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Thursday, June 10, 2021
New Zealand artist Lorde today released Solar Power, the first song from her new album of the same name. This comes after the artist teased the possible release of music on Monday with a message on her website that read “arriving in 2021…patience is a virtue”, with an image of what Billboard reported as cover artwork attached. A music video was also released simultaneously.
In an email to fans, Lorde described the song as “about that infectious, flirtatious summer energy that takes hold of us all”, and noting that “today’s the only solar eclipse of the year”. Solar Power features backing vocals from Phoebe Bridgers and Clairo, and is produced by Jack Antonoff. Speaking to Australian radio station Triple J, Lorde said that the album was “definitely [her] most complex work – as a producer, as an arranger, as a musician”.
In the same email, Lorde also spoke more about the upcoming album, also called Solar Power, which will be her third studio album. Lorde called the album “a celebration of the natural world, an attempt at immortalising the deep, transcendent feelings I have when I’m outdoors”, and alluded to a “entire cinematic universe” of music videos. According to Esquire, Solar Power was mistakenly released on Tidal and Amazon Music briefly earlier today, and later taken down.