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Lorde Unleashes New Era With Hypnotic Synth-Pop Stunner ‘What Was That’

Lorde shares new single 'What Was That' along with a video from her Washington Square Park pop-up.

“MDMA in the back garden, blow our pupils up/ We kissed for hours straight/ Well baby, what was that?” Lorde sings, making every consonant sound like a confession. Along with the new song, the singer shared a dreamy visual where she is dancing in the center of Washington Square Park in New York City, wearing jeans and a bikini top under a white shirt as fans record her with their phones. But after the ordeal, Lorde moved up the single release by a day when she shared a teaser video where a close-up shot finds the singer breathless, with New York City behind her.

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