Olivia Rodrigo Opens Up About Overcoming Anxiety Before Historic Glastonbury Headline Set

Olivia Rodrigo said she had a near anxiety attack before taking the stage for her first Glastonbury headlining set in 2025.

In an interview with the BBC promoting her upcoming third studio album, "You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love," due Friday, June 12, Rodrigo, 23, described feeling overwhelmed before her performance.

"I remember having a near anxiety attack in the bathroom, like, 'How am I going to do this? I don't know if I'm ready,'" Rodrigo said.

She said her nerves disappeared when she started singing on the Pyramid Stage.

"But something overcame me the second I stepped on stage and started singing. I felt totally calm and so in my element. I'm not very spiritual or religious, but it's moments like that where I feel music is just so magical you can't really describe it," she said.

Rodrigo's set included collaborations with The Cure's Robert Smith on two of the band's classics, "Friday I'm in Love" and "Just Like Heaven."

Rodrigo debuted at Glastonbury in 2022 on the Other Stage, but her 2025 headlining slot was a career milestone.

"I have such a reverence for the festival and the incredible heritage and artists that have played on that stage, so I put so much love and care into that set and spent so much time thinking about it," she said. "The fact that it translated was totally a dream come true."

Earlier this week, Rodrigo wrote a letter to Smith ahead of her album release. She described debuting their duet, "What's Wrong With Me," during her Primavera Sound set in Barcelona last weekend.

"I've been insanely excited to tell you guys about this song and it's been so hard to keep it a secret," Rodrigo wrote in a message to fans. "It's the first feature I've ever done on an album and I actually cannot believe I got to do it with Robert Smith."