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"Expectations" (stylized in all lowercase) is a song by American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo from her third studio album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love (2026). Rodrigo and Amy Allen wrote it alongside Dan Nigro, who produced it with Mike Wise. A remix of the song featuring Chappell Roan was released as the album's fourth single on October 15, 2026, via Interscope Records.Chappell Roan Talks Bringing Her Perspective to Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Expectations’: ‘I Love Making Things a Little Gay’.Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan appear on vintage game shows in the retro music video for the “Expectations” remix, featuring appearances from musician David Byrne and producer Dan Nigro.The clip, directed by Bardia Zeinali, shows Rodrigo and Roan (in her first-ever feature) appearing on sets clearly inspired by “Family Feud” and “Hollywood Squares.” Byrne appears as Johnny Johnson, host of the “Big Expectations” show, where he asks three Rodrigos in different outfits “a little bit how you got here.”