Lorde has released ‘Man of the Year’, the second single from her upcoming album Virgin. Following lead cut ‘What Was That’, one of the best songs of April, the track comes paired with a music video. Check it out below.
Teasing the track on social media, Lorde wrote, “Man Of The Year. An offering from really deep inside me. The song I’m proudest of on Virgin.” Renewed from “my recent ego death,” as Lorde sings, the track starts out at a slower pace before breaking open, Jim-E Stack’s distorted drum programming matching her raw vocals.
On her website, Lorde wrote: “BIKING. SMOKING. SWIMMING. NEW STRENGTH IN MY SHOULDERS. FEELING SOMETHING AWAKENING. FIRST TAPING MY CHEST. SO SCARED TO BE HIM. THE GQ PARTY. LAYING BACK ON THE WHITE COUCH W THE MIC IN MY HAND AND LETTING IT HAPPEN. SUN. PERSIMMONS AND WALNUTS. VOCALS WITH AMS. TRYING TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A FONTANA, LIKE PAINTING BITTEN BY A MAN, LIKE THE NEW YORK EARTH ROOM. THE SOUND OF MY REBIRTH.”
Virgin will be out June 27. Lorde has also just unveiled the record’s tracklist, which you can also find below.
Virgin Tracklist:
1. Hammer
2. What Was That
3. Shapeshifter
4. Man of the Year
5. Favourite Daughter
6. Current Affairs
7. Clearblue
8. GRWM
9. Broken Glass
10. If She Could See Me Now
11. David
