On the artwork, Lorde stated "It's a specific experience thinking about everyone in your life seeing your butt. It was revealed on Lorde's official website in June 2021. The photo is a low angle shot, showing Lorde's buttocks while she's under the sun. The album's artwork was photographed by Lorde's friend Ophelia. She also mentioned how her song was released on the only solar eclipse of the year, and to look at the natural calendar for clues on when her album would come out. Jack Antonoff, Lorde's producer, had posted a picture of the cover of "Solar Power" on his Instagram and Lorde's website was updated to say "Coming in 2021" and "Patience is a Virtue".Īfter the song being leaked and released early on June 10, Ella sent an email to her fans announcing that not only would her lead single be titled "Solar Power", so would her third album. June 7 finally brought something from Lorde. At the end of the text he wrote: "She really hates the winter I guess." Later on June 2, 2021, an insider by the name of RideOrDie had confirmed that Lorde would be releasing "Solar Power" as her lead single and "Mood Ring" as her promotional single. This led to many speculations and rumors on the app, especially considering the fact that their official website had stated: "Lorde… will emerge from her retirement with her third album after her unforgettable visit in 2018."
On May 25, 2021, Primavera Sound on Twitter announced that Lorde would be performing in the Primavera Sound Festival in 2022. In October 2020, she shared on an Instagram story that she'll give something in return next year if people vote, teasing 元. If you know anything about my work, you'll know what that means. "I can tell you, this new thing, it's got its own colours now. Happy, playful things." She and producer Jack Antonoff are still going over everything, and it would take a while longer. In May 2020, Lorde revealed in an email that she started going back to the studio in December, and to her surprise, "good things came out. In the fall of 2019, she said her third album would be delayed as she grieved the death of her dog, Pearl. She also said she "decided to be clean," and she was "gonna step back from social media and find new ways and exciting ways of communicating with you guys." She revealed this was because she was "a baby writer in search of a legacy", and would keep her fans posted. In May 2018, she deleted all of her Instagram posts except three and changed her entire layout. I don't know if it will be the next record or the one after, but I eventually want to produce an entire record myself." "It's stepping up and becoming a producer that I found super liberating. If you know anything about my work, you’ll know what that means.In late 2017, Lorde said she wishes to produce and write an album by herself with no help within the next five years. “….I can tell you, this new thing, it’s got its own colours now. And that kind of work takes time,” she wrote. “In my opinion, the greatest treat I can give you is work that will last ten, twenty, thirty years.
“It won’t be the same work-as anyone who has felt loss can understand, there’s a door that opens that you step through, and everything is different on the other side.” Then in May 2020, she offered a concrete update that she had been in the studio with Melodrama producer Jack Antonoff. “I have lost my boy, and I need some time to see the good again, to finish making this for you,” she wrote. In November 2019, she shared a note about the sudden death of her beloved dog, Pearl, and how the loss had redirected the album. Over the years, we heard a few peeps about new music. After releasing and touring her second album, 2017’s Melodrama, the New Zealander born Ella Yelich-O'Connor largely retreated from the public eye. Patience is a necessity when it comes to Lorde. Earlier this week, Lorde shared the cover art for something called “Solar Power.” She included only a vague note, to fuel the conspiracy theorists among us: “Arriving in 2021 … Patience is a virtue.”