Overview
- Rodrigo told The New York Times’ Popcast on Friday that she rewrote and reworked songs in real time as a relationship broke down, turning happier tracks into sadder, sometimes unsettling versions.
- She said she and longtime collaborator Dan Nigro went back to earlier love songs to “tweak” them, and identified the track “Purple” as the turning point where doubt enters the album’s story.
- The record is sequenced as two sides—labeled roughly as “girl so in love” and “you seem pretty sad”—and is scheduled for release on June 12.
- Rodrigo has not publicly confirmed reports of a split from Louis Partridge and earlier denied that she scrapped the album after the breakup rumors began circulating in December.
- She describes the finished work as a personal “capsule” made while processing daily feelings, and critics and fans have noted ’90s alt‑rock touches in the singles and visuals that frame the upcoming Unraveled Tour.