Lorde

New Zealand singer and songwriter

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2025 Lorde is set to release the single 'What Was That', with details yet to be confirmed
April 2025 Lorde cleared her Instagram feed and posted a snippet of new music on TikTok, further teasing her upcoming fourth studio album.
2025 Lorde collaborated with Marlon Williams on the song 'Kāhore He Manu E' for the album 'Te Whare Tīwekaweka'
2024 Collaborated with Charli XCX on the single 'Girl, So Confusing' from the albums Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat
2024 Lorde contributes 'Take Me to the River' to 'Everyone's Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense'
September 2024 Universal Music Publishing signed Lorde, with the 'Girl, So Confusing' remix being her first release as a UMPG songwriter.
January 2024 Lorde began teasing her upcoming fourth studio album through a series of cryptic Instagram posts, with several posts featuring English record producer Dev Hynes.
2023 Lorde concluded her Solar Power Tour, ending performances in support of her third album.
August 2023 Debuted new songs 'Silver Moon' and 'Invisible Ink' during a concert at the Boardmasters Festival in Cornwall, England.
2022 Lorde initiated her Solar Power Tour, supporting her third studio album Solar Power.
2022 Released music videos for 'Secrets from a Girl (Who's Seen It All)', 'The Path', and 'Oceanic Feeling', co-directed by Joel Kefali and Ella Yelich-O'Connor
2022 Released 'Secrets from a Girl (Who's Seen It All)' single from the Solar Power album
2021 Released multiple music videos for 'Solar Power' album, including 'Solar Power', 'Mood Ring', 'Fallen Fruit', and 'Leader of a New Regime', co-directed by Joel Kefali and Ella Yelich-O'Connor
2021 Lorde performed 'Blouse' and 'Reaper' with Clairo for the album Sling
September 9 2021 Released a companion EP to Solar Power, sung entirely in te reo Māori, with proceeds going to Forest & Bird and another New Zealand charity.
September 9 2021 Released Te Ao Mārama, a digital download and streaming EP through UMG, which charted at number 4 in New Zealand and number 15 on the US World chart.
August 20 2021 Released her third studio album 'Solar Power', which reached number one in New Zealand and Australia and received a Gold certification in her home country.
August 17 2021 Released 'Mood Ring' as the third single from the Solar Power album.
July 21 2021 Released 'Stoned at the Nail Salon' as the second single from the Solar Power album.
June 10 2021 Released 'Solar Power' as the lead single from her third studio album of the same name.
June 7 2021 Posted an image on her website with the caption 'Solar Power', teasing the upcoming single and album.
May 25 2021 Announced as a headlining act for Primavera Sound's June 2022 festival, marking her first live show performance in over two years.
November 2020 Announced the release of Going South, a book documenting her January 2019 Antarctic visit.
May 20 2020 Lorde revealed she started working on her third studio album with Jack Antonoff following the death of her dog Pearl.
2019 Lorde began working on her third studio album 'Solar Power', marking a significant shift in her musical style towards a more acoustic and nature-inspired sound.
January 2019 Lorde visited Antarctica, which was later documented in the book Going South with photos by photographer Harriet Were.
2018 Lorde completed her Melodrama World Tour, performing across various venues and countries.
2018 Donated NZ$5,000 to Starship Hospital to fund the purchase of five new portable neurology monitors.
2018 Placed at number 12 on NPR's readers poll of the most influential female musicians of the 21st century, recognizing her significant cultural and musical impact.
November 2018 Became a patron of MusicHelps (formerly the New Zealand Music Foundation), a musical charity supporting vulnerable New Zealanders experiencing serious health issues.
March 2018 Completed the North American leg of the Melodrama tour, featuring Run the Jewels, Mitski, and Tove Styrke as opening acts.
2017 Named in Billboard's 21 Under 21 and Forbes' 30 Under 30 Asia list.
2017 Lorde launched her Melodrama World Tour, promoting her second studio album Melodrama.
2017 Released music videos for 'Green Light' and 'Perfect Places', both directed by Grant Singer
2017 Lorde was involved with the Bleachers song 'Don't Take the Money' from the album Gone Now
2017 Lorde performed 'Don't Take the Money' with Bleachers for MTV Unplugged
December 2017 Cancelled her scheduled June 2018 concert in Israel following a campaign by Palestinian solidarity activists, citing political considerations.
June 16 2017 Released her second studio album 'Melodrama', which topped charts in several countries and received platinum certifications.
March 2017 Released 'Green Light' as the lead single from her second studio album Melodrama, which received critical acclaim and reached number one in New Zealand.
2016 Began working on her second studio album 'Melodrama', which represented a more mature and introspective musical direction exploring themes of youth, heartbreak, and self-discovery.
2016 Donated NZ$20,000 to Fuel the Need, a New Zealand charity providing lunches for underprivileged schoolchildren.
2016 Lorde co-wrote 'Heartlines' for the Broods album Conscious
February 2016 Performed a tribute performance of David Bowie's 'Life on Mars' at the Brit Awards, which was widely acknowledged as one of the finest performances in tribute to Bowie.
January 2016 Lorde relocated to Ponsonby, an inner-city suburb of Auckland.
2015 Featured in the compilation album The Art of Peace: Songs for Tibet II to raise funds for preserving Tibetan culture.
2015 Released 'Magnets' music video directed by Ryan Hope
2015 Lorde featured on Disclosure's track 'Magnets' from their album Caracal, which received multiple platinum certifications in New Zealand, Australia, and a Silver certification in the UK
2015 Lorde released 'Team Ball Player Thing', a non-album single in collaboration with #KiwisCureBatten
2014 Lorde continued and concluded her Pure Heroine Tour, showcasing her music globally.
2014 Released 'Yellow Flicker Beat' music video directed by Emily Kai Bock

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