Lorde is back! After her smash hits Royals and Team topped the charts back in 2014, we haven't seen much from the 20-year-old New Zealand singer (except for her collaboration with Disclosure). Her new album Melodrama is scheduled to be released June 16th, but the first single, Green Light, is already out... and it's amazing!
Green Light starts out slow and somber, much like Lorde's older work, but quickly picks up with a more upbeat sound than we're used to. In late January, Lorde alluded to the more "pop" sound of her upcoming album in a series of tweets (first giving a shoutout to Kehlani's recent album SweetSexySavage) and why "cathartic pop records" are necessary "in times like these":
Check out the music video for Green Light below, and be on the lookout for Lorde's new album Melodrama dropping June 16th!