Lorde Shares Snippet of New Music

Lorde has been busy working on her long-awaited fourth album and has been very slowly teasing the follow-up to 2021’s "Solar Power" for almost a year now, but until this week fans have not heard even a single snippet of music. 

However, that changed when the 27-year-old singer took to her Instagram Story to share some pics of herself in the studio and a brief clip of a new song as well. 

In a clip shared by fans, Lorde — donned in a plaid shirt with her hair in pigtails — smiles and rocks her head side-to-side as she grooves to a beat that appears to have a techno-y, dance vibe. The caption to the tease gave hope: “Will be back in touch.”

Last month, Lorde posted a series of cryptic photos and wrote “use the existing tools wherever possible” alongside a string of images including a copyright symbol, three variations of the letter L, the number four in parentheses, and a recycling logo. 

 “If the tools do not exist you are spiritually obligated to create them,” she added along a longer string of confusing snaps, with more Ls, another 4, a bunch of stars, the number 27, what looked like a Tarot card, the infinity symbol, a shark, a rabbit, and an Egyptian figure.

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At the time she didn’t share any further explanation and the accompanying photos didn’t give a hint as to 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 pill in her hand with the word “spit” printed on it, along with a shot of a nightstand with a pile of books and an ashtray filled with gold jewelry and a close-up of her at a swimming pool.

In December, she posted another confusing photo— since deleted — in which she sat in striped pajamas listening to something, clarifying, “listening to myself.” 

She also teased what appeared to be a few new songs during a headlining gig at the Boardmasters Festival in the UK in 2023, with enterprising fans guessing that the tracks were titled “Silver Moon” and “Invisible Ink.”