Lorde is gearing up for the release of her new, fourth LP which sounds much more in the direction of her first two then the hard right turn that was Solar Power, the third.

Turns out, it was a right turn Lorde is no longer keen on.

She’s been speaking to Therapuss with Jake Shane and explained “It was also so crazy touring ‘Melodrama’. I found it very intense for that whole time to be in this endless hardcore music every night,” she said. “I found it pretty intense and I just wanted something light and easy after that. It was cool.”

“I love ‘Solar Power’ so much, and I truly needed to make it,” she continued. “I wouldn’t be here with another album if I hadn’t made ‘Solar Power’. But it showed me that you have no choice but to be who you’re supposed to be. Me disappearing and being all wafty… I was like ‘actually, I don’t think this is me.’”