Four years after she last blessed us with music, Lorde has confirmed she has a new release on the way.
On Monday, the 24-year-old singer announced Solar Power, her first musical offering since 2017’s Melodrama, which has already sparked a lot of conversation on social media.
True to form, Lorde was not exactly forthcoming when it came to details, teasing in a post on her website: “Arriving in 2021… patience is a virtue.”
But while she’s keeping her cards close to her chest, Lorde did treat her devoted fans to the Solar Power artwork, taken from below, which shows her running in a swimsuit on a sunny beach.
Given how long it’s been since Lorde last bestowed us with new material, fans were understandably excited at the announcement, despite how vague it was, with many already sharing memes based on Solar Power’s distinctive artwork:
Me at the mall as a child trying with every cell in my body to only step on the colored tiles lest something devastating happen to me or my family pic.twitter.com/iQLQIlWqKK
— Sabina Meschke (@sabinameschke) June 7, 2021
Lorde would’ve taken care of it pic.twitter.com/MRVYf7R9Vi
— Dak (@DakDeMarco) June 8, 2021
“Lorde, its your turn bab!” pic.twitter.com/7E2syV5LZU
— Bally Singh (@putasinghonit) June 8, 2021
Patrick walked so #Lorde could run pic.twitter.com/qyFU52pr7K
— 𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒆 🤟🏼 (@frankiecavaa) June 8, 2021
Lorde training for the 2022 FIFA World Cup pic.twitter.com/bJYyY4ZMSU
— Misheal is Misheal (@mish_eal) June 8, 2021
CGI Rita Ora can’t believe Lorde is back pic.twitter.com/Ik5ZcTT8vs
— Jake McBain (@JakeMC_) June 8, 2021
Live green#Lorde#lordeiscoming#SolarPowerpic.twitter.com/p1SJawWLUa
— ぎでおん (@p0ckyboi) June 8, 2021
Digging the new Lorde album cover pic.twitter.com/UI3Zto5rXX
— Pablo Gallaga (@Pabably) June 8, 2021
lorde is coming 🙏 pic.twitter.com/Oh0XzEfwTb
— Mark 〄 #SaveTheOA (@GODGATHElST) June 8, 2021
Lorde on the cover of solar power pic.twitter.com/eJSZdNnS5h
— fire walk with lisa ♡☭ (@firthism) June 8, 2021
my pov of lorde pic.twitter.com/HxaCh0zukh
— flyboy • commissions open (@captn_flyboy) June 8, 2021
lorde said let there be eclipse pic.twitter.com/MARKKA3ld6
— kev abra ⌫ (@kevabra) June 8, 2021
BREAKING NEWS: Countries around the world have discovered the use of solar powered energy. This was discovered by Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor, Also known as
grammy winning singer-songwriter “Lorde”, when she made the song “Solar Power” (2021) pic.twitter.com/bQAPyjYs5i— austin (@soIarpowcr) June 7, 2021
It has to be said that the shot also put some in mind of a certain throwaway Family Guy gag:
wait, Lorde? pic.twitter.com/qyaZmF5ERx
— pedroney ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ (@pedroneyy) June 8, 2021
thanku lorde for blessing us this year🙏🧎 pic.twitter.com/RUlyh0Fkl8
— aadu (@4d4rsh4) June 8, 2021
this is my favourite meme that has come out since the lorde announcement pic.twitter.com/5T61fNOCMT
— arahia not found (@IVYSOURS) June 7, 2021
Lorde's new album cover #Lorde#newMusic#SolarPowerpic.twitter.com/zJEVnfdmiX
— J (@Vodkabulary93) June 8, 2021
lorde pic.twitter.com/nGPq1ujr8C
— Anthony Ejefoh (@Ijobacypher) June 8, 2021
new lorde? pic.twitter.com/qPPisNXohm
— andrea🔅 (@aromanz_) June 8, 2021
No one:
Lorde: pic.twitter.com/CjUZDOWpxL— ˢ𝐋Ɨᵛ𝔼 Ⓓ𝒆𝓝Ⓢ (@daya_bekun) June 8, 2021
Lorde’s Solar Power cover said: pic.twitter.com/orbTTJ8SE8
— Frosty (@FrostFlame726) June 8, 2021
The New Zealand-born singer-songwriter first burst onto the music scene in 2013 with her chart-topping single Royals, which was followed by her critically acclaimed debut album True Heroine.
Lorde quickly garnered a loyal following, which included celebrity fans like Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez, and she was later chosen to perform a special tribute to David Bowie – who once hailed her as “the future of music” – at the 2016 Brit Awards.
Her second album Melodrama was released in 2017, which included the singles Green Light and Perfect Places.
Melodrama earned Lorde her second Brit Award, as well as an Album Of The Year nomination at the Grammys.
