Lorde is formally again with “What Was That,” her first new tune in 4 years. Stream it beneath.
“I’m lacking you/ And all of the issues we used to do,” the Kiwi artist sings on the synth-pop monitor. “MDMA within the again backyard, blow our pupils up/ We kissed for hours straight however child, what was that?”
She first teased the comeback single in a snippet posted to TikTok, adopted by an official announcement by way of Instagram. On Tuesday, April twenty second, she debuted the monitor throughout an impromptu listening social gathering at New York’s Washington Sq. Park.
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Whereas “What Was That” marks Lorde’s first correct solo single since her 2021 album, Photo voltaic Energy, she stored busy in 2024, releasing a Speaking Heads cowl and guesting on a remix of Charli XCX’s “Lady, so complicated.”
Extra lately, she joined Charli XCX on stage throughout the first weekend of Coachella 2025 to carry out their “Lady, so complicated” remix collectively.