{"id":10996,"date":"2026-08-12T23:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T22:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/12\/role-model-covers-olivia-rodrigo-maggots-for-brains-watch\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T23:34:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T22:34:00","slug":"role-model-covers-olivia-rodrigo-maggots-for-brains-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/12\/role-model-covers-olivia-rodrigo-maggots-for-brains-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Role Model Covers Olivia Rodrigo &#8216;Maggots for Brains&#8217;: Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/role-model\">Role Model<\/a> covered <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/olivia-rodrigo\">Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s<\/a> \u201cMaggots for Brains\u201d as part of his set at the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge on Tuesday (Aug. 11), but the singer born Tucker Pillsbury seemingly wasn\u2019t feeling too confident after his performance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAhead of the cover going live on YouTube, Role Model posted a message to his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/lede-admin.stereogum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2026\/08\/role-model.jpg\">Instagram Story<\/a> in an attempt to get ahead of his expected critics. \u201cI covered olivia for BBC and im just gonna get ahead of the comments and let you know i botched it,\u201d he wrote with two heart-eyes emojis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tInstead of tweaking Rodrigo\u2019s lyrics, Role Model leaned into the pop star\u2019s yearning for a long-distance lover on the <em><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/olivia-rodrigo-new-album-you-seem-pretty-sad-tracks-ranked\/maggots-for-brains\/\">You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love<\/a><\/em><\/em> track. Fans in the YouTube video\u2019s comments section seemingly expected worse based on his \u201cbotched\u201d warning, and lent their stamps of approval. \u201cCame from his Instagram Story. Not botched actually,\u201d one commenter wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDuring his Live Lounge stop, Role Model also performed <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YKG6mTmsXJY\">\u201cHigh Hopes 3000\u201d <\/a>and \u201cHarmony\u201d from his <em>Chuck Timely &amp; The Hourglass <\/em>album, which arrived on Aug. 7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cMaggots for Brains\u201d is from Rodrigo\u2019s most recent album, which arrived in June and topped the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200 <\/a>with 485,000 total album-equivalent units earned. The song has so far peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tRole Model isn\u2019t the first to attempt a Rodrigo song in the Live Lounge this year: Sienna Spiro <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ALKBk5uil58?si=MgWrzFkHU_EcQSId\" target=\"_blank\">covered<\/a> \u201cLess\u201d during her BBC Radio 1 stop in July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWatch Role Model\u2019s \u201cMaggots for Brains\u201d cover below. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ROLE MODEL - maggots for brains (Olivia Rodrigo cover) in the Live Lounge\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sd_TiXgVoPY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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