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Lorde's Electrifying Return: New Album, World Tour, and Cultural Dominance in 2025

Lorde's Electrifying Return: New Album, World Tour, and Cultural Dominance in 2025

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 It has been an electrifying week for Lorde, and her presence is dominating both the headlines and cultural conversation. The biggest news came today with the official announcement that Lorde is expanding her “Ultrasound World Tour” to include major arena dates across New Zealand and Australia in February 2026. The excitement is palpable as this marks her first return to hometown venues since the Solar Power era, with presales starting tomorrow and general ticket sales opening July 18 as reported by Pollstar and echoed across socials. Her fans in Auckland, Christchurch, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth are buzzing, especially after Lorde herself posted her enthusiasm for these “rawest and most liquid” home shows on Facebook.

This tour is in support of her new album Virgin, which dropped at the end of June and is being hailed as her most confessional and critically acclaimed work in years according to Bustle and God Is In The TV Zine. The record includes singles like What Was That, Man of the Year, and Hammer, and the “Ultrasound” tour is set to bring a rotating cast of cool openers, including Blood Orange and Japanese House, to arenas throughout North America and Europe starting in September, before heading Down Under in 2026.

Lorde has also made notable waves in the cultural and fashion landscape. She stole attention at the 2025 Met Ball in a custom Thom Browne piece, which she told Vogue’s Emma Chamberlain was an “Easter egg” for Virgin, hinting at the gender exploration themes of her album. Social media posts dissected everything from the open-back dress to her cryptic comments about feeling like both a man and a woman. Fans and fashion critics alike are pointing to her new look as a sign of the times, with Vogue proclaiming Lorde’s “unfussy” style as the next big trend.

In the theater world, Lorde’s impact was underscored by her front-row appearance at Broadway’s John Proctor is the Villain on July 11, where her song Green Light plays a key role. She met with the cast, signed Playbills at the stage door, and was embraced by fans and the playwright, who described the night as “surreal and beautiful,” according to Playbill.

Festival season has been Lorde’s playground as well; she delivered a secret set at Glastonbury 2025 that set the tone for what the press is calling “Lorde Summer.” Instagram posts from Visit Perth and coverage in City AM and Bustle illustrate just how central Lorde has become to the pop zeitgeist, with her Virgin-era persona and music dominating playlists, memes, and pop culture discourse. In short, Lorde is everywhere right now—recording, performing, inspiring, and setting the agenda for what pop music sounds and looks like in 2025 and beyond.

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