| "Solar Power" | ||||
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| Single by Lorde | ||||
| from the album Solar Power | ||||
| Written | 2019–20 | |||
| Released | 11 June 2021 | |||
| Recorded | 2020 | |||
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| Length | 3:12 | |||
| Label | Universal | |||
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| "Solar Power" on YouTube | ||||
"Solar Power" is a song by New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde for her third studio album of the same name. The song was written and produced by Lorde and Jack Antonoff and was released on 11 June 2021 by Universal Music New Zealand as the album's lead single, after being announced on Lorde's website alongside the message "Patience is a virtue". The song also briefly leaked hours before its release and was pushed forward from its initial release date, 20 June.[1][2][3] Musically, "Solar Power" is an indie folk, pop, psychedelic, and sunshine pop song.
The song received positive reviews from critics, who praised the summer-like sound of the song as well as its departure from Lorde's previous works. The song peaked inside the top-20 on charts in Australia, Bolivia, Ireland, Japan, the United Kingdom and New Zealand, and it received gold certification from the Recorded Music NZ (RMNZ).
Lorde and Joel Kefali directed the music video for "Solar Power", which has drawn comparisons to the 2019 folk horror film Midsommar. The song was translated into the Māori language by Hēmi Kelly, and was performed and released by Lorde as "Te Ao Mārama / Solar Power", the second track from her EP Te Ao Mārama, released on 9 September 2021.