LORDE RELEASES NEW TRACK “STONED AT THE NAIL SALON” FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM SOLAR POWER, OUT AUGUST 20

WILL MAKE TV DEBUT PERFORMANCE OF THE NEW SONG TONIGHT ON LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS DURING A FULL SHOW TAKEOVER

SONG FOLLOWS CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED TITLE TRACK “SOLAR POWER”

FIRST NEW MUSIC IN FOUR YEARS WHICH GARNERED OVER 30 MILLION STREAMS IN FIRST 5 DAYS

Photo Credit: Ophelia Mikkelson Jones

21 JULY 2021 (TORONTO, ON) – GRAMMY® Award-winning multiplatinum artist LORDE has released new song “Stoned at the Nail Salon”. The song is the second track from Lorde’s highly anticipated third studio album, Solar Power, which will be released via Republic Records on August 20^th. The album includes 12 tracks and is produced by Jack Antonoff who she collaborated with on her chart-topping last album, Melodrama.

Pre-Order / Pre-Save / Pre-Add Solar Power HERE
Listen to “Stoned at the Nail Salon” HERE

Of the song Lorde says, “This song is sort of a rumination on getting older, settling into domesticity, and questioning if you’ve made the right decisions. I think lots of people start asking those questions of themselves around my age, and it was super comforting to me writing them down, hoping they’d resonate with others too. I used this song as a dumping ground for so many thoughts...”

Lorde will perform the television debut of “Stoned at the Nail Salon” on Late Night with Seth Meyers tonight, July 21, 2021, when she visits Seth for a full show takeover. The artist will chat, perform and hit the bar for a very special episode of Seth’s signature “Day Drinking” segment.

Of the album Lorde says, “The album is a celebration of the natural world, an attempt at immortalizing 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 learned to breathe out, and tune in. This is what came through.”

To honour the natural world the artist is presenting the album in a first-of-its kind, discless format. An eco-conscious Music Box will be available for purchase as an alternative to a CD. This innovative offering will contain extra visual content, handwritten notes, exclusive photos, and a download card. The card will give purchasers a high-quality download of the music, two exclusive bonus tracks, and access to some special surprises along the way.

When talking about the concept Lorde says, “I decided early on in the process of making this album that I also wanted to create an environmentally kind, forward-thinking alternative to the CD. I wanted this Music Box product to be similar in size, shape and price to a CD, to live alongside it in a retail environment, but be something which stands apart and that’s committed to the evolving nature of a modern album.”

Earlier this summer, Lorde announced her 2022 World tour dates. The sold-out 40+ show tour, promoted by AEG Presents in the US and Canada, is her first North American tour since 2018 and kicks off in North America in Nashville on April 3 at the Opry House before concluding at the Santa Barbara Bowl on May 7.

Solar Power Tracklist:

1. The Path
2. Solar Power
3. California
4. Stoned at the Nail Salon
5. Fallen Fruit
6. Secrets From a Girl (Who's Seen It All)
7. The Man with An Axe
8. Dominoes
9. Big Star
10. Leader of a New Regime
11. Mood Ring
12. Oceanic Feeling

LORDE TOUR DATES:

Date	City	Venue
February 26	Christchurch, NZ	Electric Avenue Festival
February 27	Upper Moutere, NZ	Neudorf Vineyards
March 1	Wellington, NZ	Days Bay
March 2	Havelock North, NZ	Black Barn Vineyards
March 4	New Plymouth, NZ	Bowl of Brooklands
March 5	Auckland, NZ	Outerfields
March 10	Brisbane, AU	Riverstage
March 12	Melbourne, AU	SMMB
March 15	Sydney, AU	Aware Super Theatre
March 19	Perth, AU	Belvoir Amphitheater
April 3	Nashville, TN	Opry House
April 5	Detroit, MI	Masonic Temple Theatre
April 7	Montreal, QC	Salle Willfrid Pelletier
April 8 April 9	Toronto, ON Toronto, ON	Meridian Hall Meridian Hall
April 12 April 13	Boston, MA Boston, MA	Boch Center – Wang Theatre Boch Center – Wang Theatre
April 15	Uncasville, CT	Mohegan Sun Arena
April 16	Washington, DC	The Anthem
April 18 April 19	New York, NY New York, NY	Radio City Music Hall Radio City Music Hall
April 20	Philadelphia, PA	The Met
April 22 April 23	Chicago, IL Chicago, IL	The Chicago Theatre The Chicago Theatre
April 25	Minneapolis, MN	The Armory
April 27	Denver, CO	Mission Ballroom
April 30	Seattle, WA	WaMu Theatre
May 1	Portland, OR	Theater of the Clouds
May 3	San Francisco, CA	Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
May 5 May 6	Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles, CA	Shrine Auditorium Shrine Auditorium
May 7	Santa Barbara, CA	Santa Barbara Bowl
May 25	Leeds, UK	O2 Academy
May 26	Edinburgh, UK	Usher Hall
May 28	Manchester, UK	O2 Victoria Warehouse
May 30	Birmingham, UK	O2 Academy
June 1	London, UK	Roundhouse
June 2 June 3	London, UK London, UK	Roundhouse Roundhouse
June 7	Paris, FR	Casino de Paris
June 8	Amsterdam, NL	AFAS Live
June 10	Barcelona, ES	Primavera Sound
June 13	Zurich, CH	Halle 622
June 14	Munich, DE	Zenith
June 16	Rome, IT	Cavea – Auditorium Parco della Musica
June 17	Villafranca di Verona, IT	Castello di Villafranca
June 18	Sibenik, HR	Saint Mihovil Fortress
June 21	Cologne, DE	Open Air am Tanzbrunnen
June 23 June 28	Berlin, DE London, UK	Verti Music Hall Alexandra Palace

ABOUT LORDE
In 2013, a 16-year-old LORDE quietly, yet confidently asserted herself as the voice of a generation with her full-length debut, Pure Heroine. The album would go triple-platinum, win two GRAMMY® Awards, and spawn the certified Diamond, record-breaking, international juggernaut single, “Royals,” and quadruple-platinum follow up “Team.” The former cemented LORDE as “the youngest solo artist and the only New Zealander to achieve #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 since 1987.” Time exalted her amongst the “Most Influential Teenagers in the World,” she landed on Forbes’s “30 Under 30” List, graced the cover of Rolling Stone and performed alongside Nirvana during the 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. She also curated the official soundtrack for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and recorded “Yellow Flicker Beat” as the lead single. In 2017 LORDE released her second full-length studio album, Melodrama which debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 Chart, making her the first ever NZ artist to land a #1 debut album in the United States. The album reached #1 in over 45 countries and earned LORDE a nomination for Album of the Year at the 2018 GRAMMY® Awards. LORDE makes her highly anticipated return with critically acclaimed new single, “Solar Power,” from her third full-length studio album, Solar Power, due out August 20^th. LORDE currently has over 12 million albums sold worldwide and over 10 billion streams worldwide.