Overview

• Lorde unveiled the 11-track list at an intimate Auckland event and posted it on social media to reveal songs such as ‘Man Of The Year’, ‘Broken Glass’ and ‘Current Affairs’.
• The second single ‘Man Of The Year’ arrived with a music video depicting Lorde in raw self-exploratory imagery.
• Virgin includes production from Jim-E Stack and collaborations with Dev Hynes, Dan Nigro, Fabiana Palladino, Andrew Aged and Buddy Ross.
• In a Rolling Stone cover story, Lorde said that stopping birth control cut her ties to regulated femininity and sparked an “ego-death” moment that shaped key tracks.
• The album is scheduled for a June 27 release, four years after Solar Power, and is now available for pre-order.