Overview

• Lorde revealed her private struggle with an eating disorder that began during the pandemic and persisted through her 2022 Solar Power tour, marked by starvation and calorie counting.
• She described the dissonance of experiencing joy on stage while privately battling deep body-image issues and self-loathing.
• Supervised MDMA and psilocybin therapy between 2022 and 2024 helped her overcome lifelong stage fright and reshape her relationship with her body.
• Her recovery process, which she calls 'the ooze,' involved embracing her body’s complexity, leading to a creative resurgence and the themes of her new album.
• Virgin, her fourth studio album, is set to release on June 27, 2025, with its lead single debuting last month.