Lorde

Lorde teased her fourth album during a set at Primavera Sound Los Angeles on Friday night. In between songs, the singer reminisced about the themes of each of her three albums, noting that Pure Heroine “was about not being a teenager,” Melodrama “was about a boy,” and Solar Power is “about the climate.” “Who knows what will come next,” she told the crowd before adding: “Well, I know. And you’ll know sometime soon.” See fan-shot footage of her remarks below. 🚨🚨🚨 Lorde teasing new music (album ??) during her set at Primavera Sound LA. For context, she was talking about the themes of her previous records. “I know [what comes next]. And you’ll know sometime soon” 🎥: @gorlgenius pic.twitter.com/ySmQEsaRtC — Lorde Updates ☀️ (@Lor...

As the summer winds down, Lorde penned a letter to her fans that included her final music Solar Power video, which she co-directed with Joel Kefali, for the song “Oceanic Breeze.” “Who you see in this video is who I truly am, or who I want to be— open, laid bare, water glittering on my skin, speaking directly to you, nothing to hide or prove, just me,” Lorde wrote. Serene and meditative, Lorde stares out at the ocean with her brother, Angelo, considering the passage of time, and all the ways the past rhymes with the present. “I think about my father/ Doing the same thing/ When he was a boy.” Later, Lorde muses about her own evolution, and what her future daughter might inherit from her. In the same breath, she bids farewell to another kind of daughter, her past self, who dissipated as she ...

Lorde unveiled her newest music video for the track “Secrets from a Girl (Who’s Seen It All),” which is from last year’s Solar Power. The singer takes a trip to the beach to visit two younger versions of herself in this visual depiction of Lorde’s lyrics of growing up. The video is directed by Lorde and Joel Kefali. [embedded content][embedded content] In a statement, here’s what Lorde had to say about the song: “This song is me in communication with another version of me, trying to send along the wisdom I’ve started to gather along the way. When we were plotting the video, Joel brought up some old film/TV tropes about groupings of women. It inspired me to identify three distinct parts of myself, and imagine what would happen if these parts were able to meet… the Child in her purple lipsti...

Lorde observed today’s winter solstice by releasing a new video for “Leader of a New Regime.” Directed by Lorde and Joel Kefali, the video marks the fourth time the duo has collaborated on clips during the Solar Power album cycle. Just like the videos for “Fallen Fruit” and “Solar Power,” “Leader of a New Regime” is full of vivid imagery and takes place by a body of water. In her email newsletter recapping the year, here’s what Lorde said about the video and its timing: Solstices should always have offerings. So for you, here’s the LEADER OF A NEW REGIME video. Just a couple of bites, a feeling, a perfect midpoint in the SP journey. I hope you like it. [embedded content][embedded content] In August, Lorde released her anticipated third album, Solar Power. You can read our review of th...

Her upcoming album may be titled Solar Power, but Lorde doesn’t want people to think it’s a grand statement about global warming. During a recent interview with the Guardian, she clarified that the project is not a “big climate change record.” “I’m not a climate activist, I’m a pop star. I stoke the fire of a giant machine, spitting out emissions as I go. There is a lot I don’t know,” the 24-year-old admitted. According to the article, there is one “protest song” on the album called “Fallen Fruit,” but Lorde would rather go the route actor Mark Rylance suggested, that artists should tell love stories about the climate. “The opposite has been proven not to work,” she said. “I do think these songs are love stories more than anything. But love is complicated.” Though Solar Power won...