Lorde Hints at New Music: ‘I’m Excited’

Taking a page from Adele, Lorde has often opted to take time off to live her life away from the spotlight between album releases.

And, also like the "Hello" singer, the “Man of the Year” singer has been fine with the long gaps between those releases.

However, after the usual four-year gap between 2025's "Virgin" and her previous LP, 2021’s "Solar Power," Lorde, 28, said she’s hoping to give fans new music sooner rather than later.

Asked by Variety how she’s feeling in the midst of her global Ultrasound tour about which direction her sound might evolve into the next time around, the singer said she’s “excited to find out.” In fact, she added, “I’m definitely feeling very active and not needing a break from being creative. I’m feeling kind of insatiable, to be honest. So I don’t know, but I’ve thrown the gauntlet down that it’s not going to be four years [again], so I’ve gotta keep to that.”

Lorde released her debut, "Pure Heroine," in 2013, which she followed up in 2017 with "Melodrama."

Lorde also talked about how her previous struggles with stage fright have subsided for now and how her pre-show rituals help keep her grounded and comfortable during performances. “I’m pretty lucky that my stage fright is at bay now, because that was really a big part of my life,” she added. “What do I do? I don’t know, I’m a bit of a witch. I’m always burning something, I’m always writing something down before the show. Nothing too crazy — I do a bunch of push-ups and planks and s–t.”

She’s clearly feeling relaxed and excited on stage, as evidenced by her gig at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum last Saturday, when she capped off the show with a guest spot from pal Charli XCX for the latest electrifying live rendition of their Brat remix of “Girl, So Confusing.”

The dynamic duo previously performed the song together during Charli and Troye Sivan’s Sweat tour stop at New York’s Madison Square Garden last September, then again during Charli’s Coachella set in April.

After wrapping the North American run of the Ultrasound tour on Wednesday night at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Lorde will take a few weeks off and return to the stage on November 9 at Rockhal in Luxembourg for a European swing that will run through a December 9 show at Annexet in Sweden.