Lorde's black eye

Qween Lorde has a doozy of a black eye rn. Did she get punched for the Love Club?

In a cryptic post on Insta, Lorde revealed her black af eye. 

Grl we're so confused at the caption...

“DYHTS” appears to reference a photo of a navy cap at the end of the carousel, which is embroidered with the text, “Do you have the stones?” in white stitching.

“Did the album drop on you, queen?” a commenter said

In June, speculation mounted that the Grammy winner’s long-awaited fourth record was imminent after she shared a series of images of her leaning over a balcony alongside the cryptic caption, “Use the existing tools wherever possible”. Similar to her most recent post, the caption was followed by multiple symbols - including a copyright logo and three different ‘L’ figures.

“If the tools do not exist you are spiritually obliged to create them,” Lorde wrote on the now-deleted post in June, alongside further symbols including a tarot card, the number 27, multiple stars, a shark, a rabbit and an Egyptian figure.

Other photos in the carousel included Lorde spitting off a balcony and a pill engraved with the word “spit”, sparking theories the album’s title or lead single would be named as such.

In March, Lorde released a cover of the Talking Heads’ version of Take Me to the River as part of a tribute album for the band’s seminal live 1984 project, Stop Making Sense.

Last year, the singer celebrated the 10-year anniversary of her debut album, Pure Heroine. The 2013 record and its hit single Royals shot the then-17-year-old to international stardom, securing her two Grammy Awards.

“Her now deleted post from a few months back had the same Ls and symbols, but then some more.”

First published by the NZ Herald, republished here with permission + edits

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