Robert Smith, featured on Olivia Rodrigo’s album, is associated with the band The Cure.
Smith is the lead vocalist, primary songwriter, and longstanding frontman of the English rock band The Cure. He co-founded the group in Crawley, West Sussex, in 1978, and remained its central creative figure through major changes in the lineup.
The Cure became one of the defining bands of post-punk and gothic rock. Albums such as Seventeen Seconds, Faith, Pornography, Disintegration, and Wish helped establish the band’s atmospheric sound, while songs including “Just Like Heaven,” “Friday I’m in Love,” and “Pictures of You” broadened its audience.
The collaboration can be confusing because Robert Smith is an individual artist rather than the name of a band. The Smiths is a separate Manchester band associated with Morrissey and Johnny Marr, while New Order and R.E.M. are unrelated groups. The canonical answer is The Cure.