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Lorde in "Fallen Fruit'
Courtesy ImageLorde reminds viewers that its humans' duty to protect the planet for future generations in her new "Fallen Fruit" music video, which she released on Tuesday (Nov. 2).
The video poignantly reminds us of the fragility of life on Earth, with the Garden of Eden metaphor referenced in the song's title leading to Lorde's main point that our greatest sin would be to leave our home uninhabitable for generations to come after us. But that is sadly already the case in the "Fallen Fruit" visual, as Lorde reveals that not everything on the island from her previous "Solar Power" music video will never remain peachy keen due to greedy human consumption that eventually leads to its demise.
"In the 'Solar Power' video, you were introduced to the island as a lush paradise — glistening water, blue skies, not a grain of sand out of place (barring that pesky beach trash)," Lorde said of the video in a statement. "Cut to: humans doing as they do, getting greedy, treating the land with disrespect and stripping it of its beauty. There’ll always another pristine place to start again, right? The gardens that were once lush and fruitful are now on fire. The fishing boats are busted up and overturned. All that’s left of the peaches are their pits. Amid all that, my character makes a choice."
"Fallen Fruit" comes from her third studio album and climate-conscious project Solar Power, which was released on Aug. 20 and topped Billboard's Top Alternative Albums chart and debuted at No. 5 on the all-genre Billboard 200. The song, which broke into the top 40 of the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs tally, features backup vocals from Phoebe Bridgers, Clairo, Marlon Williams and Lawrence Arabia.
Lorde confirmed on Tuesday that she will release a deluxe version of Solar Power this Friday, which will feature two bonus tracks -- "Helen of Troy" and "Hold No Grudge" -- that the New Zealand-born singer-songwriter described as the "black sheep" of her album.
"These songs were fun explorations on the album journey," she wrote in a newsletter to fans, according to NME. "They didn’t quite fit into the tracklist for whatever reason but they’re both big tunes."
Watch her "Fallen Fruit" music video below, and pre-save the expanded edition of Solar Power here.
Fontaines D.C. have teamed up with Rosalía for their new collaboration, Where Is Gone?.
The song features on the Irish rock band's forthcoming album, Dopamine Chamber, which arrives on Friday (16.10.26). For guitarist Carlos O’Connell, working with the Spanish superstar is particularly special because of his own Spanish roots.
He explained: “I’ve admired Rosalía ever since her debut album, which I thought was absolutely beautiful.
“What excited me most was the way she continued to preserve Spain's musical traditions, something that felt spiritually connected to what we've been trying to achieve with Irish music. Having roots in both countries, it's been really special to witness. "She's an artist who has continued to amaze me at every point in her career.”
Frontman Grian Chatten has also described the collaboration with Rosalía as one of the most memorable achievements of his career.
He revealed that he felt "humbled" when she agreed to lend her voice to the band's album.
Speaking to NPR, Grian said: “I've always felt there's something almost like a single big idea that I'm personally trying to communicate to the world before I get old and die, if that makes sense. There's one thing I think I'll spend my life trying to express. I have a feeling she has a similar outlook. … I mean, she's an amazing arranger, composer and lyricist. It means so much that she wanted to sing on something we'd put together. It's definitely one of the highlights of my career.”
Rosalía's links to Irish rock music extend beyond Fontaines D.C. She also offered inspiration and helped develop the Spanish lyrics for U2's The Mirror Maker (Rosalía), a track from their forthcoming album, Carnaval de Luz.
During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last week, she spoke about frontman Bono, saying: “I don't know him personally, but he sent me a text explaining that he was working on a new project and had written a song called The Mirror Maker."
Rosalía joked that Bono had invented a few words of his own.
She recalled telling him: “I wasn't sure what to make of it, but I told him he could create his own language if he wanted to.”
She described the opportunity to collaborate with the 66 year old music veteran as a real privilege.
She added: “Bono is a legend.
“It's amazing.”
Bono recently revealed that he was worried about seeming like a stalker when he reached out to Rosalía to ask whether he could name the song after her.
