Lorde has dropped her new song, 'Mood Ring' - check out the video now

Lorde has to drop her brand new song, ‘Mood Ring’.

Announced via an image on her website, it arrives a few days before the release of her third studio album ‘Solar Power’, which is set to drop on Friday, 20th August.

It comes alongside a video co-directed by Lorde, alongside Joel Kefali, which you can check out below.

In her regular email newsletter, Lorde explains: "I realised I had to write this song late last year — I kept waking up in the night and writing lines of lyric into my phone, which is how I usually know something’s gonna become a song.

"It was really interesting distilling some thoughts on wellness culture and the search for spiritual meaning in our modern world into a 3-minute pop song. The kind of challenge she likes best! Part of why this album was so FUN to make was that I got to explore these tropes of people seeking wellness, enlightenment or even utopia. The person who welcomes you to the island in Solar Power video is one, the dude in Dominoes is another, and now we can add this little lady to the mix. I didn’t name her, but you should go hard. I’ll say it once and then never again: this is satire. She is not me.