Lorde has just released “Perfect places” as the second single to be lifted from her recent album “Melodrama”.
The accompanying music video, directed by Grant Singer (The Weeknd, Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift), sees the New Zealand singer-songwriter in fantastic locations: a tropical beach, a jungle, scenic mountain cliffs and more.
“This is a special one” Lorde previously said of the song. “I was living in New York during summer last year, writing Melodrama – I’d ride across the Brooklyn bridge every day, or sit on the subway uptown in the heat, then go back home to New Zealand winter for a week at a time to party with my friends. My life was like a weird little etch-a-sketch i kept scribbling on and resetting. and all last summer, i couldn’t shake the feeling that everyone i knew or saw was searching for something – trying to transcend the news and the screaming pavements, drinking that one drink hoping it’d get them someplace higher. This song comes from that endless cycle of evenings and the violent heat of the summer. It took us a very long time to get right, from an aching piano demo to where is it now. It’s close to my heart. I hope you like it”.
Tour dates:
AUG 4 – OSHEAGA MONTRÉAL, CANADA
AUG 13 – OUTSIDE LANDS SAN FRANCISCO, CA
SEP 2 – BUMBERSHOOT SEATTLE, WA
SEP 22 – LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL LAS VEGAS, NV
SEP 23 – IHEARTRADIO MUSIC FESTIVAL LAS VEGAS, NV
SEP 26 – O2 APOLLO MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM
SEP 27 – ALEXANDRA PALACE LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
SEP 30 – BRIGHTON CENTRE BRIGHTON, UNITED KINGDOM
OCT 1 – O2 ACADEMY BIRMINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM
OCT 2 – O2 ACADEMY GLASGOW, UNITED KINGDOM
OCT 4 – 013 TILBURG, NETHERLANDS
OCT 5 – ZENITH PARIS, FRANCE
OCT 6 – LOTTO ARENA ANTWERP, BELGIUM
OCT 8 – TRANSBORDEUR LYON, FRANCE
OCT 9 – SAINT JORDI CLUB BARCELONA, SPAIN
OCT 11 – ZENITH MUNCHEN, GERMANY
OCT 12 – FABRIQUE MILAN, ITALY
OCT 14 – PALLADIUM KÖLN, GERMANY
OCT 15 – TEMPODROME BERLIN, GERMANY
OCT 17 – ANNEXET STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
OCT 18 – SENTRUM SCENE OSLO, NORWAY
OCT 19 – UKA 17 FESTIVAL TRONDHEIM, NORWAY
NOV 7 – TOWN HALL DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND
NOV 8 – ISAAC THEATRE ROYAL CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND
NOV 9 – ISAAC THEATRE ROYAL CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND
NOV 11 – MICHAEL FOWLER CENTRE WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND
NOV 12 – POWER STATION – ALL AGES AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND
NOV 14 – POWER STATION AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND
NOV 15 – POWER STATION AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND
NOV 18 – KINGS PARK PERTH, AUSTRALIA
NOV 21 – SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE FORECOURT SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
NOV 22 – SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE FORECOURT SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
NOV 23 – RIVERSTAGE BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA
NOV 25 – SPILT MILK CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA
NOV 26 – SIDNEY MYER MUSIC BOWL MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
