Lorde Debuts New Blonde Look In 'Mood Ring' Music Video

As the release date for her third studio album inches closer, Lorde just dropped the third song from the project. Not only did she drop 'Mood Ring,' but Lorde also shared the accompanying music video in which she's rocking a new blonde look.

In a statement released in tandem with the track and video, Lorde revealed the inspiration behind 'Mood Ring.' She describes the song as an "extremely satirical" look at society's obsession with pseudo-wellness and pseudo-spirituality.

"This is a song I am very excited about, it’s so much fun to me," Lorde wrote. "Obviously when making this album I did a deep-dive into ’60s, Flower Child culture. I wanted to understand the commune life, dropping out from society and trying to start again. That really resonated to me when writing this album."

"One thing that occurred to me as a major parallel between that time and our time is our wellness culture and our culture of spirituality, pseudo-spirituality, wellness, pseudo-wellness," the New Zealand native continued. "Things like eating a macro-biotic vegan diet or burning sage, keeping crystals, reading tarot cards or your horoscope. These were all things that they were dabbling in back then, and that me and my girlfriends are dabbling in today. I was like 'I think there’s a pop song in here.' So this is kind of my extremely satirical look at all of those vibes."

Though Lorde provided some background information on the inspiration of 'Mood Ring,' she previously stated she won't be sharing any in=depth details about her song lyrics moving forward. “As I get older, I find myself saying, ‘No actually I’m not gonna explain that song’,” she explained during an appearance on Hot Ones. “Not because I necessarily need it left to interpretation, but because it’s about something that’s very precious to me.”

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