These are what they call hard feelings. Lorde performed two new songs at the Boardmasters Festival in the U.K. on August 11: “Silver Moon†and “Invisible Ink.†Given that neither featured the low-key, guitar-based instrumentals of her third album, Solar Power, fans celebrated an apparent return to the synth-pop of Melodrama. Turns out they have a problem with premature celebration. On August 10, Lorde had wiped her Instagram account and posted a pic captioned, “No this is not the start of anything out there, just want u to know there’s a light on inside me.†After her little performance, stans were even less convinced with one commenter saying directly, “‘this is not the start of anything,’ she’s such a liar.†Unfortunately for the rest of us, our Lorde and savior deigned to respond, writing “Hahaha i’m serious literally just decided to set these free from my laptop … but they’re not bad eh … beautiful and fun for fests i thought.â€
This is not the first time Lorde has kept a song in the vaults while performing it. Her song “Precious Metals†from the Melodrama era famously never went released, despite the fact that she regularly performs it. To this we say … Hey Lorde, babe, you know you can release tracks as singles, right? Just a one-off. Something fun. Something for the summertime. Something for the girls to get ready and yearn to.