Speaking on Capital Breakfast, the 23‑year‑old chart‑topper told presenter Jordan North that her visit to the seaside resort last year came with one major challenge: she couldn’t buy anything.
“I had this credit card that didn’t work in any place that wasn’t America. Nobody took it,” she said. “I had no food at the hotel, and I was just wandering around this town in Wales, and I couldn’t find anything to eat.”
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Eventually, salvation arrived in the form of a bakery counter. “My card finally worked in a place that served sausage rolls, so I just ate sausage rolls for a whole day,” she laughed.
“Oh, and then a pub took my card. So, sausage rolls and white wine are all I had all day. It was kinda cool. Looking back, it was a great memory.”
Her comments come after she was spotted in Llandudno in November 2024, when she caused a stir by popping into Marks & Spencer at Parc Llandudno.
Store worker Rose Ann Bituon‑Thomas, who recognised her instantly, said the singer was “so natural” and “very welcoming”, happily posing for a selfie and chatting at the checkout. Rose even gifted her a Percy Pig tote bag as a Filipino pasalubong – a tradition of giving travellers something to take home.
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At the time, Rodrigo was also seen at Da Venezia and the Ormo Lounge, and even shared a photo of Deganwy with her millions of Instagram followers. For a global superstar with three Grammys and a world tour on the horizon, her low‑key North Wales wanderings became a talking point for weeks.
Now, with the release of her third album You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love – which she describes as a “time capsule of a relationship in all its highs and lows” – Rodrigo’s unexpected affection for Llandudno has resurfaced in the most charming way.
A day of sausage rolls, a glass of white wine, and a seaside town that welcomed her without fuss: not quite the glamorous pop‑star lifestyle, but a memory she clearly treasures.