Lorde has previewed her new single ‘What Was That’ for followers at a pop-up occasion in New York – try footage of it beneath.
Lorde – who will quickly make her comeback with the only ‘What Was That’ – yesterday (April 22) despatched a textual content message to her New York followers who had signed up for her e-newsletter to satisfy her “within the park”.
The message despatched her followers right into a frenzy, as throngs of individuals made their means all the way down to Washington Sq. Park to await her arrival. Quickly after, Lorde later up to date her followers through a now-deleted Instagram story that the pop-up was being cancelled by authorities earlier than her arrival: “Omg @thepark the cops are shutting us down. I’m actually Amazed by what number of of you confirmed up!!! However they’re telling me you gotta disperse… I’m so sorry.”
Nevertheless, she later confirmed up and performed a preview of ‘What Was That’ in the course of the park. Although she didn’t carry out the track reside, she stood atop a crater and danced alongside to the tune, which producer Blood Orange/Dev Hynes performed aloud.
LORDE PERFORMING WHAT WAS THAT IN NEW YORK CITY: pic.twitter.com/fEZWH78kfv
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One other video of Dev Hynes/Blood Orange taking part in What Was That at Lorde’s pop-up occasion in New York! pic.twitter.com/qRKJXo1Wt1
— The Lorde Cult (@TheLordeCult) April 23, 2025
“You guys are so superb. I like you a lot”
Lorde thanking the followers who attended her New York pop-up occasion. pic.twitter.com/UmXEZPuea2
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The pop-up comes forward of the discharge of her comeback single, ‘What Was That’, which has but to obtain a launch date. She started hinting at new materials on the finish of final yr, wiping her social media accounts and resulting in followers believing {that a} new chapter was on the way in which. She additionally shared precisely one second of recent music, alongside a number of footage of herself contained in the studio, writing: “shall be again in contact”.
The hints continued into 2025 too, with the singer wiping her web site and sharing a quick clip on TikTok earlier this month, which noticed her strolling via New York Metropolis’s Washington Sq. Park (the place she heldthe pop-up), listening to a brand new monitor that features the strains: “Since I used to be 17, I gave you every little thing / Now we wake from a dream, effectively child, what was that? / What was that?”
Most not too long ago, she shared a voice word along with her followers, teasing a brand new period after making a shock look at Coachella throughout Charli XCX’s set: “I simply needed to say hello as a result of every little thing is about to alter. These are actually the final moments the place it’s simply us, which is loopy. It’s so proper. I’m so prepared. I didn’t know if I’d ever have the ability to say that, however I’m. I’m so grateful in your endurance. I’ve felt your love, I’ve felt you proper there. That is going to be loopy, you don’t have any concept.”
The ‘Ribs’ artist has launched a brand new album each 4 years, starting with 2013’s ‘Pure Heroine’, 2017’s ‘Melodrama’, and most not too long ago, 2021’s ‘Photo voltaic Energy’. She has dropped new music this yr already, although within the type of a collaboration. Earlier this yr, she and Marlon Williams joined forces on ‘Kāhore He Manu E’ – with the pop singer saying the collaboration was “one in all my favorite issues to do on earth”.
