Brendan WalterThanks to the time difference between the U.S. and New Zealand, Lorde‘s new single has arrived today rather than Friday. It’s called “Perfect Places,” and it’s the second single released from her upcoming album Melodrama.
The mid-tempo track finds Lorde describing a never-ending cycle of drinking, partying and hooking up, in an attempt to find satisfaction. Eventually, she gives up, singing, “All the nights spent off our faces/Trying to find these perfect places/What the f**k are perfect places anyway?”
Explaining the song on Facebook, Lorde says, “I was living in New York during summer last year, writing Melodrama…and all last summer, I couldn’t shake the feeling that everyone I knew or saw was searching for something — trying to transcend the news and the screaming pavements, drinking that one drink hoping it’d get them someplace higher.”
She adds, “This song comes from that endless cycle of evenings and the violent heat of the summer..it’s close to my heart. I hope you like it.”
Melodrama arrives June 16.
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