Overview

• Lorde cut a co-written track with Fabiana Palladino at the last minute because it diluted the album’s vision despite being one of her favorites.
• She confirmed that “a couple really good B sides” remain from the Virgin sessions and suggested they could surface on a future deluxe release.
• The artist mapped her songwriting chronology, noting that “David” was the first song she started, “Clearblue” the last begun, and “Broken Glass” the final track she finished.
• Lorde described “Favourite Daughter” as the most challenging song to write, produce and sing and revealed that bouts of insomnia shaped much of the album’s content.
• She explained her long-planned sample of Dexta Daps’ “Morning Love” on “Current Affairs” and the intentional sonic bookends anchored by the album’s “fountain.”