"I never thought I'd make music again" - @Lorde on losing and rediscovering herself

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"I never thought I'd make music again" - @Lorde on losing and rediscovering herself

Lorde joins Jack Saunders on the Radio 1 New Music Show to talk all about her new album Virgin and performing it for the first time at the Glastonbury Festival 2025 on the day it was released. Fresh from spending two nights on Worthy Farm, she reveals what it felt like to play a festival on the day her album came out. She talks her songwriting process – how she makes hits out of complex emotional subjects and elaborates on in her own words: "I never thought I’d make music again," drilling down on a difficult time in her life. "I’d never felt more disconnected from my creativity, I hadn’t had an idea in a long time."

00:00 🎤 Welcome Lorde | Post-Glastonbury Vibes
00:58 🎶 First Live Album Performance | Glastonbury Highlights
02:02 💔 Turning Emotional Complexity Into Pop Hits
03:08 ✍️ Writing “Favorite Daughter” | Raw Songwriting Process
04:50 🧠 Pressure, Perfectionism & Family Expectations
07:11 👩‍👧‍👧 Maternal Themes & Late-Night Creativity
08:31 🚫 “I Never Thought I’d Make Music Again” | Creative Burnout
10:00 🔁 Rediscovering Creativity Through Healing
11:07 💌 Fan Connection & Protecting the Album Leak
12:01 🕺 Dance, Physicality & Emotional Release
14:21 💖 "I made an attempt to romance myself" | Self-Love & Independence
16:56 ⚧️ Exploring Gender Identity in Music
20:06 🎛️ Sampling “Morning Love” by Dexta Daps | "Current Affairs" Breakdown
22:15 🎙️ Writing “Grown Woman” | Voice Memos & Vulnerability
24:29 🔍 The Search for Self | Losing & Finding Identity
25:01 🎭 Pop Outsider | Freedom Through Artistic Detachment
26:35 🔄 "David" & "Hammer" | Album Loop & Narrative Structure
28:50 🗣️ Power Dynamics in the Industry | Saying It All
30:05 🤝 Collaborating with Justin Vernon (Bon Iver)
32:10 🌟 Final Thoughts | The Power of “Virgin”