Lorde Says There Are ‘Days When I’m A Man’ And That She’s ‘In The Middle Gender-Wise’
Getty Image Chappell Roan asked if Lorde is nonbinary, but Lorde doesn't think her answer was 'very satisfying.'
Lorde has said that her upcoming album Virgin is an extremely vulnerable and transparent work. That definitely seems to be true based on what she said in a new Rolling Stone interview.
The piece notes that on the album’s opening track, Lorde sings, “Some days I’m a woman / Some days I’m a man.” Of her identity, Lorde told the publication:
“[Chappell Roan] asked me this. She was like, ‘So, are you nonbinary now?’ And I was like, ‘I’m a woman except for the days when I’m a man.’ I know that’s not a very satisfying answer, but there’s a part of me that is really resistant to boxing it up.”
The piece notes that per Lorde, her pronouns are unchanged and she considers herself a cis woman while being “in the middle gender-wise.”
She also said, “I don’t think that [my identity] is radical, to be honest. I see these incredibly brave young people, and it’s complicated. Making the expression privately is one thing, but I want to make very clear that I’m not trying to take any space from anyone who has more on the line than me. Because I’m, comparatively, in a very safe place as a wealthy, cis, white woman.”
Read the full feature here.
Virgin is out 6/27 via Republic Records. Find more information here.
