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Updates from the last month: Lorde released her Virgin demos as the XRAYS project Billboard CanadaLorde Celebrates One-Year 'Virgin' Anniversary With Mega-...The singer's new XRAYS site also features photos, notes and artwork ideas.https://www.lorde.co.nz/xrays https://untitled.stream/library/project/s9vE9MvCjdHzXc1QKkxEw https://www.thefader.com/2026/06/30/lorde-xrays-virgin-demos-artistic-transparency-untitled https://pitchfork.com/news/lorde-uploads-49-demos-from-virgin-for-albums-anniversary/ https://genius.com/albums/Lorde/Xrays ATRL threads here and here. Lorde on tour and calling Meta AI smart glasses "not sexy" https://www.instagram.com/p/DarEMgyRo_b/ https://www.buzzfeed.com/leylamohammed/lorde-slams-meta-ai-glasses-after-kylie-jenner-collab https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/lordes-war-cry-signals-smart-glasses-backlash-among-women/ https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/14/lorde-says-ai-glasses-are-not-sexy/ ATRL thread here. Lorde calls out Spotify's AI-powered "About the Song" feature https://pitchfork.com/story/lorde-on-spotifys-ai-song-descriptions/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-news/lorde-calls-out-spotifys-ai-about-the-song-feature-1236650571/ https://deadline.com/2026/07/lorde-calls-out-spotify-ai-about-the-song-feature-1236997350/ ATRL thread here. Lorde supporting new music platform Lume https://thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/17-07-2026/every-surprise-coming-from-lumes-launch https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/lume-streaming-platform-new-zealand-feature-98576/ https://artistallyglobal.substack.com/p/why-lorde-substacks-co-founder-are Did I misread this part of the post on substack? The date of the substack post is Jul 22, 2026. Perhaps they're calling XRAYS an upcoming album, even though it was released in June and they earlier called it "49 demos". But it reads like they are talking about an actual Lorde album later in 2026. That sounds far too soon given the amount of touring that she's doing now.

Kalshi is similar to a betting site, but is setup with a legal framework where users trade "event contracts" (derivatives) tied to future outcomes. Apparently this means it can operate under similar rules (and legal status) to the futures market. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalshi People on the platform have also been betting on things such as whether these will be starvation in Gaza. The Real News NetworkCNN partners with Kalshi, a gambling app that lets you wa...The network will integrate betting odds for life-and-death issues into its coverage. What could possibly go wrong?

I don't see what she does as copying, but she does seem to be in that same lane. Emails I Can't Send = One of the Boys (breakthrough album) Short n' Sweet = Teenage Dream (smash hit album) Man's Best Friend = Prism (continued success) I'm a bit worried about the next era for Sabrina.

The audience for that sort of propaganda is older people who might be willing to write-off younger activists, and young people in general as uniformed. I wouldn't be surprised if they plant people in those rallies. How do people with google and wikipedia on their phones not know where the Mediterranean sea is?

Trump has his orders from Israel and apparently this Pickaxe Mountain is the new target. https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-believes-iran-moved-nuclear-centrifuges-into-pickaxe-mountain-d29d21c0 In 2025, Trump claimed that U.S. airstrikes completely "obliterated" Iran's key nuclear facilities and enriched material, but now they have to go in again for the nuclear facilities they already destroyed and when aerial bombardment fails, the US will have to send in ground troops.

Are these all nepo-babies? Some of these are just from rich families, with minimal if any influence in the entertainment industry. Just like the one with a Merrill Lynch stockbroker father, or the one with a defense contractor marine communications systems CEO mother, or the one with a father that made a fortune in hotel Wi-Fi, or a father who was founder of WebMediaProperties.

There have been about 60 shows in the Ultrasound Tour and many of them have reviews, some shows having multiple reviews. I think part of the confusion comes when one song follows the other, one or two songs later. In Current Affairs she might begin to remove her jeans, and during GRWM the dancer pours water on her. I suspect that if they paid an actual human to write the "About the Song" sections, they might check the NME review, or perhaps multiple reviews, instead of taking the first review they found, such as the one you posted that didn't mention GRWM at all, even thought it was part of the set that night, two songs after Current Affairs. Half the time, AI search results and AI answers are based on a random post on reddit, or something like that so it could have been worse.

The Dems knew it was going to pass, so some of them put up some token resistance.

Spotify update for 16-Jul-2026 for all albums, EPs and songs (including features) with more than 1 million plays. Total for Pure Heroine (extended) – 5,820,588,177 Total for Melodrama – 3,388,631,789 Total for Solar Power – 672,633,988 Total for Virgin – 566,955,003 Total for other songs – 575,894,338 Total for Lorde – 11,024,703,295 Total for Lorde as featured artist – 702,368,313 GRAND TOTAL – 11,727,071,608 Significant updates: "Ribs" has passed the 1.1 billion plays milestone, "Supercut" has passed 500 million plays and "Girl so confusing featuring lorde" (Charli XCX) has passed 300 million plays.

Not only that, but Israel armed Argentina during the Falklands War. Declassified UKHow Israel secretly armed Argentina during the Falklands warDeclassified files reveal how Tel Aviv deceived Britain while it supplied Argentina's anti-Semitic dictatorship with weapons during the 1980s.https://www.fiassociation.com/news/argentina-military-support-from-israel-in-1982/

That is probably part of it. The combination of becoming a billionaire and dating Travis, and her new proximity to the whole sports media scene which is full of conservative males, means that her circle of friends has changed. Her friends and acquaintances now includes more Trump supporters, right wing financial and media people, government contractors (including ICE, most likely DoD and others) and well known Zionists such as the "very pro-Israel" Adam Sandler who has criticised artists who boycott Israel. She isn't going to do anything or say anything to offend these friends, who are also friends of Travis, and she isn't going to let anything reduce the value of her investments and business plans, not even fans who are simply excited to share some recent info on their favourite artist.

He is predicted to remain "alive" until August 3rd or soon after. FortuneMitch McConnell's Senate seat could sit empty for months—...If McConnell's seat becomes vacant after Aug. 3, Kentucky's 2024 succession law leaves no time for a special election—meaning it would stay empty until January.

I'm not sure if this is a joke or something, but James is New Zealand born Chinese and his sister Katherine was probably the first person to interview Lorde after the Love Club EP was released. James is better known for his photography these days.

Such a strange comment. Lorde is one of the few white pop stars to have had an Asian boyfriend, and yet somehow you seem to think that 1) she would even know what products Jennie would be promoting in her set, and 2) any criticism of a product promoted by a kpop artist is racism. Just in case you didn't know, I'm pretty sure the "girl who did coke often" you are referring to is Asian on her mothers side of the family. But I guess you don't stan those Asians do you?

Some of the excuses I've seen. "Hey guys, he's there because Travis had a black friend" "He's not an ICE agent, he's just the executive chair of Amentum Services who has a $450 million contract to manage an ICE concentration camp" "He's really just a guy doing his job, kinda like someone who does electrical repairs at the county prison" More on the prison in question: https://www.instagram.com/reels/Dafk_63AvV0/ Link to longer version posted by @lostcause earlier. https://www.jezebel.com/taylor-swifts-dream-msg-wedding-had-a-nightmare-guest-an-ice-contractor It appears that the main reason for the change of contractor was taxpayer waste, financial risks and a lack of transparency. https://federalnewsnetwork.com/agency-oversight/2026/06/mullin-says-ice-no-longer-using-navy-contract-for-detention-services/

Most artists are booked for festivals about a year in advance. How many people knew the Meta AI glasses would be part of the promo package for the Mad Cool festival in Madrid a year ago?

Album tracks over 100 million isn't a particularly high bar these days, but multiple album tracks above 100 million shows your music has genuine organic popularity that didn't require record label radio payola, TTH, or streaming farm shenanigans.

She looks really good here. Someone on twitter said those photos were taken from just outside or near the front of Electric Lady studio. Hope she has been recording and not getting distracted by other events from the last week. Jim-E and Kacy split up in 2023 and you'll notice that Kacy Hill's album from 2024 had just one Jim-e Stack co-write, and none of the singles from 2023 were made with him either. Nothing to do with Lorde.

Does Jack have the next one lined up already? December 2017, Jack splits up with Lena Dunham. January 2018, Jack seen dinning with Carlotta Kohl in NYC. But we already knew Carlotta Kohl from the album cover of a Jack Antonoff produced album released in 2017, when she was working as Annie Clark's research assistant during the recording of Masseduction. March 2021, Jack and Carlotta Kohl go to the Grammy Awards together, actual breakup date unknown. August 2021, Jack and Margaret Qualley seen together in public, and according to Rainey Qualley (her sister, who is a recording artist), Jack and Margaret Qualley met at Electric Lady studios about a month earlier. May 2022, Jack and Margaret Qualley engaged and August 2023, married. July 2026, news of their separation goes public.

Oh, he's there to improve things? Kinda like the way the Jared Kushner and the Trump Board of Peace are going to bulldoze Gaza and turn it into a tourist destination for the super rich, where the people of Gaza will have to give up any aspirations for political freedom, so they can be waiters and maids for wealthy tourists? They're all doing it to improve things for the people of Gaza? Perhaps with their experience with concentration camps, Amentum Holdings can get a contract there too?

It all makes sense now, the way she didn't complain about the Trump Administration using her music, while others did. https://time.com/7338216/trump-white-house-social-media-music-artists-copyright-sabrina-carpenter/ Maybe you're not going to criticise ICE, MAGA and ZIonists, when so many of them are friends of the family and they're invited to your wedding.

A lot of people posted in that thread and criticised Beyonce and Jay-z after they were photographed at that charity dinner, sharing a table with Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. But in fairness to Beyonce, there is a slight difference. Taylor had months to choose wedding guests, while Beyonce might not have known about the other guests and seating arrangement until the last minute. OT - my fave is very likely to have a low profile wedding with a small number of guests, so I'd be shocked and disappointed to see anyone from ICE attending.

The Grammys do not care about acclaim. It would nice to see her get some recognition, but acclaim isn't going be a major factor.

War on Iraq vs War on Iran, one letter difference.

Of course Adam Sandler is MAGA.