DarkOwl13: What Was That by Lorde

Lorde returns with the lead single (“What Was That”) from her upcoming fourth studio album. Lorde is confronting the lingering nature of a past relationship (“Do you know you're still with me when I'm out with my friends?”) and how reality beckons (“Now we wake from a dream, well, baby, what was that?”). I also really like these lyrics in the first verse: “I cover up all the mirrors / Can't see myself yet / I wear smoke like a wedding veil.” Lorde can’t face reality or the present just quite yet as she grapples with a future that fades like smoke.

What Was That

4/24/2025