Overview

• At the start of 2023 Lorde said all she could think about was weighing as little as possible and that obsession blocked her songwriting.
• She told BBC Radio 1 host Jack Saunders she felt disconnected from her creativity and even contemplated leaving music.
• Her therapeutic journey between 2022 and 2024 included supervised MDMA and psilocybin sessions that restored her well-being.
• Virgin, released June 27, debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and includes the song “Broken Glass,” which confronts her struggles with body image.
• On “David” Lorde invokes the story of David and Goliath to address personal power dynamics and her past eight-year relationship.