What a great day to be gay and alive (or just a straight fan of pop hits) because we’ve been blessed with a heavenly treat: a 15-second TikTok clip of what seems to be brand-new Lorde music, set to footage of her taking a breezy stroll through New York. Check it out below:
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There’s so much to love here—the song! The effortlessly cool low-rise jeans and white button-down! The cobblestone streets of New York (which I hated biking over when I lived there but now miss terribly in LA!). But the detail that’s captured my attention is, naturally, the most random one of all: Lorde’s quirky little chain belt, loaded with enough accessories to make me wonder if she moonlights as a janitor. Let’s take a closer look, shall we?
Admittedly, this isn’t the clearest photo in the world, and I don’t have access to that Law & Order: SVU facial-recognition tech that magically zooms in on blurry images to ID criminals. So, in the spirit of service journalism, I’ll do my best to identify every item on Lorde’s belt for Vogue’s devoted readers. Here are my best guesses:
– Headphones—and not AirPods! Lorde is clearly a wired-headphones kind of girl, and we love that for her.
– A phone charger? Or maybe just more headphone cords? It’s hard to tell where one ends and the other begins.
– A tiny fish-shaped pen (or possibly a bottle opener?).
– A small orange square keychain—no clue what it’s for, but I’m choosing to believe it’s a vintage Nike Air Jordan promo.
– A gorgeous silver shell, which gets my full approval as a fellow beachcomber who’s had to toss most of my collection because, as I’ve been told, “they smell.” (Lorde’s shell definitely smells like daisies, though.)
– A tissue? There’s something white and blob-like near the shell, but I can’t quite make it out.
– All my hopes and dreams.
We love you, Lorde—our impeccably accessorized Scorpio queen!