Lorde Reveals She’s Now an Independent Artist After Her Contract With Universal Expired Last Year
📖 Full Retelling
Lorde has revealed that she’s now an independent artist after her contract with Universal Music Group expired late last year. The singer shared the news of her newfound independence in a series of community voice notes to her fans, explaining that she was looking for a “clean slate” after the contract she signed when she […]
Entity Intersection Graph
No entity connections available yet for this article.
Original Source
Mar 18, 2026 2:30pm PT Lorde Reveals She’s Now an Independent Artist After Her Contract With Universal Expired Last Year By Steven J. Horowitz Plus Icon Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer speriod Latest Lorde Reveals She’s Now an Independent Artist After Her Contract With Universal Expired Last Year 12 minutes ago Sienna Spiro Charts Her Path to Becoming Pop’s Buzziest New Star: ‘Music Is the Only Thing That Makes Sense to Me’ 2 hours ago Kehlani Announces Fifth Album ‘Kehlani,’ Releasing in April 1 day ago See All Lorde has revealed that she’s now an independent artist after her contract with Universal Music Group expired late last year. The singer shared the news of her newfound independence in a series of community voice notes to her fans, explaining that she was looking for a “clean slate” after the contract she signed when she was 12, nearly two decades ago, had elapsed in late 2025. “I feel a real hunger for newness and I feel […] like a new leaf is turning or there’s a blank slate that’s been presented, and I feel this way because at the end of last year, my label deal, my record contract with Universal came to an end,” she said. “I have been in that contract for a very, very long time and some form of that contract since I was 12 years old, when I signed my first development deal with Universal.” Popular on Variety Related Stories Beta Film Boards Spanish Dramedy ‘In Vitro,’ Selected for Series Mania's Buyers Upfront
Read full article at source