“I knew I needed a break from touring at the end of the last cycle,” she wrote. “I was finding the combination of brutal stage fright and having no fixed home and no connection with what I ate or where I lived extremely grim.” The New Zealand singer-songwriter wrote that she began to feel her “melodic muscles flexing and strengthening.” Both her and Antonoff flew back and forth between Auckland, New Zealand and Los Angeles to work in the studio. “I can tell you, this new thing, it’s got its own colours now. If you know anything about my work, you’ll know what that means.”

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the pair has continued working remotely. “We’re still working away- Jack and I FaceTime for over an hour this morning going over everything. But it’ll take a while longer.” Lorde is determined to produce an album that exceeds our and her own expectations.  “I want nothing more than to feed you treats, pop perfect morsels straight into your little mouths,” she explained in the newsletter. “But as I get older I realize there’s something to be said for the pleasant feeling of waiting for something of quality to become available to you. You could have something of lesser quality much faster, but as the high quality thing comes into fruition, a warm feeling grows inside you.” Although she gave no specific date for hew anticipated third album, Lorde did say she is “truly jazzed” for us to hear it. We’re ready when you are!