On the ARIA Singles Chart, Alex Warren's "Ordinary" claims a 15th consecutive week at No. 1, tying Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" as the third-longest reign in ARIA history. Only The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber's "Stay" (17 weeks) and Tones And I's "Dance Monkey" (24 weeks) have spent longer at the summit.

Lorde returns to operating in a more moody and introspective direction found in her critically praised sophomore album Melodrama (2017), in her songwriting built around hindsight that goes hand-in-hand with her penchant for hindsight sonic choices.

Lorde offered a list of trivia facts about the album. For example, “David” was the first song from the project that she started and one of the last to be finished. Lorde also noted there was one song that was cut “last-minute” because she “thought it diluted the vision,