It’s been four years since the last Lorde summer, although the artist born Ella Yelich-O’Connor hasn’t been totally quiet since her Jack Antonoff-produced “weed album” Solar Power. She sang in te reo Māori on both a Solar Power companion EP and a Marlon Williams album; she covered Talking Heads, MUNA, Bananarama, the Strokes, Rosalía, and Britney Spears; and she broke the internet by joining Charli XCX on a remix of “Girl, so confusing.” Anticipation for LP4 has been growing since the New Zealand pop star previewed new music at a UK festival two years ago and now we finally have our first taste.
