Lorde
Virgin
Universal New Zealand/Republic
Released 06/27/95
Lorde has unveiled her fourth studio album Virgin, which follows her 2021 LP Solar Power. Recorded across various studios in London, Los Angeles and New York City, the album is preceded by the official singles “What Was That,” “Man Of The Year” and “Hammer.”
“[The album] had to work on my body,” she explains to Vogue Australia. “I don’t choose what comes out of me. There were times making this album when I wished it was smoother, more refined, less close to the bone. I was like, ‘do we have to be writing about how I felt when I looked in the mirror those two years where I just counted everything I ate? Like, do we have to?’ I think if I needed that song to exist, and it doesn’t, then it’s my duty to try and make it, you know? Even if that’s uncomfortable for me.”
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