Lorde Releases Music Video to New Song ‘Mood Ring’
Lorde is back with one final song before she releases her highly-anticipated third studio album Solar Power. The “Royals” singer previously shared the title track and “Stoned at the Nail Salon.”
Each of Lorde’s singles has brought something different, and “Mood Ring” may be the favorite among fans. Lorde released a statement about writing this song in particular and comparing it to the culture of the 60s flower child movement. She reveals, “One thing that occurred to me as a major parallel between that time and our time is our wellness culture and our culture of spirituality, pseudo-spirituality, wellness, pseudo-wellness. Things like eating a macrobiotic vegan diet or burning sage, keeping crystals, reading tarot cards, or your horoscope. These were all things that they were dabbling in back then, and that me and my girlfriends are dabbling in today.”
“Mood Ring” acts as a satire on spirituality. Lorde wrote the track from the perspective of a character who is not her. She writes in her email to her most loyal fans, “I’ll say it once and then never again: this is satire. She is not me. :-)” This new persona, who Lorde has opted to not give her a name, has fans in awe. The music video features a platinum blonde Lorde, who completes her look with a mint green ensemble. Her women’s cult also shows the girls engage in a prayer circle, where they perform dances, burn sage, and practice crystals. The video is breezy and ethereal, a perfect blend with the playful satire.
BLONDE LORDE IM GOING CRAZY pic.twitter.com/GrheYLSEsG
— omi (@lordeislord_) August 17, 2021
mood ring by lorde pic.twitter.com/rzlvqTAg5G
— ִֶָ (@iIIcits) August 17, 2021
Lorde’s era is nothing short of exciting and relaxing. Her new album Solar Power will be in the hands of her fans on August 20. Be sure to order Solar Power merch at her online store.
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