Lorde set for highest new entry on the Official Singles Chart with Solar Power

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Lorde has spoken more about her new nature-inspired album ‘Solar Power’ in a new interview, but has said it isn’t her “big climate change record”.The album, which will be released on August 20, has so far been previewed by the title track, which finds the New Zealand musician at the beach.However, she told the Guardian that, although the record was influenced by the natural world, it isn’t a protest album about the effects of mankind on earth.

Måneskin continue their run of success following their Eurovision Song Contest win, landing not one but two entries on this week's Official Singles Chart Top 10. 

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Lorde has added two new London shows to her 2022 UK tour – get all the details below.The singer, who returned with her new single ‘Solar Power‘ this month before announcing a new album of the same name due in August, will head around the country next June as part of a world tour.After two dates at the Roundhouse in London on June 1 and June 2, 2022 sold out instantly upon going on sale this morning (June 25), the singer has announced a further date at the venue on June 3 as well as a bigger date

KSI’s new single Holiday makes a Top 3 debut and claims the highest new entry on this week’s Official Irish Singles Chart.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorEarlier this month, in the hours after the release of “Solar Power” — the title track from Lorde’s forthcoming third album, due in August — the two songs people kept mentioning as possible inspirations were George Michael’s “Freedom 90” and “Loaded” by British rockers Primal Scream.In an interview shortly after the song dropped, Lorde said Primal Scream had given their blessing to the song.

Lorde has announced the release date of her upcoming album Solar Power as well as dates for her 2022 world tour. The project will be released on August 20, 2021, with the shows beginning in her home country of New Zealand and spanning across Australia, North America, the United Kingdom and Europe.

Lorde has announced a 2022 headline world tour set to kick in February next year – see the full list of dates below.The New Zealand singer-songwriter’s ‘Solar Power’ tour, which will support her upcoming new album of the same name, will take in dates in the UK, Europe, North America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, kicking off on February 26 at Electric Avenue Festival in New Zealand and ending in Berlin at the Verti Music Hall on June 23.The UK dates will kick off in Leeds on May 25,

Lorde has revealed the release date and tracklist for her much anticipated third studio album, ‘Solar Power’.After months of teasing her return, the New Zealand singer-songwriter shared her new single ‘Solar Polar’ earlier this month, which is her first new material since 2017’s ‘Melodrama‘.In a five-star review, NME‘s Rhian Daly called the new song, which features backup vocals from Phoebe Bridgers and Clairo, “a sun-kissed ode to starting anew and doing it in one of the best places for it –

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The UK may be mostly grey and miserable right now, but KSI is getting into the summer mood - his new post-pandemic single Holiday lands straight in as highest new entry of the week so far at Number 2 on tonight’s Official Chart First Look. Co-written with Jake Gosling, Holiday marks the rapper’s first collaborator-free single and comes ahead of KSI's new album All Over The Place which arrives July 16 via BMG/RBC Records.

Eurovision Song Contest 2021 winners Måneskin are enjoying a meteoric rise to success which this week sees them join some very elite Official UK Chart clubs.

Måneskin, the winners of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, look set to land their first UK Top 10 single this week.The band’s track ‘I Wanna Be Your Slave’, which appeared on their second album ‘Teatro d’ira: Vol. I’ in March, has moved from Number 12 to Number Seven, according to The Official Charts Company’s midweek update.Måneskin have racked up 15,628 sales for the track, which was never officially released as a standalone single.

Primal Scream say they “love” Lorde’s new single ‘Solar Power’ today (June 12).The group took to social media to say “We love Lorde’s new single”, complete with heart emoji – you can see it below.The New Zealand musician made her return on Thursday (June 10), four years after the release of her second album ‘Melodrama’.Earlier this week, Lorde spoke about Primal Scream’s influence on her comeback single, pinpointing ‘Loaded’ as a key inspiration behind it.We ❤️ @lorde new single !

Lorde has spoken about Primal Scream’s influence on her comeback single ‘Solar Power’, pinpointing ‘Loaded’ as a key inspiration behind it.The New Zealand musician made her return last night (June 10), four years after the release of her second album ‘Melodrama’.Speaking to Zane Lowe on New Music Daily on Apple Music 1, Lorde said: “I had never heard Primal Scream in my life. I’d been told to check them out.

Lorde’s fans have been basking in the glow of her new single “Solar Power”, and on Friday the New Zealand singer-songwriter Zoomed in for a virtual chat with Zane Lowe for Apple Music’s “New Music Daily”.