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Producer Blood Orange was also present at the Washing Square Park event Lorde has previewed her new single ‘What Was That’ for fans at a pop-up event in New York – check out footage of it below. READ MORE: Lorde: “I feel like I can see my world and myself a lot clearer now” Lorde – who will soon make her comeback with the single ‘What Was That’ – yesterday (April 22) sent a text message to her New York fans who had signed up for her newsletter to meet her “in the park”. The message sent her fans into a frenzy, as throngs of people made their way down to Washington Square Park to await her arrival.
Soon after, Lorde later updated her fans via a now-deleted Instagram story that the pop-up was being cancelled by authorities before her arrival: “Omg @thepark the cops are shutting us down. I am truly Amazed by how many of you showed up!!! But they’re telling me you gotta disperse..
. I’m so sorry.” However, she later showed up and played a preview of ‘What Was That’ in the middle of the park.
Though she did not perform the song live, she stood atop a crater and danced along to the tune, which producer Blood Orange / Dev Hynes played aloud. LORDE PERFORMING WHAT WAS THAT IN NEW YORK CITY: pic.twitter.
com/fEZWH78kfv — carlos ❆ (@BRTXCX) April 23, 2025 Another video of Dev Hynes/Blood Orange playing What Was That at Lorde’s pop-up event in New York! pic.twitter.com/qRKJXo1Wt1 — The Lorde Cult (@TheLordeCult) April 23, 2025 “You guys are so amazing.
I love you so much” Lorde thanking the fans who attended her New York pop-up event. pic.twitter.
com/UmXEZPuea2 — The Lorde Cult (@TheLordeCult) April 23, 2025 The pop-up comes ahead of the release of her comeback single, ‘What Was That’, which has yet to receive a release date. She began hinting at new material at the end of last year, wiping her social media accounts and leading to fans believing that a new chapter was on the way. She also shared exactly one second of new music , alongside several pictures of herself inside the studio, writing: “will be back in touch”.
The hints continued into 2025 too, with the singer wiping her website and sharing a brief clip on TikTok earlier this month, which saw her walking through New York City’s Washington Square Park (where she heldthe pop-up), listening to a new track that includes the lines: “ Since I was 17, I gave you everything / Now we wake from a dream, well baby, what was that? / What was that?” Lorde performs at Sziget Festival 2023 on August 14, 2023 in Budapest, Hungary. (Photo by Joseph Okpako/WireImage) Most recently, she shared a voice note with her fans, teasing a new era after making a surprise appearance at Coachella during Charli XCX’s set : “I just wanted to say hi because everything is about to change. These are really the last moments where it’s just us, which is crazy.
It’s so right. I’m so ready. I didn’t know if I’d ever be able to say that, but I am.
I’m so thankful for your patience. I’ve felt your love, I’ve felt you right there. This is going to be crazy, you have no idea.
” The ‘Ribs’ artist has released a new album every four years, beginning with 2013’s ‘ Pure Heroine ’, 2017’s ‘ Melodrama ’, and most recently, 2021’s ‘ Solar Power ’. She has dropped new music this year already, though in the form of a collaboration. Earlier this year, she and Marlon Williams joined forces on ‘Kāhore He Manu E’ – with the pop singer saying the collaboration was “one of my favourite things to do on earth”.
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