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Lorde embraces a fresh start with Virgin — album review
- New Zealand-born singer Lorde released her album Virgin on June 27, featuring an 11-track record and multiple vinyl variants.
- The album's clear, recyclable CD has sparked fan frustration because it fails to play in many standard and older CD players due to design choices.
- Lorde’s representatives have yet to respond publicly to the CD playback problems, while fans and content creators have posted videos online showing errors and disc ejections.
- Fans note that the CD works on newer devices like Playstations, but many older players cannot read discs without an opaque reflective layer, a key design omission.
- Despite the CD problem, Virgin explores themes of identity and transformation, with Lorde signaling a fresh artistic start and teasing unreleased B-sides and a deluxe edition.
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Pop singer’s eco-friendly CD won’t play in some devices, frustrating fans
Lorde’s latest album, “Virgin,” released on June 27, has been frustrating many fans, but not for the reason you’d think. Some fans who purchased the CD version are experiencing difficulties playing it.
The singer of "What was that" has released her fourth album, "Virgin". The transparent record is a nice combo coup except that it does not work on all CD players.
Virgin by Lorde is a layered work of performance art – her smartest references explained
With her latest album, Virgin, Lorde is stretching the concept of the virgin beyond the common definition. Some may consider the album’s title and its cover art – an X-ray of Lorde’s pelvis showing an IUD – to be contradictory. But while Lorde could still be using contraception for purposes beyond birth control, its presence shows that the album doesn’t shy away from discussions of sexual activities and the risk of pregnancy (two themes that are…
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