[Shaun]

It looks like Lorde, the artist on whose shoulders the entire future of popular music must surely rest, is releasing new music later this week.

As The Spinoff report, Lorde booked out a very brief, surprise ad on New Zealand telly last night. The visuals see Lorde in the back of either a taxi or an extremely small aeroplane; the ad’s soundtrack is upbeat with a piano in it.

Lorde is seen drinking something (a carbonated beverage? POSSIBLY) then the dates ‘3.2.17 NYC’ and ‘3.3.17 NZ’ pop up.

Here’s a video The Spinoff took off the telly.

Youtube video

I’m really proud of this bit of songwriting. I feel like I got somewhere they hadn’t been before, which is always a nice feeling as a songwriter. It’s interesting because I had this realization that because of my lifestyle and what I do for work there’s going to be a point with every single person around me where I’m gonna be attacks on them in some way. If it is having to give up a little portion of their privacy or their life becoming more difficult or whatever. It was just this moment of sadness and I remember it so vividly.

I was in this cab alone listening to “Higher” by Rihanna because ANTI had just come out. And I had a little cry and I was just like, “It’s always going to be this way, at some point with everyone it’s going to be this way.” But the song kind of ended up turning into a bit of a protective talismans for me. I was like, you know what, I’m always gonna have myself so I have to really nurture this relationship and feel good about hanging out with myself and loving myself. And the tone of the melody, the way it kind of falls around, it’s almost like it’s kind of drunk or it sort of leans around, it’s got this hip-hop cadence to it.