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Lorde on new album Virgin

This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions. Lorde has a kōrero with Tony Stamp about her just-released album Virgin . Lorde's fourth studio album, Virgin, is out now. Photo: Supplied Featuring singles 'What Was That', 'Man of the Year' and 'Hammer', the album comes four years after the release of Solar Power in 2021. Gossamer textures propel the album forwards. 'Current Affairs' samples Dexta Daps' 'Morning Love' amidst cool, lush synth work and layered reverb-drenched backing vocals. The skipping beat and arpeggiated synth of 'Favourite Daughter' lend a playful air to the song, speaking to the the sonic fluidity and versatility of the album. Gender is a significant theme of Virgin , with Lorde describing herself as 'in the middle gender-wise'. The album cover features an X-ray of a pelvis with a belt buckle, zip and IUD visible. The cover's blue colour reinforces a theme of purity, an idea that prevails through lyrical visual snapshots like 'pure and true', 'broken glass' and 'Clearblue', titling the seventh track, an acapella piece just shy of two minutes. Lorde discusses the creative process of making the album and working with producer Jim-E Stack.

What, Exactly, Is the Deal With Lorde's Vinyl Insert for ‘Virgin'?

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21 hours ago

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What, Exactly, Is the Deal With Lorde's Vinyl Insert for ‘Virgin'?

The rollout of Lorde's fourth studio album, Virgin, has had everyone talking about—among other things—the reproductive system and its many uses. (Am I the only one still confused about the whole ovulation-is-so-cool-and-freeing conversation?) So it's only natural that the album's vinyl edition, also released today, should include an insert with the image of…a woman's lower torso and groin in a pair of unzipped plastic pants? (While some have speculated that the, well, vulva on display belongs to the 28-year-old musician herself, it should be stated outright that we really can't know that for sure.) While this is huge for the Bush is Back agenda—the pubic styling choice, not the political dynasty, thank actual God—it's also a ringing endorsement for physical media. While Lorde was perfectly happy to blast her (or, you know, someone's) pelvic X-ray out to one and all via Virgin's album cover, only the real ones who purchased a hard copy were blessed with a graven image of what the internet has inventively dubbed 'the Lord(e)ussy.'

Lorde's Fourth Album ‘Virgin' Is Finally Here

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a day ago

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Lorde's Fourth Album ‘Virgin' Is Finally Here

Lorde's long-awaited fourth album is here. Virgin is available to stream on all platforms now. The Grammy winner's Virgin is the singer-songwriter's first album in four years, following up the indie-folk LP Solar Power. She wrote and produced every song with Jim-E Stack, and the album features additional production and writing from Dev Hynes, Daniel Nigro, and Fabiana Palladino. She first teased the project in April with the single 'What Was That,' a huge arena-pop break-up anthem. Lorde followed the lead single with two more: 'Man of the Year' and 'Hammer.' More from Rolling Stone Lorde Is Brilliantly Reborn on 'Virgin' Karol G, Cardi B, Lorde, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week Lorde Drops Final 'Virgin' Single: 'An Ode to City Life and Horniness' In her Rolling Stone cover story, she revealed that the bulk of the album was written from late 2023 through 2024, between London and New York City. The writing process began after a transformative few years where she was recovering from an eating disorder and processing the end of her long-term relationship. Lorde was also in a period of self-discovery, realizing the expansiveness of her gender identity during this time, and described the LP's sound as percussive and the lyrics as very physical. 'I think coming more into my body, I came into an understanding of the grotesque nature of it and the glory and all these things,' she explained. 'It's right on the edge of gross. I often really tried to hit this kind of gnarliness or grossness. 'You tasted my underwear.' I've never heard that in a song, you know? It felt like the right way to tell this whole chapter.' This fall, Lorde will embark on her Ultrasound World Tour in support of the album. She will be joined by Blood Orange, the Japanese House, and Nilüfer Yanya on select dates. The tour has been selling out, with Lorde adding additional dates in each city. Best of Rolling Stone Sly and the Family Stone: 20 Essential Songs The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked

Lorde Showed Most of Her Album to an Unexpected Artist Before It Dropped

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2 days ago

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Lorde Showed Most of Her Album to an Unexpected Artist Before It Dropped

Jack Antonoff may not have had a hand in creating Lorde's new album, Virgin, but the Grammy winner showed her upcoming body of work to another man of the same name: Jack Harlow. While they seem like an unexpected duo, the artists actually ran into each other at Electric Lady Studios in New York, where Lorde frequently works on music. 'Jack Harlow was working on Electric Lady when we were there towards the end of the record and somehow ended up getting most of the album played to him,' Lorde told Apple Music's Zane Lowe during an interview surrounding her follow-up to 2021's Solar Power. She added, 'It was a very funny, cool link. He's such a sweetheart. But he was like, 'Your bars are...' He was like, 'These are bars.' I was like, 'Your words, not mine.'' 'But it just is this sort of rolling cadence and physicality, and within that, I'm trying to make myself laugh. I'm trying to make my eyebrow raise. I'm trying to kind of... I don't know, just keep it feeling super alive,' she said of the project. Elsewhere during the conversation, the 'Hammer' hitmaker opened up about how she navigates fame now versus when she was thrust into the spotlight at 16. 'When I'm in the studio or when I'm in America, I'm an artist. When I go home to New Zealand, I'm not an artist and I turn that part of myself off. It's impossible, obviously,' she shared. She continued, 'I've realized now, and, again, this speaks to the trying to find this purest version of yourself, the purest version of me is famous out in the world. It's just that she's maybe in a garden experiencing ego death in the middle of the night on a heroic dose. I definitely had the sense with this, because an inextricable part of this album is that, yeah, I did a lot of psychedelics and really tried to break myself all the way down.' For more moments from Lorde's interview with Apple Music's Zane Lowe, watch the full conversation below. You Might Also Like Here's What NOT to Wear to a Wedding Meet the Laziest, Easiest Acne Routine You'll Ever Try