Lorde's Incredible Governor's Ball Performance Featured Her New Single

"Perfect Places" is perfect.

Lorde Governor's Ball
(Image credit: Steven Ferdman / Stringer)

The world is eagerly awaiting the release of Lorde's second album, Melodrama, which is due out on June 16. In the meantime, Lorde has treated fans to a live preview of her latest single at New York City's Governor's Ball. And as video footage demonstrates, everyone loves "Perfect Places" already.

Lorde's vocals at the Governor's Ball were as flawless as ever. And with less than two weeks to go until Lorde drops her new album, it's officially time to start getting excited.

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Amy Mackelden
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Amy Mackelden is a contributing editor at Marie Claire, where she covers celebrity and royal family news. She was the weekend editor at Harper’s BAZAAR for three years, where she covered breaking celebrity and entertainment news, royal stories, fashion, beauty, and politics. Prior to that, she spent a year as the joint weekend editor for Marie Claire, ELLE, and Harper's BAZAAR, and two years as an entertainment writer at Bustle. Her additional bylines include Cosmopolitan, People, The Independent, HelloGiggles, Biography, Shondaland, Best Products, New Statesman, Heat, and The Guardian. Her work has been syndicated by publications including Town & Country, Good Housekeeping, Esquire, Delish, Oprah Daily, Country Living, and Women's Health. Her celebrity interviews include Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Chastain, the cast of Selling Sunset, Emma Thompson, Jessica Alba, and Penn Badgley. In 2015, she delivered an academic paper at Kimposium, the world's first Kardashian conference.