Lorde will release her newest song, What Was That, “soon”, according to the artist.
Following a surprise appearance at Coachella during Charli XCX’s set, Lorde has confirmed her first new material will be “out soon”. It will mark Lorde’s first piece of new music since last year’s cover of Talking Heads’ Take Me to the River. What Was That will be the first original piece from Lorde since 2021’s album, Solar Power. Fans of the songwriter have been long expecting new material, with some wondering whether an announcement would be imminent following her appearance on the Brat remix album. She collaborated with Charli XCX on Girl, So Confusing, last year, and has since performed the song with the Brat sensation at Coachella.
She also collaborated with Marlon Williams on Kāhore He Manu E. Aside from two collaborations and a cover song for a Talking Heads tribute album, it has been four years since Lorde last released a piece of original material.
A post to Lorde’s social media accounts confirmed the release of What Was That, which does not yet have a firm release date. Lorde does promise the track will be “out soon”, though, with fans speculating on how long they will have to wait for new material. A series of texts which serve as Lorde’s newsletter was sent to fans in the lead-up to the song’s announcement.
Her voicenote has Lorde say: “I just wanted to say hi because everything is about to change and these are really the last moments where it’s just us, which is crazy but so right. I’m so ready. I didn’t know if I’d ever be able to say that, but I am. I’m so thankful for your patience. I’ve felt your love, I’ve felt you right there. This is gonna be crazy, you have no idea.”
Lorde had previously teased new material and what would likely be her fourth studio album with a fifteen-second video on TikTok, where the songwriter was seen walking through Washington Square Park in New York.
The songwriter, behind albums Pure Heroine, Melodrama, and Solar Power, added: “I’m in the zone, not wanting to think too hard about how to communicate. I don’t want to be stressing about capturing the moment with the right language. What if it’s just about saying it, maybe getting it wrong, and that being okay?”
Lorde’s full voice note to fans can be found below.
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