Lorde has returned with “Man of the Year,” the second single from her upcoming album Virgin.
Described by Lorde as the song she is “proudest” of from Virgin, “Man of the Year” speaks to her evolving feelings regarding gender. In her recent Rolling Stone cover story, she explained that it was written in the wake of changes to her birth control (that ultimately culminated in the IUD visible on Virgin’s artwork).
“I felt like stopping taking my birth control, I had cut some sort of cord between myself and this regulated femininity,” she said. “It sounds crazy, but I felt that all of a sudden, I was off the map of femininity. And I totally believed that that allowed things to open up.” From there, “Man of the Year” was written in an effort to visualize a version of herself “that was fully representative of how [her] gender felt in that moment.”
Watch the music video for “Man of the Year” below.
“Man of the Year” follows the lead single from Virgin, “What Was That,” which arrived last month. Virgin is due in full on June 27th, and will mark Lorde’s fourth full-length release.
In support of Virgin, Lorde will hit the road later this year for the “Ultrasound” tour, kicking off in Austin, Texas in September and stopping in Chicago, Toronto, New York, Las Vegas, and many more cities. Get tickets here.
09/17 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center * (Get Tickets)
09/19 – Chicago, IL @ United Center * (Get Tickets)
09/20 – Nashville, TN @ The Pinnacle * (Get Tickets)
09/23 – Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center * (Get Tickets)
09/24 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena * (Get Tickets)
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10/01 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden * (Get Tickets)
10/03 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Petersen Events Center * (Get Tickets)
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10/21 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center * ^ (Get Tickets)
10/22 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena * ^ (Get Tickets)
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11/10 – Paris, FR @ Zénith de Paris – La Villette %
11/15 – Manchester, UK @ AO Arena = %
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11/27 – Brussels, BE @ Forest National *
11/29 – Bologna, IT @ Unipol Arena *
11/30 – Zurich, CH @ Halle 622 *
12/01 – Munich, DE @ Zenith *
12/03 – Cologne, DE @ Palladium *
12/05 – Berlin, DE @ Max-Schmeling-Halle *
12/06 – Lodz, PL @ Atlas Arena *
12/08 – Copenhagen, DK @ K.B. Hallen *
12/09 – Stockholm, SE @ Annexet *
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