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By Megan Armstrong
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People of a certain age know the question: Are you a Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda, or Samantha?
We might know which one Olivia Rodrigo is.
Rodrigo is the cover star of British Vogue's April 2026 issue. In the cover story published on Thursday, writer Amel Mukhtar reported that Rodrigo is "70 percent done" recording her third album, the long-awaited follow-up to her 2023 Grammy-nominated sophomore effort, GUTS.
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Rodrigo played Mukhtar three songs from the upcoming album, identified as OR3 as a placeholder until the real title is revealed. Rodrigo told Mukhtar that the album is full of "sad love songs" because "I realized all my favourite romantic love songs were beautiful because they had a tinge of fear or yearning in them."
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Mukhtar described how one of the unreleased tracks was inspired by Sex and the City, as read below:
"Dreamier, hazier, the next traces the withdrawal symptoms of separation. The lyrics remind me of Phantom Thread – a film about poisoning your partner to keep them close to you – but is inspired by Miranda and Steve’s relationship in Sex and the City, and how much Rodrigo relates to her when she tells him: 'Whenever something funny happens, I always want to tell you about it.' She absent-mindedly introduces the song by name ('Ah!') and its chorus laments how grimly diminished you can become when you miss your other half."
The scene in question is from the second-season finale of Sex and the City, which aired on Oct. 3, 1999.
Steve (David Eigenberg) surprisingly shows up at Miranda's (Cynthia Nixon) apartment door to confront her for running away from him on the street. She tells him she doesn't "do very well with ex-boyfriends." Steve eventually softens her, and she admits, while crying, "I miss you. Whenever something funny happens, I always want to tell you about it." Steve cheerily responds, "So, tell me! Just 'cause we didn't make it as a couple doesn't mean we can't have a friendly meal once in a while, does it?"
As if Rodrigo's track record didn't speak for itself, her source material solidifies that OR3 will be a gut punch.
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