Lorde: Solar Power – új klipdal négy év után +FRISSÍTÉS: közreműködés a Blouse című Clairo-számban

A groove-os hangulatával a nyolcvanas-kilencvenes évtizedfordulóról Primal Scream-, Roxette- és George Michael-slágereket idéző új dal a 2017-es albumhoz hasonlóan ismét Jack Antonoff társszerző-produceri segédletével készült, a háttérvokálokat két amerikai kolléganő, Phoebe Bridgers és Clairo szolgáltatja, a videót pedig maga Lorde rendezte Joel Kefali társaságában (akivel legkorábbi Royals és Tennis Court klipjeit is forgatta 2013-ban).

I hate the winter
Can’t stand the cold
I tend to cancel all the plans (so sorry, I can’t make it)
But when the heat comes
Something takes a hold
Can I kick it? Yeah, I can

My cheeks in high colour, overripe peaches
No shirt, no shoes, only my features
My boy behind me, he’s taking pictures
Lead the boys and girls onto the beaches
Come one, come all, I’ll tell you my secrets
I’m kinda like a prettier Jesus

Forget all of the tears that you’ve cried, it’s over (over, over, over)
It’s a new state of mind — are you coming, my baby?

Acid green, aquamarine
The girls are dancing in the sand
And I throw my cellular device in the water
Can you reach me? No, you can’t

Turn it on in a new kind of bright, it’s solar (solar, solar, solar)
Come on and let the bliss begin
Blink three times when you feel it kickin’ in
That solar power
Solar power, oh that power
Solar power, oh that power
Solar power, oh that power
Solar power, oh that power
Solar power, oh that power
Solar power, oh that power

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“It’s a specific experience thinking about everyone in your life seeing your butt. I have no regrets. I love this cover and happy for this to be how people see my butt. I was sent a couple of memes. They were very funny, I liked them. I’m so out of touch with meme culture but I’m down. All the memes!” – néhány példa a borítókép mémesülésére:

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a művésznő üzenete a megjelenéshez:

You ready?

There’s someone I want you to meet. Her feet are bare at all times. She’s sexy, playful, feral, and free. She’s a modern girl in a deadstock bikini, in touch with her past and her future, vibrating at the highest level when summer comes around. Her skin is glowing, her lovers are many. I’m completely obsessed with her, and soon you will be too.

It’s my divine pleasure to be introducing you, at long last, to my third studio album, SOLAR POWER.

The album is a celebration of the natural world, an attempt at immortalising the deep, transcendent feelings I have when I’m outdoors. In times of heartache, grief, deep love, or confusion, I look to the natural world for answers. I’ve learnt to breathe out, and tune in. This is what came through.

The first song, also called SOLAR POWER and written and produced by myself and Jack, is the first of the rays. It’s about that infectious, flirtatious summer energy that takes hold of us all, come June (or December, if you’re a Southern Hemisphere baby like me but I know that’s literally IMPOSSIBLE for you all to wrap your little heads around so don’t worry about it!!).

I made everything with friends here in New Zealand. My best mate Ophelia took the cover photo, lying on the sand as I leapt over her, both of us laughing. The director who made my first ever music video, Joel, helped me create the videos, building an entire cinematic universe that I can’t wait for you to see. I made something that encapsulates where I’m from — my family, my girlfriends, my outdoors, my constant ruminations, and my unending search for the divine.

There’s SO much more detail to come — a truly comical amount of detail, honestly. You can look to the natural calendar for clues. I’m trying to listen to what’s out there more, and the vibe I got was that you’re ready for this, that you need it. I want this album to be your summer companion, the one you pump on the drive to the beach. The one that lingers on your skin like a tan as the months get cooler again.

Today’s the only solar eclipse of the year, did you know that? Feels right.

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Lorde legutóbbi két fellépése, Marlon Williams mellett: idén márciusban a Tougher Than The Rest című Bruce Springsteen-dallal. . .

. . . és a Simon & Garfunkel-féle The Sound Of Silence feldolgozásával a 2019-es christchurch-i jótékonysági koncerten. . .

. . .ahol Lorde még a Team című saját 2013-as slágerét is előadta, a gitáros-énekesnő Bic Runga közreműködésével:

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FRISSÍTÉS: néhány órával a Solar Power dal megjelenése után az abban háttérvokálozó Clairo (született: Claire Elizabeth Cottrill, 1998) maga is kiadott egy új számot, amiben viszont Lorde a vendégvokalista – a múlt éjszaka szólóban Jimmy Fallon tévéműsorában is bemutatott Blouse című szerzemény az amerikai gitáros-énekesnő 2019-es Immunity debütalbumának 2021. július 16-án megjelenő folytatását, a Jack Antonoff társproduceri segédletével készült Sling című nagylemezt harangozza be!

Here we are, quiet at your kitchen table
With courtesy to little pet peeves
Napkins on laps, the strands pulled back
I hang the scarf in my mom’s inner rack

Why do I tell you how I feel
When you’re just looking down your blouse?
It’s something I wouldn’t say out loud
If touch could make them hear, then touch me now
If touch could make them hear, then touch me now

Talking to some who laugh and others scorned
I guess humor could help me after all
It’s funny, now I’m just useless and a whore
But I’ll get a cosign from your favorite one-man show

Why do I tell you how I feel
When you’re too busy looking down my blouse?
It’s something I wouldn’t say out loud
If touch could make them hear, then touch me now
If touch could make them hear, then touch me now
If touch could make them hear, then touch me now
Now

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