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When did Lorde release solar power?

It’s been almost four years since Lorde released Solar Power, which dropped back in August 2021 (and at the time marked Lorde’s first LP since 2017’s celebrated Melodrama). Fans have been eagerly anticipating new music since at least last summer, when a few other tidbits and teasers appeared online.

Is Lorde releasing solar power in a disc-less format?

This is what came through.” In light of its environmental inspiration, Lorde will be releasing Solar Power in a disc-less format, instead offering fans what’s described in a press release as an “eco-conscious Music Box.”

Is Lorde right on time?

Nothing moves up a quarter-life crisis quite like a global climate catastrophe and a pandemic, so Lorde ’s is right on time. With Solar Power, she’s right in the thick of it: wearied by teenage fame and capitalism, worried about the state of the earth and grieving the loss of her beloved dog Pearl.

Is solar power a good album?

Solar Power largely meanders through the anxiety, a bit of a relatable smooth brain approach to all that’s going on in the world. Lorde admits as much on the album: she basks in the inconclusiveness of her deep thoughts.

What is Lorde's best part of her songwriting?

While a valiant attempt, what it misses is that one of the best parts of Lorde’s songwriting is her incredible earnestness. When that is let loose, like on the absolutely stellar “Oceanic Feeling” and Big Star-esque “Big Star,” she is an unstoppable pop force.

What does Lorde say on 'oceanic feeling'?

As she promises on “Oceanic Feeling,” her “cherry-black lipstick’s gathering dust in a drawer/I don’t need her anymore.” Lorde spends a lot of the album shedding her skin. Phones get tossed in the water.