Olivia Rodrigo and Robert Smith Perform “Friday I’m in Love” Live at Glastonbury!
Some live moments feel like a postcard from music history, the kind fans replay until the sound feels worn in, like a favorite jacket. Olivia Rodrigo and Robert Smith sharing “Friday I’m in Love” at Glastonbury is one of those moments. It is bright, loud, a little surreal, and full of the kind of joy that travels fast from the stage to the very back of the crowd.
Before a single lyric lands, Olivia Rodrigo sets the tone like a great host. She checks in with the fans packed close to the stage, then turns her attention to the people way out in the distance, the ones perched farther back.
She calls out to the front with a grin in her voice, and the response comes back as CROWD CHEERING. Then she aims higher, asking the hill in the back to make some noise, and gets CROWD SCREAMING in return.
She pushes it one more time, playful but commanding, telling the back section they can do better. She counts it down, “three, two, one,” and the roar swells into CROWD CHEERING again. Her quick “that’s better” lands like a wink, and it pulls the whole field into the same heartbeat.
That warm-up matters because it turns a massive festival into one room. It also sets up what comes next, a guest reveal that hits like a flare in the night.
Olivia doesn’t ease into it. She says she’s “so wildly excited” she can’t contain it, and the crowd answers with more noise, like they already sense what’s coming.
Then she gives her guest introduction with the kind of awe that feels personal, not scripted. She calls him “perhaps the best songwriter to come out of England.” She calls him a Glastonbury legend. She adds the line that seals the emotion, “a personal hero of mine.”
When she says, “Would you please welcome, Robert Smith,” the reaction is immediate, CROWD CHEERING, followed by “give it up, come on,” and then CROWD APPLAUDS. It plays like a scene change in a movie, the lights shift, the air changes, and suddenly the stage holds a new shape.
Robert Smith’s presence carries its own gravity, even before the song begins. Olivia’s words do a lot of the storytelling, framing him as both legend and influence, the kind of artist whose work doesn’t just fill playlists, it builds whole emotional worlds for other songwriters to grow up inside.
The collaboration also carries a simple, sweet message: this is what loving music looks like in public. One artist gets to honor another in front of a sea of people, and that sea gets to share the gratitude.
Why this duet works, even beyond the nostalgia
A cover can be polite, or it can feel alive. This one lands because the framing is real: Olivia Rodrigo is clearly thrilled, and she says so out loud. Bringing Robert Smith out makes the song feel rooted, not borrowed.
There’s also something sweet about how the performance holds two timelines at once. Robert Smith brings the weight of a song that has lasted, and Olivia brings the rush of a current crowd that still wants melody, big feelings, and a hook that hits fast. Together, they make “Friday I’m in Love” feel like it belongs to the moment without losing what made it special in the first place.
Where to go next: more Olivia, more The Cure
Fans who want to keep the momentum going can follow Olivia Rodrigo across her official channels, including Olivia Rodrigo on Instagram, Olivia Rodrigo on Twitter/X, and Olivia Rodrigo on TikTok. Official merch and releases are also collected at the Olivia Rodrigo store.
For more music from her current era, “GUTS (spilled)” is also linked alongside this live release.
And for anyone building a playlist that runs from classics to current favorites, The Cure’s official video hub is a great stop, starting with The Cure on YouTube.
A few tags fans keep using around this moment are #OliviaRodrigo, #FridayImInLove, and #Glastonbury.
Conclusion
This Glastonbury duet works because it keeps things simple: a beloved song, a thrilled host, a legendary guest, and a crowd ready to sing. Olivia Rodrigo’s introduction frames Robert Smith with real respect, and the performance lets “Friday I’m in Love” shine without needing anything extra. For anyone who wants a quick lift, this is the kind of live performance that turns a regular day into Friday for a few minutes. Press play, turn it up, and let the week fall away.
