Lorde on Dropping ‘Virgin': It ‘Broke Me Apart and Forged a New Creature Out of Me'
'This album broke me apart and forged a new creature out of me,' she wrote in her post. 'I am so proud to stand before you today as her, grateful for this beautiful life spent singing to myself and to you, for as long as you'll have me. Thank you so much, from the bottom of my heart, down to my cells.'
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Lorde wrote that while she was making the album, she was 'learning to love myself' in stages of 'change, growth, brokenness, and wholeness.'
'I'm still in shock and awe that so many of my heroes worked on Virgin — it has changed me collaborating with people this good, they'll get a separate post,' she wrote, seemingly referring to Jim-E Stack, Dan Nigro, and Buddy Ross who co-produced the album. 'I'm already extremely behind on this fucking post and pulling up at the festival again rn it'll never leave my drafts if I don't keep moving… but today very very special thanks go to Jimmy Stack for a collaboration so all in, fun, supportive, moving and inspiring that it really can't be put into words.'
The festival she refers to in the post is likely Glastonbury, where Lorde played a surprise set, performing her album front to back on Friday. The new album featured previously released singles 'Man of the Year,' 'Hammer,' and 'What Was That,' along with new tracks such as 'Shapeshifter,' 'Current Affairs,' and 'GRWM.'
'Lorde excavates parts of herself she has yet to contend with on the public stage — from her evolving gender identity to her family-born traumas,' read a Rolling Stone review of the album. 'The result is nearly 40 minutes of undeniable pop bangers and jagged synth flashes where Lorde wipes parts of her past clean and makes room for the adult she has crystallized into.'Best of Rolling Stone
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