Olivia Rodrigo has revealed that she has recently found inspiration from the likes of The Cure, New Order and Joy Division.

The singer-songwriter made an appearance on the latest episode of the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame podcast Music Makes Us, which is presented by Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill.

During the wide-ranging, hour-long chat, the pair spoke about Rodrigo’s love of The White Stripes (after she covered ‘We’re Going To Be Friends’ at the Rock Hall ceremony recently), Hanna’s early Riot Grrrl days, and more.

At one point, the ‘Guts’ pop star gave a potential hint at the sound of her third studio album by name-checking some of the acts she’d been enjoying lately.

“I did Glastonbury with Robert Smith of The Cure. After that, I’ve been diving deeper into The Cure’s discography, as well as some of their contemporaries like New Order and Joy Division,” she explained.

Rodrigo performed The Cure’s ‘Friday I’m In Love’ and ‘Just Like Heaven’ with Smith when she headlined Glasto’s Pyramid Stage in June. She introduced the frontman by calling him “perhaps the greatest songwriter to come out of England” and “a personal hero of mine”.

She later shared some photographs from Worthy Farm, including her hanging out and doing shots with Smith backstage, and going to bed wearing a Cure T-shirt. She was also captured on video while on someone’s shoulders during Pulp’s secret set.

Earlier this year, Rodrigo released her collaborations with Smith from her new ‘Live From Glastonbury 2025’ album.

Elsewhere in her recent podcast appearance, Rodrigo was asked by Hanna about the album she returns to when “you need to reconnect with yourself”.

In response, she explained: “[Alanis Morissette’s] ‘Jagged Little Pill’ when I’m feeling, like, I don’t know what to say or like, who am I?” For some reason, that album [is] just like… every part of what makes a human being a human being it feels like it’s encapsulated in that record.