Lorde is just courting nonstop controversy with her new album!
The Royals singer released her new album Virgin this week, and it seems she just keeps careening from mini-scandal to scandal. There was the comment about Pamela Anderson‘s sex tape, which apparently inspired a whole song. Then there was the hilarious moment when a bunch of folks saw the songwriting credits and thought she didn’t write on any of her own songs this time around. (You could tell they were real fans because never bothered to learn her real surname! LOLz!)
The album cover maybe had folks buzzing the most — when they realized it was an x-ray of her actual crotch in jeans. But fans who got the vinyl version immediately were greeted with much more on the interior album art!
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The insert was a closeup photo of the same region — only this time the pants were transparent, so the 28-year-old’s vagina was on full display. Wow! Folks did NOT know how to handle it! We’ve seen it called everything from “anti-feminist” to straight up “porn.” But the most powerful reactions were those who had no idea it was coming:
I JUST OPENED IT………. pic.twitter.com/rtBsq5lJTD
— LORDE SUMMER 2025
???? (@Chripotle) June 27, 2025
Just got the virgin vinyl, I opened it and first thing I saw was Lorde’s hairy p*ssy hun I wasn’t ready for that jumpscare lmaooo pic.twitter.com/NP0t5sOqlL
— kickk (@larynxvoid) June 26, 2025
when you open your Virgin vinyl and see lordussy pic.twitter.com/rynIHyGoBF
— LORDE SUMMER 2025
???? (@Chripotle) June 26, 2025
lorde really got her cat out like that on her vinyl huh? pic.twitter.com/uVCw4C9KgL
— kaeden ???? (@wandasitcoms) June 26, 2025
Can confirm the inside fold for Lorde’s new album Virgin on Vinyl is VERY nsfw and that it did make me do an ???? pic.twitter.com/SMs2LJ7hFi
— Imperator Ryan B+ ???????? (@TheChewDefense) June 27, 2025
However, many fans defended Lorde’s artistic voice — and even suggested the reaction was proving why it was such an important image to share!
“Lorde can’t even show a tasteful amount of puss without everyone freaking out”
“why are you guys afraid of lordussy”
“i really thought the lorde vinyl insert would be a lot worse than people are saying it is, you guys are kinda dramatic
”
“the reaction from even her own fans over this and that sample on her album…. are we THAT prude?”
“i think everyone is proving lorde’s point with the reaction to the album insert”
“Lorde’s piece actually depicts a woman’s body in an explicitly and expertly non-sexual way. Women & femmes should be able to exist in our bodies without them being seen as explicitly sexual. The only exposure MANY men have to nude bodies is porn and that’s dangerous.”
“Wait… Is this the new album art from Lorde that everyone is talking about? It’s a beautiful photo, and the entire vinyl package is, too, but come on, it barely shows anything. No need for all the discourse. 90’s Madonna would’ve kill you all.”
Ha! That last one is SO spot on! Madonna broke that new ground only for it to get paved right back over three decades later… Sigh.
What do YOU think about Lorde’s album art??
[Image via Apple Music/Lorde/YouTube.]
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