Lorde teases third album as she announces first book inspired by Antarctica trip

Singer says book about 2019 trip is the ‘perfect precursor’ to her third album.

Lorde has teased fans with more information about her new album while announcing her new book.

The New Zealand-born singer revealed in an email newsletter sent on Tuesday (24 November) night that she had “exciting news” for her fans, jokingly adding it wasn’t about the new album: “Not that news. Don’t get too excited. Just a moderate amount.”

The “Green Light” singer explained that she is releasing a book titled Going South inspired by her 2019 trip to Antarctica, describing the book as a “perfect precursor” to her highly anticipated third album.

“When I went to Antarctica, I hadn’t yet started writing again after finishing [second album] Melodrama,” she wrote. “I realised after the trip that what my brain had been craving was a visit to an alternate realm.

“In the plane coming down to land, I had this very intense bolt-of-lightning thought, which in all its eloquence was literally ‘DON’T MAKE S*** RECORDS’.”

Singer travelled to Antarctica in early 2019 (Getty Images)

She continued: “I’m particularly grateful for [a trip] which showed me the beginnings of the new world which I continue to build, and am very excited to start showing you soon.”

Lorde started recording the untitled new album in December with writer Jack Antonoff, writing in May: “The work is so f***ing good, my friend. I am truly jazzed for you to hear it.”

It will follow on from her 2013 debut Pure Heroine and 2017’s Melodrama.