Lorde en concert à Rock en Seine
At the start of her third album, the aptly titled, indie-folk tinged Solar Power, Lorde humbly sang “Now if you’re looking for a saviour, well, that’s not me”. Don’t believe a word of it. Now 29, the New Zealand singer-songwriter remains one of the key driving forces behind the pop revival. In 2025 her fourth album, Virgin, once again showed just how adept she is at building bridges between electronic music, synth pop, arty explorations and striking choruses. Euphoria and melancholy intertwine in her lyrics, capturing with sharp insight what is playing out in the minds of her contemporaries. Those surges of vitality become especially gripping live, when she performs her back catalogue surrounded by her band.