Lorde’s song “Hammer” is the third and final single released ahead of her fourth studio album Virgin, which is set to drop on June 27, 2025. She announced “Hammer” on June 18, 2025, describing it as “an ode to city life and horniness” and revealed it as the first track on the album.
The song’s music video, directed by Renell Medrano and shot by Talia Chetrit, was released simultaneously with the single on June 20, 2025. The video features striking visuals, including a hall-of-mirrors reflection of Lorde in a bathroom, emphasizing themes of vulnerability, sensuality, and raw femininity that characterize the album.
“Hammer” follows the earlier singles “What Was That” and “Man of the Year,” continuing the personal and introspective tone of Virgin. The album explores themes such as gender identity, disordered eating, lost love, and self-discovery, with production contributions from Jim-E Stack, Dev Hynes, Dan Nigro, and others.
Hammer Lorde Lyrics
There’s a heat in the pavement
My mercury’s raising
Don’t know if it’s love or if it’s ovulation
When you’re holding a hammer, everything looks like a nail
The mist from the fountain is kissin’ my neck
The liquid crystals in my grip
Anyone with a snake tongue, I show ’em the chambers of my heart
Now I know you don’t deal much in love and affection
But I really do think there could be a connection
I run and I sing and I skip and I dance
Some days I’m a woman, some days I’m a man
Oh
I might have been born again
I’m ready to feel like I don’t have the answers
There’s peace in the madness
Over our heads, let it
Carry me o-o-o-o, on
Ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah
Today I’ll go to Canal Street
They’re piercing my ears
I’m makin’ a wish when the needle goes in
Take an aura picture
Read it and tell me who I am (Tell me who I am)
Now I know you don’t deal much in love and affection
But I really do think you can make an exception
It’s a beautiful life, so I play truant
I jerk tears and they pay me to do it
Oh
I might have been born again
I’m ready to feel like I don’t have the answers
There’s peace in the madness
Over our heads, let it
Carry me uh-uh-uh-uh, on
Ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah
Let it break me down
Till I’m just a wreck
Till I’m just a voice living in your head (Ah-ah-ah)
It’s a fucked up world
Been to hell and back
But I’ve sent you a postcard from the edge
The edge
Oh
Oh-oh
Oh
