Lorde’s New Era Is Imminent. Here’s Everything to Know

2024 had Brat summer season. This yr, all indicators are pointing to a summer season of our Lorde. The New Zealand pop celebrity is reportedly gearing as much as drop her long-awaited fourth studio album someday quickly. In true Lorde style, information about the venture are few and a long way between, however she’s already teasing bits and items of the album. Let’s dive in.

Murmurs of a follow-up to Lorde’s 2021 album Solar Power have run rampant during the last months. For starters, the artist has a tendency to free up her tasks each and every 4 years: ahead of Solar Power, she dropped Melodrama in 2017 and Pure Heroine in 2013. But Lorde has additionally been noticed within the studio with some beautiful giant names (extra on that beneath) and waded again into the song recreation remaining summer season by means of teaming up with Charli XCX on a cathartic remix of “Girl, so confusing.” On April 9, 2025, new Lorde song gave the impression drawing close because the artist teased the observe “What Was That” by way of an angsty TikTok video.

Here, the entirety to learn about Lorde’s fourth studio album. (Since the venture is lately untitled, let’s name it L4).

Who will characteristic on L4?

No options (if any) were showed simply but, however Lorde has been within the studio with some beautiful heavy hitters during the last months. In August 2024, she used to be observed running with Jim-E Stack, a manufacturer who has collaborated with the likes of Gracie Abrams and Dominic Fike. She’s additionally been teasing a collaboration with Dev Hynes of Blood Orange. The two were noticed in Los Angeles and New York City in combination during the last yr.

There’s additionally anticipation that XCX might go back the choose and seem at the album, despite the fact that there’s been no authentic affirmation as of but. XCX, then again, is greater than supportive of the album. During her Coachella set she proclaimed that whilst 2024 used to be “BRAT summer,” this yr can be “Lorde summer 2025!”

Are there any singles off of L4?

“What Was That” is in all probability the lead unmarried off of L4. Lorde shared an excessively small snippet of the track all over an April TikTok video. In the fast clip, the singer is observed marching thru an incredibly empty Washington Square Park as her new track performs. “Since I was 17, I gave you everything / Now we wake from a dream, well baby, what was that? / What was that?” She wore a slightly simple outfit by means of pop celebrity requirements: a white t-shirt, light denims with uncovered sewing, and a silver belt encumbered with charms.

She later returned to the park on April 22 for an impromptu look that used to be switfly close down by means of town officers. Lorde did organize to play “What Was That” for the group, and introduced the next morning that the track would drop on April 23 at 12am EST.

When will L4 be launched?

L4 is anticipated someday in 2025.