Music Plays ‘What Was That’ for NY fans after police stopped the police dispersed a crowd at a previous event at the Washington Square Parkpor Newsroom

Last Tuesday (22), Lord He sent a message to his fans: “meet me in the park.” The most attentive understood the message and ran to the Washington Square Park in New York. The space of almost 10 acres, in the heart of Manhattan, was quickly taken by a curious crowd, which was surprised when the singer came to play her new track “What was that that” in speakers in the middle of the park.

Wearing jeans and a bikini under a white shirt, Lord He danced to the sound of his own song while singing his verses: “Since I was Seventeen, I Gave You Everything / Now, We Wake From Dream / Well, Baby, What Was That?” Or, in free translation, “since my seventeen years, I gave you everything / now, we woke up from a dream / good, baby, what was that?” The fans vibrated with the makeshift scene, registering every second of spontaneous performance.

Hours earlier, however, a similar meeting had already been closed by local authorities. Park guards and police officers asked the crowd to scatter, claiming that the event had been canceled. Lord Commented the situation in Instagram Stories: “OMG @thepark, the police are ending us. I’m really impressed with how many of you appeared !!!”, he wrote. “But they are saying that you need to disperse … I’m sorry.”

According to a police spokesman (DCPI), the officers were fired at 6:47 pm after complaints from an unauthorized event at the scene. “To perform a show at a New York City Park, you need to have sound permission and use of space,” says the statement. “This person did not have either. The organizers were informed and left the place.” The artist’s name was not mentioned by the police.

In early April, Lordhad already given clues about “What was that that” with your first video in Tiktok. In it, she walks the same park while listening to a preview of the track. The official release of the single, which marks the beginning of the age of its fourth studio album, is scheduled for April 25.

Without using its traditional newsletter, Lord You have chosen to keep in touch directly with fans by text messages. After your participation in Coachella next to Charli XCXwith music “Girl, so confusing”She sent audio to the followers, reflecting on the current career moment.

“I wanted to say hi because everything is about to change, and these are the last moments when we are just us – it’s crazy, but it makes perfect sense,” he said.

I’m so ready. I didn’t even know if I could one day I could say that, but here I am. I greatly thank you for your patience. I felt your love, I felt you close. This will be crazy, you have no idea. ”

Voice messages seem to inaugurate a new, freer and more instinctive way Lord communicate with the public. “I’m in a creative moment when I don’t want to think too much about how to say things,” he explained. “I don’t want to stress trying to find the right words. What if it’s just talking, making a mistake, and how are you?”

Article published on April 22, 2025 at Rolling Stone. To read the original in English, click here.

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