Brat summer season’s fireplace might by no means dim (“I’m within the stress of staying too lengthy,” waxed Charli XCX on Instagram yesterday), however one factor is for certain: Lorde summer season is heating up. On Wednesday, the New Zealand songstress confirmed her first album in 4 years, Virgin, is popping out on June 27.
Lorde took to Instagram to share the official album art work, which footage a pelvic X-ray with a zipper, an IUD, and a belt buckle. In an e mail to followers, Lorde expounded on the inspiration behind the forthcoming document’s sound and visuals:
THE COLOUR OF THE ALBUM IS CLEAR. LIKE BATHWATER, WINDOWS, ICE, SPIT. FULL TRANSPARENCY. THE LANGUAGE IS PLAIN AND UNSENTIMENTAL. THE SOUNDS ARE THE SAME WHEREVER POSSIBLE. I WAS TRYING TO SEE MYSELF, ALL THE WAY THROUGH. I WAS TRYING TO MAKE A DOCUMENT THAT REFLECTED MY FEMININITY: RAW, PRIMAL, INNOCENT, ELEGANT, OPENHEARTED, SPIRITUAL, MASC.
I’M PROUD AND SCARED OF THIS ALBUM. THERE’S NOWHERE TO HIDE. I BELIEVE THAT PUTTING THE DEEPEST PARTS OF OURSELVES TO MUSIC IS WHAT SETS US FREE.
Lorde’s already turning heads with the album’s lead single, “What Was That?,” a reduce we mentioned “feels like summer season, carried by a fascinating synth association.” The artist brought about a ruckus at New York Metropolis’s Washington Sq. Park final week, when she corralled followers across the venue’s fountain for an unique first pay attention of the observe (together with a full-blown music video shoot, which, naturally, stormed the web with a viral pressure). Upon launch, the music claimed the No. 1 spot on Spotify within the US, a feat Lorde has not achieved since “Royals.”
Lorde has not but shared the tracklist for the document, however keep tuned for extra data on the venture because it turns into out there.
