April 2, Olivia Rodrigo announced her upcoming record, “you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love,” with the first single “drop dead,” releasing shortly after on April 15. Rodrigo released the second single, “the cure,” Friday with a music video.

Rodrigo set a high standard for herself when she shared in an Instagram post that “the cure” is her favorite song off the album and one of her favorite songs she has ever made.

The single opens with Rodrigo strumming her acoustic guitar with an air of delicate intensity. She quickly begins repeating “I thought I found the antidote this time” and “I thought I found the antidote with you,” as listeners realize Rodrigo’s newest track is not another love song like “drop dead.”

In the chorus, she sings, “And my head is full of poison / And my heart is full of doubt / I got toxins in my bloodstream / You tried hard to suck them out,” reflecting how the singer has realized that no matter how hard she tries, love won’t fix her problems.

The singer tackles the struggle of always being the one to help her romantic partners heal, while she is left behind, still searching for someone to heal her. As the bridge intensifies, she belts, “I’m unraveled / Why can’t you come stitch me up? / Why can’t it ever be enough?”

As the track concludes, so does Rodrigo’s realization that some problems must be solved individually, not by love, when she repeats, “It’ll never be the cure.” 

In the music video for “the cure,” the song’s medical references are depicted as Rodrigo portrays a nurse saving hearts, only to end up a patient herself. 

After the carefree and yearning love song “drop dead,” Rodrigo set the record straight with “the cure,” making sure listeners know “you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love” will not unravel to be a love album. The album will be released June 12.