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Clairo joins Phoenix on “After Midnight”

Clairo joins Phoenix on “After Midnight”
Listen to a new version of the Alpha Zulu song.

March 16, 2023

Shervin Lainez (Phoenix), Adrian Nieto (Clairo)

Phoenix have released an updated version of their song “After Midnight” featuring Clairo. The original recording of the track appeared on the French band’s 2022 album Alpha Zulu. Check out the Clairo-assisted “After Midnight” below.

“We’ve loved Claire since day 1,” Phoenix said in a statement. “What a treat it is to have her sing with us! We hope you’ll enjoy it as much as we do.” Clairo added, “I’ve been a massive fan of Phoenix for as long as I can remember, and I’m very grateful that they asked me to sing on this remix.”

Phoenix released Alpha Zulu in November last year. The album also featured the Ezra Koenig-collaboration “Tonight.” Clairo, meanwhile, released her latest album Sling in 2021. She also made multiple appearances on Lorde‘s Solar Power that same year.

Watch Lorde and Phoebe Bridgers perform “Stoned At The Nail Salon” together in Brazil

Watch Lorde and Phoebe Bridgers perform “Stoned At The Nail Salon” together in Brazil
Bridgers contributed backing vocals to the Solar Power track in 2021.

By David Renshaw

November 07, 2022

Phoebe Bridgers.

Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Coachella.

Lorde was joined on stage by Phoebe Bridgers during her headline performance at Primavera Sound São Paulo on Sunday night. Bridgers, who recorded backing vocals for half of Lorde’s 2021 album Solar Power, appeared on stage during “Stoned At The Nail Salon.” Watch fan footage of the performance below.

While touring Solar Power Lorde went viral for shushing her audience during a key moment in the set. She later explained that it was “something that I did a couple times when I wanted to sing it a capella or off the microphone so people could hear me and because I wanted to try something different.”

Bridgers, meanwhile, recently announced another upcoming live performance. She will join Danny Elfman in London for a stage version of The Nightmare Before Christmas.

LORDE E PHOEBE BRIDGERS JUNTAS NO PRIMAVERA SOUND pic.twitter.com/NSMbGdh7jz

— Malu Patrício (@malupatricio) November 7, 2022

Lorde is the latest artist to launch a Sonos Radio station

Lorde is the latest artist to launch a Sonos Radio station
The New Zealand artist promises that SOLARSYSTEM is “like stepping into my brain.”

By David Renshaw

May 12, 2022

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Lorde has launched her own personally-curated station on Sonos Radio. Her station, SOLARSYSTEM, is available through the Sonos app and features music from both herself and those who inspired her, with a nostalgic look back over her life and musical journey.

A press release explains that SOLARSYSTEM “introduces listeners to the moments when music left a pivotal mark, such as school bus CDs, her piggy-bank-depleting purchase of Drake’s Take Care, and songs like ABBA’s “S.O.S” that made her know she wanted to make music.”

In a statement about the new station, Lorde said: “SOLARSYSTYM is like stepping into my brain, giving listeners a front row seat to the songs that have meant a ton to me and my life. It is a collection of forms, gravitationally bound, a handful of planets, dozens, more dwarf planets, and countless little rocks. All reflecting light from a sun. These are the forms that have altered my course for better.”

Lorde joins a roster of artists with Sonos Radio stations that includes Erykah Badu, Brian Eno, D’Angelo, FKA twigs, Björk, and Thom Yorke, among others.

Earlier this year Lorde, who is currently on tour supporting her 2021 album Solar Power, spoke out about a viral video of her hushing crowds during important moments of her live show.

Lorde talks about viral concert shushing videos

Lorde talks about viral concert shushing videos
“That dramatic ass move was literally for an album called ‘Melodrama.’”

By Sandra Song

April 24, 2022

Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella

Lorde is finally addressing those videos of her shushing concertgoers during her Melodrama tour.

Over the past couple weeks, various clips of the singer-songwriter telling multiple audiences to hush during her performance of “Writer in the Dark” have gone viral, sparking the creation of several video compilations and a bunch of memes. And now, it looks like Lorde herself wants to weigh in on the trend via a video she sent to Instagram fan page, @lordecontent.

someone made a compilation of lorde shushing her crowd 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/JapsTwfRiw

— KULONSITE (@KULONSITE) April 17, 2022

@diseasedrat that video of her is my favorite thing in the entire world #lorde #music #fyp ♬ original sound – nico gonzalez

“I just woke up,” she said, before saying she wanted to take a moment to “talk about this thing of me shushing people at my shows.”

“That was something that I did on that one song a couple times when I wanted to sing it a capella or off the microphone so people could hear me and because I wanted to try something different,” as Lorde explained. “If you come to my shows, you know it’s an hour-and-a-half of all of us singing and screaming together.”

She added, “Also that dramatic-ass move was literally for an album called ‘Melodrama,’ so don’t stress too hard.”

As Lorde stated, “Writer in the Dark” is taken from 2017’s critically acclaimed Melodrama, which was nominated for Album of the Year at the 60th annual Grammys. Her last album was 2021’s Solar Power.

Watch Lorde’s Instagram video below.

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Lorde covers Rosalía’s “HENTAI”

Lorde covers Rosalía’s “HENTAI”
Watch the New Zealand singer-songwriter cover the flamenco pop star’s risqué ballad at New York’s Radio City Music Hall.

By Raphael Helfand

April 19, 2022

Photos by Dimitrios Kambouris and Emma McIntyre via Getty Images.

Lorde recently embarked on the North American leg of the international tour behind her third studio LP, August 2021’s Solar Power. On Monday night, the New Zealand singer-songwriter played New York’s famed Radio City Music Hall, where she strayed from her regular set to perform a cover of “HENTAI,” a raunchy slow jam from Spanish flamenco-pop star Rosalía’s own recently released third album, MOTOMAMI.

Lorde’s Spanish pronunciation was shaky — note the painfully hard “h” in “Hazme un tape, modo Spike” — but she powered through, showing a clear appreciation for the track. Watch a clip from her performance below.

“I’ve listened to the Rosalía album every day since it came out,” Lorde recently wrote in her newsletter. “[F]uck, it’s so good, I gagged when I heard that interpolation of [Burial’s] ‘Archangel,’ ‘Hentai’ is genius… [P]rojects like this remind me why I live for pop music — at its best, there’s nothing better.”

Lorde splits in three for “Secrets from a Girl (Who’s Seen it All)” video

Lorde splits in three for “Secrets from a Girl (Who’s Seen it All)” video
The New Zealand singer-songwriter co-directed the Solar Power single’s visuals with Joel Kefali.

By Raphael Helfand

March 22, 2022

Lorde has shared a music video for “Secrets From a Girl (Who’s Seen it All),” a mid-album track from her third studio LP, 2021’s Solar Power. It finds her singing to herself in triplicate, her clone chorus strolling down the beach as its differently styled members trade verses nonchalantly. Watch it above.

The short, which she co-directed with her long-time visual collaborator Joel Kefali, comes seven months after the record’s release and less than two weeks before the 25-year-old New Zealand singer/songwriter/pop star embarks on the North American leg of a spring and summer international tour. View all of her upcoming dates below.

Lorde 2022 tour dates

4/3 – Nashville, TN – Opry House
4/5 – Detroit, MI – Masonic Temple Theatre
4/7 – Montreal, QC – Salle Willfrid Pelletier
4/8 – Toronto, ON – Meridian Hall
4/9 – Toronto, ON – Meridian Hall
4/12 – Boston, MA – Boch Center, Wang Theatre
4/13 – Boston, MA – Boch Center, Wang Theatre
4/15 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
4/16 – Washington – The Anthem
4/18 – New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall
4/19 – New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall
4/20 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met
4/22 – Chicago, IL – The Chicago Theatre
4/23 – Chicago, IL – The Chicago Theatre
4/25 – Minneapolis, MN – The Armory
4/27 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom
4/30 – Seattle, WA – WaMu Theatre
5/1 – Portland, OR – Theater of the Clouds
5/3 – San Francisco, CA – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
5/5 – Los Angeles, CA – Shrine Auditorium
5/6 – Los Angeles, CA – Shrine Auditorium
5/7 – Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl

5/25 – Leeds, UK – O2 Academy
5/26 – Edinburgh, UK – Usher Hall
5/28 – Manchester, UK – O2 Victoria Warehouse
5/30 – Birmingham, UK – O2 Academy
6/1 – London, UK – Roundhouse
6/2 – London, UK – Roundhouse
6/3 – London, UK – Roundhouse
6/5 – Dublin, IE – Forbidden Fruit
6/7 – Paris, FR – Casino de Paris
6/8 – Amsterdam, NL – AFAS Live
6/10 – Barcelona, ES – Primavera Sound
6/13 – Zurich, CH – Halle 622
6/14 – Munich, DE – Zenith
6/16 – Rome, IT – Cavea – Auditorium Parco della Musica
6/17 – Villafranca di Verona, IT – Castello di Villafranca
6/18 – Sibenik, HR – Saint Mihovil Fortress
6/19 – Sibenik, HR – Saint Mihovil Fortress
6/21 – Cologne, DE – Open Air am Tanzbrunnen
6/23 – Berlin, DE – Verti Music Hall
6/24–26 – Pilton, Somerset UK – Glastonbury Festival
6/28 – London, UK – Alexandra Palace
7/3 – Stockholm, SE – Lollapalooza Stockholm

8/27 – Columbus, OH – WonderBus Music and Arts Festival
9/16 – Los Angeles, CA – Primavera Sound
9/16–18 – Las Vegas, NV – Life is Beautiful Music & Art Festival

Lorde shares “Leader of a New Regime” video

Lorde shares “Leader of a New Regime” video
Solar Power is out now.

By Jordan Darville

December 21, 2021

Lorde has shared a music video for “Leader of a New Regime,” a song from her recently released third album Solar Power. A plea for salvation from climate change hidden within an ironic acoustic interlude, “Leader of a New Regime” is a brief moment on Solar Power but its message is even more poignant now than when we originally heard the song. Lorde co-directs the video with Joel Kefali, setting the visuals near the seaside. Watch above.

Lorde shares EP of Solar Power songs sung in Māori

Lorde shares EP of Solar Power songs sung in Māori
“Even if you don’t understand te reo, I think you’ll get a kick out of how elegant my words sound in it.”

By David Renshaw

September 09, 2021

Ophelia Mikkelson Jones

Lorde has dropped surprise EP Te Ao Mārama, a collection of five songs from her new album Solar Power sung in Māori, the indigenous language of New Zealand. Proceeds from the EP will be donated to the New Zealand-based charities Forest and Bird and the Te Hua Kawariki Charitable Trust. Listen to it below.

In a newsletter to fans, Lorde exlained her decision to release the EP and her relationship to the Māori language. “Many things revealed themselves slowly to me while I was making this album, but the main realisation by far was that much of my value system around caring for and listening to the natural world comes from traditional Māori principles,” she wrote. “There’s a word for it in te reo: kaitiakitanga, meaning ‘guardianship or caregiving for the sky, sea and land.’”

She went on to add: “I’m not Māori, but all New Zealanders grow up with elements of this worldview. Te ao Māori and tikanga Māori are a big part of why people who aren’t from here intuit our country to be kind of ‘magical,’ I think. I know I’m someone who represents New Zealand globally in a way, and in making an album about where I’m from, it was important to me to be able to say: this makes us who we are down here. It’s also just a crazy beautiful language—I loved singing in it. Even if you don’t understand te reo, I think you’ll get a kick out of how elegant my words sound in it.”

The lyrics on Te Ao Mārama were translated by Hana Mereraiha while Dame Hinewehi Mohi & Sir Timoti Kāretu receive thanks for “overseeing” the project in its credits.

Lorde covers Britney Spears’ “Break the Ice” for Vogue

Lorde covers Britney Spears’ “Break the Ice” for Vogue
The singer also performed her own Solar Power track, “Fallen Fruit.”

By Sajae Elder

September 08, 2021

Lorde is Vogue‘s October cover star and, along with the feature, the singer shared her own take on Britney Spears’ 2008 track “Break the Ice.” Filmed inside the New York Botanical Garden, the Alfred Marroquín-directed clip transitions into Lorde’s own Solar Power track “Fallen Fruit.”

In the interview, Lorde discussed her fans, taking an extended break from social media, and grappling with celebrity. “I’m a highly sensitive person. I’m not built for pop star life,” she told writer Rob Haskell. “To have a public-facing existence is something I find really intense.”

Lorde shared her third studio album back in August and recently announced a globe-spanning tour kicking off in February. So far, the singer has shared a trio of singles from the album: “Solar Power,” “Stoned at the Nail Salon,” and “Mood Ring.”

Watch the video above.

Lorde shares new song “Stoned at the Nail Salon”

Lorde shares new song “Stoned at the Nail Salon”
Solar Power is out on August 20.

By Jordan Darville

July 21, 2021

Lorde. Photo by Ophelia Mikkelson Jones.

New Zealand pop royalty Lorde is back with a new single called “Stoned at the Nail Salon,” another track from her upcoming album Solar Power. Unlike the jaunty, sun-stroked vibe of the album’s title track, “Stoned” finds Lorde in a more ambivalent mood, though an overriding sense of bliss pervades thanks to the golden electric guitar dancing across the stripped-down song.

“This song is sort of a rumination on getting older, settling into domesticity, and questioning if you’ve made the right decisions,” Lorde wrote in a press statement. “I think lots of people start asking those questions of themselves around my age, and it was super comforting to me writing them down, hoping they’d resonate with others too. I used this song as a dumping ground for so many thoughts…”

Listen to “Stoned at the Nail Salon” below in the song’s YouTube visualizer. Solar Power will be released on August 20, and next year, Lorde will embark on a world tour behind the album. Find those dates here.

Lorde announces Solar Power release date, 2022 world tour

Lorde announces Solar Power release date, 2022 world tour
Her new album is out on August 20.

By Jordan Darville

June 21, 2021

Lorde. Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images

Lorde has announced the release date of her upcoming album Solar Power as well as dates for her 2022 world tour. The project will be released on August 20, 2021, with the shows beginning in her home country of New Zealand and spanning across Australia, North America, the United Kingdom and Europe. Tickets go on general sale on June 25; get more information, including dates for ticket presales, at Lorde’s website.

“The album is a celebration of the natural world,” Lorde said in a statement, “an attempt at immortalizing the deep, transcendent feelings I have when I’m outdoors. In times of heartache, grief, deep love, or confusion, I look to the natural world for answers. I’ve learned to breathe out, and tune in. This is what came through.”

Solar Power will get a physical release as a brand new format called a “Music Box.” Billed as an “eco-conscious” alternative to CDs, the Music Box edition of Solar Power will come with “extra visual content, handwritten notes, exclusive photos, and a download car” with high-quality audio files and two exclusive songs.

Find Lorde’s upcoming tour dates below:

Lorde 2022 tour dates

2/26 – Christchurch, NZ – Electric Avenue Festival
2/27 – Upper Moutere, NZ – Neudorf Vineyards
3/1 – Wellington, NZ – Days Bay
3/2 – Havelock North, NZ- Black Barn Vineyards
3/4 – New Plymouth, NZ – Bowl of Brooklands
3/5 – Auckland, NZ – Outerfields
3/10 – Brisbane, AU – Riverstage
3/12 – Melbourne, AU – SMMB
3/15 – Sydney, AU – Aware Super Theatre
3/19 – Perth, AU – Belvoir Amphitheater
4/3 – Nashville, TN – Opry House
4/5 – Detroit, MI – Masonic Temple Theatre
4/7 – Montreal, QC – Salle Willfrid Pelletier
4/8 – Toronto, ON – Meridian Hall
4/12 – Boston, MA- Boch Center – Wang Theatre
4/15 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
4/16 – Washington, DC – The Anthem
4/18 – New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall
4/20 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met
4/22 – Chicago, IL – The Chicago Theatre
4/25 – Minneapolis, MN – The Armory
4/27 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom
4/30 – Seattle, WA – WaMu Theatre
5/1 – Portland, OR – Theater of the Clouds
5/3 – San Francisco, CA – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
5/5 – Los Angeles, CA – Shrine Auditorium
5/7 – Santa Barbara, CA -Santa Barbara Bowl
5/25 – Leeds, UK – O2 Academy
5/26 – Edinburgh, UK – Usher Hall
5/28 – Manchester, UK – O2 Victoria Warehouse
5/30 – Birmingham, UK – O2 Academy
6/1 – London, UK – Roundhouse
6/2 – London, UK – Roundhouse
6/7 – Paris, FR – Casino de Paris
6/8 – Amsterdam, NL – AFAS Live
6/10 – Barcelona, ES – Primavera Sound
6/13 – Zurich, CH – Halle 622
6/14 – Munich, DE – Zenith
6/16 – Rome, IT – Cavea – Auditorium Parco della Musica
6/17 Villafranca di Verona, IT – Castello di Villafranca
6/18 Sibenik, HR – Saint Mihovil Fortress
6/21 Cologne, DE – Open Air am Tanzbrunnen
6/23 Berlin, DE – Verti Music Hall

Lorde returns with “Solar Power,” her first song in four years

Lorde returns with “Solar Power,” her first song in four years
This marks the singer’s first release since her 2017 album Melodrama.

By Sajae Elder

June 10, 2021

In the since time Melodrama, Lorde has stayed out of the public eye until reviving her long-dormant onion ring review page on Instagram and, most recently, teasing the release of new music earlier this week. Today, she returns with the brand new song “Solar Power.”

After sharing the single’s artwork earlier this week, the acoustic track officially dropped after making a brief appearance on Apple Music and YouTube early Thursday afternoon. With production by longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff, the song also features background vocals by Phoebe Bridgers and Clairo.

Lorde’s last album Melodrama, dropped back in 2017.

Watch the official video above.