There are issues we all know, akin to the truth that Lorde is engaged on her fourth album. The New Zealand singer has been very slowly teasing the follow-up to 2021’s Photo voltaic Energy for nearly a 12 months now, however till Thursday evening (July 11) followers had not formally heard even a single snippet of music.
That modified in a significant means when the 27-year-old singer hopped on her Instagram Story to share some pics of herself within the studio and bop alongside to a quick clip of a brand new tune. And after we say transient we imply *VERY* transient, as in, lower than two seconds.
It wasn’t a lot, but it surely was one thing. In clips shared by followers, Lorde — sporting a plaid shirt together with her hair in pigtails — smiles and rocks her head side-to-side as she grooves to a lyric-less beat that seems to have a techno-y, dance vibe. The caption to the tease gave hope: “Can be again in contact.”
Her followers had been, not surprisingly, freaking out at even simply the trace of recent tracks. Among the many feedback on re-posts of the snippet had been: “2025 will likely be THE 12 months,” “LITERALLY WILL CHANGE MY LIFE,” “I’M IN LOVE,” “IM NOT OKAY” and the tremendous chill “omgmgmgmgdejmonkfKNHJABFJHKABFDKHLASBFIHASBFKHLABFHKLABFLKIHAFBAJKHLsfDSLJFK ASKJGRFVASDEYHILJFBQAWIDL.”
Final month, Lorde posted a collection of cryptic photos and wrote “use the present instruments wherever doable” alongside a string of photos together with a copyright image, three variations of the letter L, the quantity 4 in parentheses and a recycling brand. “If the instruments don’t exist you’re spiritually obligated to create them,” she added alongside an extended string of complicated photos, with extra Ls, one other 4, a bunch of stars, the quantity 27, what appeared like a Tarot card, the infinity image, a shark, a rabbit and an Egyptian determine.
On the time she didn’t supply any additional rationalization and the accompanying photos didn’t shine any gentle on what they meant, consisting of a snap of her in an all-black outfit staring over a balcony, then spitting off that balcony, holding a tablet in her hand with the phrase “spit” printed on it, together with a shot of a nightstand with a pile of books and an ashtray crammed with gold jewellery and a close-up of her at a swimming pool.
In December, she posted one other complicated snap — since deleted — wherein she sat in striped pajamas listening to one thing, clarifying, “listening to myself.” She additionally teased what seemed to be just a few new songs throughout a headlining gig on the Boardmasters Competition within the U.Okay. in 2023, with enterprising followers guessing that the tracks had been titled “Silver Moon” and “Invisible Ink.”
Try a fan submit of the Lorde tease under.
