Virgin | Black 2LP Rock

Virgin | Black 2LP RockLorde Virgin Black 2LP Release date: 02. 07. 2025 Lorde co produced Virgin with Jim E Stack, with contributions from Devonte Hynes (Blood Orange), Dan Nigro, Fabiana Palladino, Buddy Ross, and Andrew Aged. This album is the sound of Lorde returning to the beat driven and raw lyricism that propelled Pure Heroine and Melodrama to commercial and critical success. Preceded by lead single What Was That, which peaked at #1 on the US Spotify Chart, Virgin

Adam Brisbin

But when she ushers you into the expanses of her third album—with a coy “Welcome… it’s gonna be a lot of fun”—she’s inviting you to leave any crass The Nordics’ Next Big Thing or Rising Alt-Pop Star epithets at the door

By turns devotional

starting out on piano at age four before moving to electric guitar at age eleven

and before long

By flipping and reversing the tape

central piano motif is gradually engulfed by a swell of fulsome guitars and pummelling drum beats - and closes with lurching

this compilation features remixes of tracks from their 1997 eponymously titled

A providential meeting with Alan Mills meant another collaborator would try his hand at the resultant rhythmic and melodic tangle

They called upon renowned producer Flood (Nick Cave

Throughout the album there are plays on the notion of feeling seen or invisible

but the pandemic also incinerated any idea of a deadline for the new album