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In a recent interview with Rolling Stone magazine on May 15, 2025, Royals hitmaker Lorde opened up about the ideology behind her upcoming studio album, Virgin. She stated that the album features themes of "personal evolution, raw emotion and identity."
She proceeds by reciting a line from the album's first track, which best describes the concept of the body of work.
“Some days I’m a woman, some days I’m a man,” she said.
Well-known pop culture and entertainment account on X @PopBase shared a post that was captioned:
"Lorde discusses gender on the opening track of her album ‘Virgin’: Some days I’m a woman, Some days I’m a man,"
The post quickly garnered several reactions as fans showered praises on the 28-year-old singer and her yet-to-be-released album.
"Lorde exploring gender? album of the year confirmed" @horejsiii stated.
More comments echoed this sentiment.
"Lorde’s openness about gender fluidity in Virgin challenges rigid binaries and invites listeners to embrace complexity in identity. It’s a bold step toward normalizing diverse experiences and breaking down the limits society places on how we define ourselves." @habzquera said.
"This album is truly made for me," @halseyqueers added.
"She's so talented, and her voice is so raspy. I'm already loving her," @Pervertussy reacted.
More comments from other X users read:
"Fluid identity expressed beautifully in simple words." @Motivation0999 expressed.
"It’s cool how she expresses something so real with just a few words!!" @soonmource said.
"Love when artists get real about identity like this," @peachy2cute stated.
More details about Lorde's upcoming album Virgin
Virgin is Lorde's upcoming fourth studio album, and her most recent solo music project since her 2021 chart-topping studio album Solar Power.
Via her newsletter, the Solar Power hitmaker shared insights regarding her highly anticipated album, in which she describes how the album cover resonates with its theme.
Her statement reads:
“The colour of the album is clear like bathwater, windows, ice, spit. Full transparency. The language is plain and unsentimental. The sounds are the same wherever possible. I was trying to see myself, all the way through. I was trying to make a document that reflected my femininity: Raw, primal, innocent, elegant, openhearted, spiritual, masc.”
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On May 1, 2025, the New Zealand-born singer had a press junket with the BBC. During the event, she narrated how personal Virgin is to her and further explained how the album best captures her state of mind during the writing process.
“I wrote this from the perspective of, ‘Well I could never say that,’ and I put off dealing with that. I was like, ‘This is for future Ella to deal with. And now, the day’s almost here, and future Ella’s going to have to put all these things out into the world.”.
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Virgin, which consists of eleven tracks, is scheduled to hit the airwaves on June 27, 2025.
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