LORDE’S SOPHOMORE ALBUM MELODRAMA SET FOR JUNE 16 RELEASE
AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW
NEW TRACK “LIABILITY” AVAILABLE INSTANTLY WITH ALBUM PRE-ORDER
LORDE TO PERFORM “GREEN LIGHT” ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE MARCH 11
NEW YORK, NY (March 9, 2017) – Following LORDE‘s highly-anticipated return with new single “Green Light,” the singer sets the release of her second full-length album Melodrama for June 16 via LAVA/Republic Records.
Melodrama is available for pre-order now across all digital service providers. Each pre-order will include an instant download of brand new track “Liability,” produced by Lorde and Jack Antonoff, and current single “Green Light,“ produced by Lorde, Jack Antonoff, and Frank Dukes.
“Green Light,” immediately launched the GRAMMY® Award-winning singer to the top worldwide trending topic on Facebook and Twitter, amassing an incredible 2 billion impressions on Twitter alone within its first 24 hours. Making its debut at No.1 on the Billboard and Twitter 140 chart, “Green Light” is this week’s most-added song at radio across four formats: Top 40, Hot AC, Alternative and Triple A. The track also clinched the top spot on Spotify’s Viral Songs charts both in the US as well as globally.
Rolling Stone praised her return single as, “a reflection of her own emerging adulthood” and The FADER declared the track, “a true pop anthem – made for both earbud strutting and the club”. Pitchfork names “Green Light” best new track, concluding, “the euphoria of ‘Green Light’ is a new look for this 20-year-old who first appeared as a shadowy teenaged mystic. She doles it out carefully, true to her inability to find closure. But when it hits, she’s radiant.”
Pre-Order Melodrama HERE
Listen to “Liability” HERE
Watch the “Green Light” Music Video HERE
ABOUT LORDE
In 2013, a 16-year-old LORDE quietly, yet confidently asserted herself as the voice of a generation with her full-length debut, Pure Heroine. The album would go triple-platinum, win two GRAMMY® Awards, and spawn the seven-times platinum record-breaking international juggernaut single, “Royals,” and quadruple-platinum follow up “Team.” The former cemented LORDE as “the youngest solo artist and the only New Zealander to achieve #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 since 1987.” Time exalted her amongst the “Most Influential Teenagers in the World,” she landed on Forbes‘s “30 Under 30” List, graced the cover of Rolling Stone and performed alongside Nirvana during the 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. She also curated the official soundtrack for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and recorded “Yellow Flicker Beat” as the lead single. This year LORDE makes her anxiously awaited return with the new single “Green Light,” from her second full-length album due this summer, marking the first taste of new music that will set the tone for her highly anticipated performances at marquee festivals including Coachella, Governors Ball, and Bonnaroo.
ABOUT REPUBLIC RECORDS A division of Universal Music Group, the world’s leading music company, Republic is home to an all-star roster of multi-platinum, award-winning legends and superstar artists such as Aminé, Ariana Grande, Black Sabbath, DNCE, Florence + the Machine, Godsmack, Gotye, Hailee Steinfeld, James Blake, James Bay, John Mellencamp, Julia Michaels, Keith Richards, Kid Cudi, Marian Hill, Of Monsters and Men, Post Malone, Seth MacFarlane, Stevie Wonder, and more. Founded by brothers and chief executives Monte and Avery Lipman, it is also comprised of innovative business ventures, including American Recordings (The Avett Brothers), Brushfire (Jack Johnson), Casablanca Records (Afrojack, Tïesto,), Cash Money (Drake, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj), Hollywood Records (Sofia Carson, Zendaya), John Varvatos Records, Lava Records (Jessie J, Lorde), Monkeywrench (Pearl Jam), NBC’s The Voice, XO (The Weeknd), Roc Nation (Belly, Justine Skye, The Dream, T.I.), among others. In addition, Republic maintains a long-standing strategic alliance with country powerhouse Big Machine Label Group, which is comprised of Big Machine Records (Taylor Swift), and Dot Records (Maddie + Tae). In addition, Republic has expanded to release high-profile soundtracks for Fifty Shades of Grey, The Hunger Games, Lee Daniel’s STAR, Pitch Perfect, SING, and The Voice (NBC TV), as well as other notable film and television franchises.
