Singer Lorde has divided fans with a “disgusting” post in which she is seen spitting from a balcony. The “Royals” star, whose real name is Ella Yelich-O’Connor, wore a black dress and her hair loose as the thick glob of fluid dripped from her mouth. “Use the existing tools wherever possible,” she wrote in the caption of the post alongside a series of cryptic symbols including the letter “L” and a number “4” which fans interpreted to refer to her fourth studio album after the release of Solar Power in 2021.
“If the tools do not exist you are spiritually obliged to create them.” she added. The 27-year-old has been on a social media hiatus for a couple of years , interrupting her break only to post a picture of herself in a bikini while on tour in Norway in August 2023.
Fans were simultaneously disgusted and excited by the post as they speculated she could be teasing new music. “Okay but what does this mean and if it means new music WHEN LORDE WHEN,” wrote one fan in the comments. Others were less impressed as they chastised, “She is so disgusting for that”.
“She’s actually demonstrating what will happen if you don’t stay silent at her concerts,” joked one person, referring to footage of her seen shushing a crowd at a concert in 2017. “She’s back. Be nice.
And make a good community around her so she sticks around,” wrote one person as they encouraged more civility in the reactions. Regardless of the repulsion expressed by some, her.
