Lorde is laying down the hammer in the last few days before her new album, Virgin, drops, with the pop star announcing that she has one more single coming out in advance.
On Instagram Wednesday (June 18), Lorde revealed that the new song will be titled “Hammer.” “First song on the album,” she wrote in her caption. “An ode to city life and horniness tbh.”
The New Zealand native also shared what appears to be the track’s cover art: a photo of Lorde’s reflection repeating infinitely in opposite-facing bathroom mirrors as she washes her face at the sink, wearing a white tank and gray underwear.
Lorde didn’t say when exactly the song will arrive, but she did post on Instagram one day prior the announcement, “Virgin in ten days another song in a few.”
“Hammer” will follow Virgin‘s first two singles, “What Was That” and “Man of the Year.” Lorde dropped the former in April along with a DIY music video filmed in part at a fan meetup in Washington Square Park, and on the latter — released in late May — she reflects on her broadening gender identity while embracing her inner masculinity.
Gender is one of several topics Lorde has promised to explore on Virgin, which drops June 27 via Republic Records featuring production from Jim-E Stack, Fabiana Palladino, Andrew Aged, Buddy Ross, Dan Nigro and Dev Hynes of Blood Orange. The singer-songwriter has also said that the album was informed by her experiences with disordered eating, quitting birth control and breaking off a longterm relationship.
“THE COLOUR OF THE ALBUM IS CLEAR,” she described the project when announcing it back in April. “LIKE BATHWATER, WINDOWS, ICE, SPIT. FULL TRANSPARENCY. THE LANGUAGE IS PLAIN AND UNSENTIMENTAL. 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.”
See Lorde’s announcement below.
