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Lorde stuns in rooftop performance of hit new single Solar Power

July 16, 2021

The Kiwi singer now the first to perform live on Stephen Colbert's The Late Show since Covid hit the US. (Source: Other)

Lorde has hit the stage in a stunning rooftop performance of her newest single on US talk show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Solar Power is her first single following a four-year hiatus.

The 24-year-old's single was released earlier this month, in time for the Summer Solstice in the northern hemisphere.

Her newest album, Solar Power, will be released on August 20.

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