Olivia Rodrigo finally reveals inspiration behind unexpected album title

Olivia Rodrigo caused quite a stir on social media when the announced her album title, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, because fans immediately knew she was steering towards a different direction from her past two albums.

The 23-year-old pop superstar finally solved the mystery behind how she came up with the album title and why it seemed to encapsulate the feeling of her upcoming album, in a new interview.

The Drop Dead hitmaker shared that the title came out of a candid conversation she had with her longtime producer Dan Nigro.

Rodrigo shared that while making the album, she knew she wanted "to master the art of a sad love song... and i felt so accomplished when I told my producer Dan something and he said, 'you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love' and I was like 'That's it! that's the album title.'"

The Grammy winner continued, "I think it captures the thesis statement of the album, and even though it's kinda a mouthful, the more I practise it the easier it gets."

OR3 follows Rodrigo's albums titled, SOUR and GUTS, which is why fans were quite surprised to find out that the latest album is breaking away from the four-lettered titles. 

Although fans were surprised to find out Nigro was the inspiration behind the title, they had been guessing it since the two collaborators were bantering about the title on social media. 

One fan wrote, "we’ve been knew!!," and "dream duo oml," penned another.

A third recalled, "i swear i saw a tweet that says this exact thing about dan was the one casually saying it in a conversation," and their theory was true.