Lorde’s New Album ‘Virgin’ Is on the Way

Lorde is so back. 

Just days after dropping her first solo single in four years, the nostalgic “What Was That,” last week, Lorde announced her new album, Virgin, is also on the way. 

The “Royals” artist posted what seems to be an X-ray imageof a pelvis with a one-word caption, “Virgin," on Wednesday.

She confirmed the album’s title in a press release, along with some context around the inspiration and the release date. 

“The colour of the album is clear. Like bathwater, windows, ice, spit. Full transparency. The language is plain and unsentimental,” she said. “The sounds are the same wherever possible. I was trying to see myself, all the way through. I was trying to make a document that reflected my femininity: raw, primal, innocent, elegant, openhearted, spiritual, masc.”