Lorde debuted her forthcoming single “What Was That” this night (Tuesday, April 22) at New York’s Washington Sq. Park. The singer stood on a wood platform on the heart of the park’s now-dormant fountain and sang alongside to the monitor because it performed from a minimal speaker stack. Watch footage of the efficiency under.
Earlier in the present day, Lorde teased the pop-up look with a message shared through her fan textual content line: “Meet me within the park Tonight 7pm -xx.” When 7 p.m. rolled round, she adopted up with a put up to her Instagram story, informing attendees that the occasion had been shut down by park rangers and native police. “I’m really Amazed by what number of of you confirmed up !!!” it learn, partly. “However they’re telling me you gotta disperse … I’m so sorry.”
Nonetheless, a lot of the gang caught round for the subsequent hour, till Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes—who’s imagined to have labored on Lorde’s subsequent album—arrived with a rolling speaker blasting “What Was That” and led them out of the park. Lorde lastly confirmed up after 9 p.m., pausing to thank the assembled followers earlier than launching into her track. Newly revealed lyrics included the next: “I’m lacking you/And all of the issues we used to do/MDMA within the again backyard, blow our pupils up/We kissed for hours straight however child, what was that?/I keep in mind saying then/That is the perfect cigarette of my life/Nicely I would like you similar to that.”
Lorde first teased “What Was That” through a snippet posted to TikTok, accompanied by a video of her strutting round Washington Sq. Park. She lately made an look at Charli XCX’s weekend one Coachella set and collaborated with New Zealand singer-songwriter Marlon Williams. Her newest studio album thus far is 2021’s Photo voltaic Energy.
Examine Charli XCX’s “Lady, so complicated that includes lorde” at No. 9.on “The 100 Greatest Songs of 2024.”
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