Lorde is about to get cracking on her sophomore album.
The teenage New Zealand-born phenom will hit the studio in a matter of weeks to begin work on a follow-up to Pure Heroine.
The big news didn't come via Lorde's social media accounts, or a press release, but from her producer and collaborator Joel Little, who spilled the beans in an interview for Australia's Triple J radio network.
Speaking with Triple J music director Richard Kingsmill, Little said he would join Lorde (real name Ella Yelich-O'Connor) in the studio to carve out a new slate of recordings. "That's the plan, basically. We're just going to start writing some songs. We haven't got some planned out 'this is what it's going to sound like'... I think we're just going to start writing and when it starts to feel right, we'll know that it's right. It's pretty simple really."
How soon? "Really soon. Like within the next month or so we'll be in the studio."