Lorde does a Taylor Swift and shares cryptic post about her new album – after going into hiding for months

Lorde appeared to tease the upcoming release of new music as she posted several cryptic pictures to her Instagram account on Wednesday. In the photos, the 27-year-old performer wore a long black dress as she looked over a balcony.

The Kiwi singer then shared a second image of her spitting over the balcony before posting a close-up of her hand holding a tablet with the word ‘spit’ written on it. Lorde also posted a photo of a jewellery dish, a poolside selfie and a blurred image from inside her home. She wrote a short message, which read: ‘Use the existing tools wherever possible. If the tools do not exist you are spiritually obliged to create them.’ Fans couldn’t help but speculate her post was a teaser for the release of upcoming music. ‘So the lead single is called spit?’ one person questioned.

‘LORDE WHAT IS THIS PLEASE RELEASE AN ALBUM,’ another excited fan wrote while a third person commented: ‘Lorde’s new album is coming!’ The post is the only one on Lorde’s Instagram page. It comes after Lorde raised eyebrows in February by sharing very intimate photos of herself listening to music in the bath. The New Zealand singer shared four images of herself posing nude and makeup free in a green marble bathtub surrounded by candles, Epsom salts and lotions.

‘Full immersion,’ she simply captioned the now deleted post. The Grammy Award-winning songwriter debuted two new tracks during her set at England’s Boardmasters Festival last August. According to Vulture, the hitmaker played a pair of songs that were said to have been titled Silver Moon and Invisible Ink, although she later denied that those were the final names.