Lorde has discussed her gender identity in a new in-depth Rolling Stone interview with Brittany Spanos.
In the story, Spanos reveals that the lyrics to the opening track of Lorde’s upcoming album “Virgin” include, ““Some days I’m a woman/Some days I’m a man,” and inquires how the words reflect her personal life.
“I ask her how she identifies now, what it means and what’s changed,” Spanos writes. “'[Chappell Roan] asked me this,’ Lorde recalls. The pair have become close friends over the past year. ‘She was like, “So, are you nonbinary now?” And I was like, “I’m a woman except for the days when I’m a man.” I know that’s not a very satisfying answer, but there’s a part of me that is really resistant to boxing it up.’”
The article continues with Lorde discussing further how she identifies herself.
“Though Lorde still calls herself a cis woman and her pronouns remain unchanged, she describes herself as ‘in the middle gender-wise,’ a person more comfortable with the fluidity of her expression,” the story reads. “In some ways, she feels like her teenage self again, back when her friends were mostly boys and there was a looseness in how she dressed and acted.”
Lorde also points to one specific exchange with “Virgin” producer and writer Jim-E Stack which inspired much of her thought process around gender and how it influenced her music.
“In 2023, she went shopping at clothing store C’H’C’M’ and tried on a pair of men’s jeans,” Spanos writes. “She sent a picture to Stack to get his opinion. ‘He was like, “I want to see the you that’s in this picture represented in the music.” This was before I had any sense of my gender broadening at all.’”
“Virgin” is set to be released on June 27, and will be followed by a world tour.
