Lorde's new album has caused a bit of a stir because the cover has a weird hidden image that people are now pointing out.
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The New Zealand star’s fourth album, Virgin, which dropped Friday, June 27, comes three years after Solar Power and has been hyped through a series of intimate pop-ups, surprise gigs, and viral fan gatherings across the globe.
The album cover itself has become a talking point.
Featuring an X-ray photo of a person wearing jeans and a belt, the striking image reveals the coccyx, spine, pelvis, femur, jeans zipper, belt buckle, and even an IUD contraceptive device.
However, it was a nurse online who pointed out an even more hidden detail: “She said those white splotches to the left of her tail bone was s**t.”
A screengrab shared by a fan circled the white areas on the X-ray, adding: “That like white blob on the left that’s poop.” Another chimed in: “There’s a lotta poop in there.”
According to Radiology Masterclass, these white splodges on an X-ray are consistent with “faecal material seen in the large bowel,” turning what was intended to be a stark, edgy album visual into an unintentional biology lesson.
As if that wasn’t enough, Lorde crashed Glastonbury 2025 with a surprise pre-lunchtime set on the Woodsies stage, sending the field into a frenzy and forcing organizers to close the area due to overcrowding, per BBC News.
“Moooorning!” she yelled, adding: “This is sick,” before telling the packed crowd she would perform Virgin “front to back.”
“I didn’t know if I’d make another record to be honest. but I’m back [and] completely free.”
During 'Man of the Year', she sank to her knees and writhed on stage, later pulling her white T-shirt over her head for a euphoric rendition of 'What Was That'.
Fans embraced the unknown songs, even as Lorde broke Glastonbury’s “golden rule” of playing the hits.
She did eventually deliver on fan favorites, closing her set with 'Ribs' and 'Green Light' as she stripped down to a bikini top while laser lights tore across the sky.
The chaos is exactly what Lorde wanted for Virgin.
After hosting secret listening parties and even a guerrilla video shoot in New York’s Washington Square Park (which attracted anti-terror police due to the crowd), Lorde described the first full play of her album as “one of the best nights of [her] life.”