Lorde's Chaotic Grace: New Single, Album Buzz, and Global Tour Resurgence
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Lorde's Chaotic Grace: New Single, Album Buzz, and Global Tour Resurgence
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It has been an incendiary few days in the world of Lorde. Tuesday saw the launch of her first new single in nearly four years, titled What Was That, a collaboration with Grammy honoree Dan Nigro and JimE Stack. According to Variety, the rollout was classic Lorde, equal parts mystery and mayhem—she teased a pop-up performance in New York’s Washington Square Park via group text and social media, but the crowd swelled so fast that local rangers and police shut the event down. Lorde responded in real time on Instagram, apologizing and marveling at the turnout. Even so, she later appeared at the park, playing the song and thanking fans who refused to disperse. The music video, already trending, features Lorde roaming New York by bicycle, nodding both to spontaneity and her recent public anonymity.
Aside from singles, Lorde’s new album Virgin officially arrives June 27 via Republic Records. Her publicity on this has been direct and introspective, opening up just days ago on Jake Shane’s Therapuss podcast about feeling distant from the pop spotlight after the pressure cooker of Melodrama. She confessed to being “overwhelmed,” contemplating a step away from global attention, even picturing an alternative life on a quiet New Zealand farm. Ultimately, she came to terms with her need to craft hits that resonate at festivals—contrasting her chilled previous album, Solar Power, with the energetic direction of Virgin.
Virgin is already drawing buzz for how Lorde processes personal evolution throughout her twenties, with tracks like Girl So Confusing, a collaboration with Charli XCX, showing her reconciling public misunderstandings and old feuds. The two performed the song live at Coachella’s opening weekend and New York’s Madison Square Garden, both appearances instantly sparking headline coverage.
The commercial front is equally busy. Tickets for her Ultrasound Tour go live May 16, with presales starting May 14. The tour, lorded over by Lorde herself, runs from September through December across North America and Europe. Major venues like United Center in Chicago, Madison Square Garden in New York, O2 Arena in London, and arenas from Paris to Berlin are locked in, cementing Lorde’s status as a global draw. Social chatter is relentless, whether it’s fans imagining minimalist staging on Instagram or tributes in New York’s club scene.
As for style, Lorde turned heads courtside in a striped Balenciaga polo at Outside Lands in San Francisco just days ago, driving coverage in AOL and fashion media. Overall, Lorde is having a bona fide resurgence—a new single, a candid public persona, blockbuster tour, and a preview of an album that could reshape her trajectory well beyond 2025. Speculation about Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes producing tracks for Virgin continues, but is as yet unconfirmed. The headlines agree: This is Lorde’s moment, and she’s navigating it with chaotic grace.
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