooh! Like, like

"Lovesong" by The Cure or "Video Games"

by Lana Del Rey. -Ooh!

-So sad. What are yours, Jimmy?

-Oh, God. I mean, I listen to nothing

but sad -- sad love songs. I love all of the stuff. My friend and I --

I got this Bee Gees box set when I was in high school

and I split it with my dad. So he paid half, I paid -- We had the three-CD set

and we would just get together and listen to sad songs, me and my best friend

in high school and harmonize with

The Bee Gees. -Oh, my God!

That's amazing! -Yeah.

-I love that image. -Yeah. Which kind of led to

probably me doing "The Barry Gibb Talk Show." But that's -- It all happens.

There's inspiration everywhere. -I heard there's a song

on this record that's inspired

by Miranda and Steve from "Sex and the City." -Yeah. There's actually

multiple songs that are inspired

by Miranda and Steve. -Miranda!

-Yeah. -Miranda!

-Miranda! -Miranda!

-Miranda! -Oh, I love Miranda and Steve.

-I know. I love them. -How were they -- How?

-Yeah. It's my favorite show. I love "Sex and the City." I think I've watched, like,

every episode maybe three times, but there's this -- Like, when Miranda and Steve

are getting back together, she's crying. "Steve, anytime something

funny happens, I just want to tell you." And I remember watching that

and being like, "Oh, my God, I have to write

a song about this." -That's a great line.

Oh, no! -Yeah.

-Alright, good. So, next time you come on, we'll decide which song

was inspired by that. This morning, you announced

you're going on tour. -Yeah.

-This is gigantic. Olivia, massive, massive tour. Everyone's going nuts.

It's called the Unraveled tour. Do we know why yet

or will we find out? -We'll find out soon.

We'll find out soon. I can't give too much away,

but I'm really excited. I've been working so hard on it

and I'm just, like, so stoked

to play these songs live. -The ticket presale starts

on May 5th. Tickets go on sale

May 7th at OliviaRodrigo.com. This weekend, we get to see

you perform on "SNL" -- host and musical guest. I'm so happy, because "Vampire" was one

of my favorite performances, when you did that live on "SNL." You were just amazing.

-Thank you. -But now you want to do

double duty. -Yeah.

I'm so, so excited. It's always been

a huge dream of mine, and so I'm so grateful

that Lorne let me do it. And just, like,

getting to be there and with all of the

funniest people on the planet and just, like, having fun and

just, like, making jokes all day,

it's literally a dream. And I'm just so honored.

-We heard the buzz already. Everyone's, like,

loving you upstairs. They're like,

"She's the greatest." -Do you have any tips for me,

Jimmy? -Enjoy it, obviously. But, no, I always feel like. at the end of

"Saturday Night Live," at the end,

when you're saying "good nights" and you're hugging,

that always hit me. That was sad --

a sad love story for me -- because you can't go back. You can't do it twice.

You can't do it again. That's the last time you're

ever going to do that sketch. And, like, you feel like

you want to do it one more time, but you don't have

that any more time. That's it. That show is it,

and it's, like, done. But you're like,

"We know all the lines. We have the costumes.

We have the wardrobe." Like, "Nope, this is it.

Enjoy it." -Be present,

live in the moment. -It's perfect the way it is.

-Yeah. -Yeah.

And you're gonna crush it. You know it's gonna be great.

-Thanks! -You actually got left a note,

I heard, from -- -Oh, my gosh!

Yes, I did. This morning,

like literally an hour ago. I was --

I love Jack White. He is, like, my hero. -Who does not love Jack White?

-He's the coolest guy ever. -He is rock 'n' roll.

-[ Cheers and applause ] He is badass. I love him.

-Wonderful person. Always stands up

for what's right. -He really does.

I totally agree with you. -But I was, like, on the phone

with him the other day. I was like, "Oh, my God, I'm

gonna, you know, host 'SNL'." He's like, "I'm gonna leave

a note in your dressing room." And I was like,

"Ha ha. Okay, funny." Like, I feel like

I've maybe said that to someone, too,

and, like, never done it. And he sent me a text

and he's like, "Look up." Like, "Keep your head up.

You're gonna find something." I was tearing apart

the "SNL" dressing room. I was, like,

taking the ceiling tiles off. I was like,

"He left me something in here." -We actually have video of you

finding Jack White's note in the dressing room. Take a look. This is from today. -It's actually not in here.

Please. [ Laughter ] -Great "SNL"... -No, no, no.

-Did you find it? -[ Gasps ]

Oh, my God! Isn't that sweet?

Isn't that sweet? -He's the best.

-Yeah, he's the best. That's my little, like,

good-luck charm. -And can you tell us

what you will be performing on "Saturday Night Live"? -Yeah.

I'm gonna be singing "Drop Dead" and then a brand-new one

that no one has heard. -Yes!

I cannot wait for that. I know you have to get back up

to "SNL." Thank you so much for coming by.

We love you so much. Olivia Rodrigo, everyone. See her on "SNL" this weekend,

and her album, "You Seem Pretty Sad for

a Girl So in Love," is out June 12th. We'll be right back with more

"Tonight Show," everybody.