{"id":6325,"date":"2021-06-08T23:47:02","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T13:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=195077"},"modified":"2021-06-08T23:49:17","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T13:49:17","slug":"lorde-new-music-solar-power","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/lorde-new-music-solar-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Lorde Is Here To Cure The Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_195078\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-195078\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-195078 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-455834214.jpg\" alt=\"lorde\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-195078\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Isaac Brekken\/Getty Images for iHeartMedia. LAS VEGAS, NV &#8211; SEPTEMBER 20: Recording artist Lorde attends the 2014 iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on September 20, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Almost four long years and one global pandemic after her last album was released, Lorde has announced that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">finally<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> fans can expect music this month with the release of the first single from her upcoming third album.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instead of going the usual social media route, overnight, the New Zealand-born singer quietly updated her website with the artwork for her upcoming single, \u2018Solar Power\u2019. In the image, Lorde is on a beach\u2014likely in her hometown of Auckland\u2014jumping in front of the camera in a yellow top and her bikini bottoms. Matching the colour of her clothes reads \u2018Solar Power\u2019 above in yellow font.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s official: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lorde?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@lorde<\/a> is coming back! \u2b50\ufe0f <\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s just updated her website with the cover art for her new single Solar Power, which is expected on 21 June. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EEuhiYMZjZ\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/EEuhiYMZjZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nEyi3B7Ej4\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/nEyi3B7Ej4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Savage (@mrdiscopop) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrdiscopop\/status\/1402002843960287240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">June 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Underneath the image Lorde left the message, \u2018ARRIVING IN 2021 \u2026 PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE,\u2019 a nod to the fact that fans have been bugging the singer for new music for years, following the release of her second album, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Melodrama,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> which came out in 2017. Her debut release <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pure Heroin, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">which catapulted her to international fame, was released almost eight years ago now in 2013.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Back in May 2020, Lorde told fans in an email that she\u2019d begun recording new music and working with her go-to producer Jack Antonoff in December 2019, shortly after the death of her dog, Pearl. At the time, she wrote, \u201cI started going back to the studio again in December, just for something to do, and to my surprise, good things came out&#8230; Happy, playful things. I felt my melodic muscles flexing and strengthening.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She also addressed fans\u2019 hunger for her music, writing, \u201cAs I get older I realise there\u2019s something to be said for the pleasant feeling of waiting for something of quality to become available to you.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Malay, a producer who prominently worked on Frank Ocean\u2019s highly lauded albums <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Channel Orange <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Blonde <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and who previously worked with Lorde\u2019s on songs such as \u2018Sober,\u2019 \u2018The Louvre,\u2019 and \u2018Supercut,\u2019 also casually dropped in an interview in July 2020 that he\u2019d been working on a new Lorde album. Comparing Lorde to Ocean, Malay told <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reverb magazine, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cShe has an insane vision, and she is not going to compromise whatsoever.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Further proof that an album can be expected very soon is the fact that Lorde will be hitting the road for live shows again soon. Last month, she was confirmed for the Barcelona festival Primavera Sound in 2022. Eagle-eyed fans were quick to spot that Primavera\u2019s website seemingly jumped the gun on Lorde\u2019s album plans, writing that for her first live performance in almost three years she would \u201cemerge from her retirement with her third album after her unforgettable visit in 2018\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A few details have already been revealed regarding her third record, including that its title will tie in to her forthcoming memoir,\u00a0<em>Going South<\/em>, which documents her 2019 trip to Antarctica, which she embarked on to find out about the effects of climate change.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Naturally, fans have zero chill:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gays after Lorde post the artwork for solar power: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YKjoA5KamV\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/YKjoA5KamV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Benedickt || STREAM evermore (@LoverWillow13) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoverWillow13\/status\/1402126739963138049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">June 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">lorde is coming \ud83d\ude4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Oh0XzEfwTb\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/Oh0XzEfwTb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark \u3004 #SaveTheOA (@GODGATHElST) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GODGATHElST\/status\/1402127172660121600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">June 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Depression? CANCELLED.<br \/>Pandemic? NEVER HEARD OF HER.<br \/>Personality? HOT GIRL SOLAR POWER COOCHIE SUMMER.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Lorde Stans right now. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NLBIn1FBm8\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/NLBIn1FBm8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; i&#39;m just kidney (@joannini818) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joannini818\/status\/1402129749627916288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">June 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">lorde is a lyrical genius, she disappeared into the sun and now she&#39;s back with all the solar power \u2600\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JaypIL8L21\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/JaypIL8L21<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; gabo SOLAR POWER (@lordesloveless) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lordesloveless\/status\/1402036723039850498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">June 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">me becoming renewable energy after hearing lorde\u2019s lead single is called \u201cSolar Power\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IxXqOpn1ig\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/IxXqOpn1ig<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; braylon (@braythebick) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/braythebick\/status\/1402114128525803524?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">June 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lorde is coming <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mUmKnxQQSH\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/mUmKnxQQSH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; GSOOS \ud83e\udd0d (@jalevides) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jalevides\/status\/1402110205945581570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">June 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9593,"featured_media":6333,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[36,35],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lorde Announces New Single &#039;Solar Power&#039; And Upcoming Third Album<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Almost four long years and one global pandemic after her last album was released, Lorde has announced that finally fans can expect music this month with the release of the first single from her upcoming third album.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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