Lorde teases third album as she announces first book inspired by Antarctica trip
Singer says book about 2019 trip is the ‘perfect precursor’ to her third album.
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Lorde has teased fans with more information about her new album while announcing her new book.
The New Zealand-born singer revealed in an email newsletter sent on Tuesday (24 November) night that she had “exciting news” for her fans, jokingly adding it wasn’t about the new album: “Not that news. Don’t get too excited. Just a moderate amount.”
The “Green Light” singer explained that she is releasing a book titled Going South inspired by her 2019 trip to Antarctica, describing the book as a “perfect precursor” to her highly anticipated third album.
“When I went to Antarctica, I hadn’t yet started writing again after finishing [second album] Melodrama,” she wrote. “I realised after the trip that what my brain had been craving was a visit to an alternate realm.
“In the plane coming down to land, I had this very intense bolt-of-lightning thought, which in all its eloquence was literally ‘DON’T MAKE S*** RECORDS’.”
She continued: “I’m particularly grateful for [a trip] which showed me the beginnings of the new world which I continue to build, and am very excited to start showing you soon.”
Lorde started recording the untitled new album in December with writer Jack Antonoff, writing in May: “The work is so f***ing good, my friend. I am truly jazzed for you to hear it.”
It will follow on from her 2013 debut Pure Heroine and 2017’s Melodrama.
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