Lorde Explains Why 'Solar Power' Won't Have Any 'Smash' Hit Songs

Lorde shot to pop superstardom when she released her first single, 'Royals,' back in 2013. At the time of the track's release, Lorde was just 13-years-old. Now 24 and on the verge of dropping her third studio album, Solar Power, Lorde isn't trying to recreate the smash success of her debut single.

“There’s definitely not a smash,” Lorde told the New York Times of Solar Power's tracklist. “It makes sense that there wouldn’t be a smash, because I don’t even know really what the smashes are now.”

'Royals' spent nine weeks at No. 1 and went on to win two Grammys. Not to mention her debut album 'Pure Heroine' went three-times platinum, as well. Trying to reach those same commercial heights with Solar Power is a "lost cause" to Lorde. "Can you imagine? I’m under no illusion. That was a moonshot," she told the Times.

Though Lorde admitted she definitely felt pressure to be successful while working on Pure Heroine's followup, her sophomore effort Melodrama, she found herself in a totally different place when crafting Solar Power. “I felt like I could just chill out and flex a little bit,” she said.

Despite not setting out to write any smash hits, Lorde does have certain hopes for her album once it's released. “I would almost value people not understanding it at first,” she shared. “It sort of depresses me when an album comes out and I click through it really fast and I look at the Genius and read all the lyrics in three minutes and I realize I know exactly what it is and it isn’t going to grow.”

“I think I’m still giving something that’s really digestible,” Lorde added. “But it’s my pleasure to confound. I’m down to be that for people.”