Lorde has dropped the “Hammer,” giving followers the ultimate style of her upcoming fourth album earlier than its official arrival subsequent week.
With Virgin scheduled for launch on June 27, Lorde took to social media earlier this week to reveal that one ultimate single can be dropping within the lead-up – becoming a member of the recently-released cuts “What Was That” and “Man of the 12 months.”
On Instagram Wednesday (June 18), Lorde defined that the brand new music can be titled “Hammer.” “First music on the album,” she wrote in her caption. “An ode to metropolis life and horniness tbh.”
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Arriving on Friday (June 20), the euphoric new single options co-production by Lorde and Jim-E Stack, and launches with an digital passage which has drawn similarities to Woman Gaga’s “Poker Face” by some on-line commentators.
Lyrically, the observe additionally references Lorde’s earlier feedback surrounding the forthcoming recording, together with that of rebirth, and in addition of her relationship towards gender – as evidenced within the line, “Some days I’m a lady, some days I’m a person.”
The road echoes the singer’s latest feedback about fostering an in depth friendship with Chappell Roan previously yr, with the pair additionally discussing Lorde’s altering relationship with gender. “[Chappell Roan] requested me this … She was like, ‘So, are you nonbinary now?’” Lorde recalled.
“I used to be like, ‘I’m a lady aside from the times once I’m a person,’” the singer continued. “I do know that’s not a really satisfying reply, however there’s part of me that’s actually immune to boxing it up.”
Gender is certainly one of a number of subjects Lorde has promised to discover on Virgin, which drops June 27 through Republic Information that includes further manufacturing from Fabiana Palladino, Andrew Aged, Buddy Ross, Dan Nigro and Dev Hynes of Blood Orange. The singer-songwriter has additionally stated that the album was knowledgeable by her experiences with disordered consuming, quitting contraception and breaking off a longterm relationship.
“THE COLOUR OF THE ALBUM IS CLEAR,” she described the mission when saying it again in April. “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.”
The discharge of “Hammer’ can even be accompanied by a Renell Medrano-directed music video, which is able to premiere through YouTube at 9am ET on Friday, June 20.
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