US EditionLorde Shocks Fans Over New Vinyl Album’s NSFW Image
- Lorde released the vinyl edition of her album Virgin on June 27, 2025, featuring a provocative X-ray cover image revealing a pelvic area with an IUD.
- The provocative cover ties into the album's themes of sex, gender identity, and an ancient definition of virginity as independence rather than inexperience.
- Fans reacted with shock to the album art, while critics gave mixed reviews, with ratings from 2 to 4.5 stars and commentary on its sonic variety and production choices.
- Lorde expressed pride and gratitude for the album, stating it broke her apart and forged a new creature, and announced the Ultrasound World Tour starting in September 2025.
- The album and tour suggest Lorde’s continued artistic growth, exploring candid themes and challenging norms around sexuality and identity in her music and imagery.
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Lorde Reveals Which ‘Virgin’ Song ‘Kicked My A–‘ to Write & Seemingly Teases Deluxe Tracks
Lorde‘s new album Virgin is chock-full of the rawest, most vulnerable songs she’s ever written. And in a post celebrating the project three days after its release, the pop star revealed which of those tracks was by far the most difficult to create (while also appearing to tease a deluxe version of the album). Sharing the Virgin album cover via Instagram on Monday (June 30), Lorde asked fans to comment their favorite songs on the track list bef…
On her new album, Lorde creates pop at its purest – performative, playful and alive to paradox
“✏️Describe the vibe” goes the demand to commenters underneath the YouTube video for Lorde’s latest single, “Hammer”. Fans form a flow; a “vibe check” in Zillenial parlance: The pure rawness … (@lynmariegm) A more raw true-to-self form … (@m3lodr4matic) This is pure art … (@anishm-g1r) Lorde’s 2013 debut album was titled Pure Heroine. But, she tells us – and fans and critics agree – Virgin is the first album which “does not lie”. Pure pop. Not …
Days before Lorde released her fourth album, Virgin, the pop superstar was in the middle of Brooklyn’s Baby’s All Right club, enjoying a blue cerulean glow as she shared fragments of songs from her new project and danced with her fans. Dressed in an almost transparent white dress with glitter on her face, Lorde raised her hands to the disco ball of the venue and looked like an ethereal reincarnation of herself. With Virgin, Lorde explores parts …
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