Lorde delayed her album after her sweet dog passed, a light has gone out
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Lorde released her second album, Melodrama in 2017, and fans have eagerly awaited the follow-up. They are going to have to wait a bit longer, unfortunately, and for a devastating reason: Over the weekend, Lorde wrote in her newsletter that her beloved dog, Pearl, had died, and so she is going to need to delay work on her album:
Lorde talks about delaying her next album due to the loss of her dog and friend, Pearl pic.twitter.com/GSa17UUs5g
— Lorde Daily (@LordeDaily) November 2, 2019
The fan-run Twitter account shared screenshots of Lorde’s email, which reads, in part:
I’ve been working away on the new songs for most of this year in New Zealand. It’s been going pretty well, but something happened last month that I need to tell you about.
Some of you may know about Pearl, my dog. Pearl came into my life in 2018, and almost immediately changed everything for me. . . . Pearl brought an immeasurable amount of joy and purpose into my world. Love vibrated all around us. . . . After years on the road, I spent a lot of the at home, growing things, making food slowly, writing. I was receiving huge amounts of energy I can only describe as divine, and I was working hard to communicate it to you all by way of the album. I felt I had been given this great gift that I needed to share with you all.
Lorde explained that Pearl had been ill his entire life, and though he recently seemed to be responding well to medication, he suddenly took a turn for the worse and had two cardiac arrests and passed away after the second.
Lorde continued:
But this loss has been indescribably painful, and a light that was turned on for me has gone out.
Pearl visits me in my dreams, and I am able to see or hold him for a brief time most nights. But the bright energy I was trying to communicate to you has gone, for now. He was instrumental to the discovery that was taking place. I felt he led me towards the ideas. And it’s going to take some time and recalibration, now that there’s no shepherd ahead of me, to see what the work is going to be.
[From Twitter via Lorde Daily]
Lorde promised that she will get back to the album eventually, and I’m sure that her fans, though disappointed, understand. Pearl had his own Instagram account (it looks like it is run by one of Lorde’s friends?)
What a cutie Pearl was. Lorde’s note is heartbreaking. It’s obvious how much she adored Pearl, and I’m glad for her that she was able to be with him when he died, though I know that the pain of Pearl’s loss is excruciating. I hope that she gives herself the time she needs to start healing and to regroup and figure out how her next album has to change. Her fans should understand and will be happy to know that she’s taking care of herself, and will be excited about the new album, whenever it arrives. RIP, Pearl!
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