Photography Ryan McGinley, styling Robbie SpencerMusicNewsListen to Lorde’s three newest songsCoachella fans got a taste of ‘Sober’, ‘Homemade Dynamite’ and ‘Melodrama’, offering an insight into the album’s explosive soundShareLink copied ✔️April 17, 2017MusicNewsTextTrey Taylor To an audience of 244 people at a saloon in Pioneertown, California over the weekend, Lorde debuted two new songs off of Melodrama. She may have been over 50 miles from the flower-crowned mayhem at Coachella, but she purposefully chose a more intimate gig to reveal what she’s been working on since 2013’s Pure Heroine. The two songs were “Sober”, an upbeat percussion-heavy tune, and “Melodrama” – the title track from her upcoming album. During her Coachella set Sunday, she played a third, unheard track – “Homemade Dynamite”. She also spoke about the conception of the album, which documents a single night out. “It’s a record about all of the ups and downs of being twenty-something,” she told crowds in attendance Sunday. “Specifically, all of the ups and downs of an evening. So we spend a lot of time going out, as you do. I was struck by all of the facets of an evening, whether it’s the moment when you’re with all your friends and it’s sick! Everyone’s there, even that person who usually leaves. They’re still there. Maybe the drugs are just kicking in, I dunno,” she jokes. “And then half an hour later you could be in the bathroom like, ‘Oh my God! I look like a crime scene!’ It’s the dichotomy of those two things that I’m interested in.” With “Green Light”, “Liability” and these three new tracks, Melodrama is shaping up to be a stronger, poppier record than her debut. While we have to wait until June to hear the album in its entirety, you can snack on “Sober”, “Homemade Dynamite” and “Melodrama” below. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MORE10 great albums you may have missed in the last three monthsZukovstheworld on the UK Ug scene: ‘It’s modern pop music’Lenovo & IntelInternet artist Osean is all for blending art and technologyThe only tracks you need to hear from December 202511 alt Christmas anthems for the miserable and brokenhearted Last Days: The opera exploring the myth of Kurt CobainHow hip-hop is shaping the fight for Taiwan’s futureNew York indie band Boyish: ‘Fuck the TERFs and fuck Elon Musk’The 5 best Travis Scott tracks... according to his mumTheodora answers the dA-Zed quizDHLSigrid’s guide to NorwayThe 30 best K-pop tracks of 2025