Four years after her wildly successful album Pure Heroine, Lorde releases her sophomore album, Melodrama.

Early this morning, Lorde tweeted a link to her newest album, writing

Melodrama is officially out EVERYWHERE. i don't even know what to say ? this is my heart https://t.co/YeJ1aeRPEa

— Lorde (@lorde) June 16, 2017

Her heart certainly shows in the (11) song album which focuses on a more intimate, emotional side of the artist without forgoing the dark humor and reflections on teenage life that Lorde does so well.

In another series of tweets, Lorde describes the process of coming up with ‘Sober’ — the second song on Melodrama, writing,

so the first inklings of sober came to me in the back of an uber, and then properly at jack and lena's kitchen table. i BOLTED to the studio

— Lorde (@lorde) June 9, 2017

it was this really intense booming slow synth thing with a drum outro for ages then malay came thru on my birthday & cracked the code on it

— Lorde (@lorde) June 9, 2017

it was this really intense booming slow synth thing with a drum outro for ages then malay came thru on my birthday & cracked the code on it

— Lorde (@lorde) June 9, 2017

came up with the "midnight, lose my mind" pitched sample on a sinfully hot day in palm springs and also started sober II that day as well

— Lorde (@lorde) June 9, 2017

but this song was so important to me because it felt like pop music i hadn't heard before, this sprawling brass & strange vocal syncopation

— Lorde (@lorde) June 9, 2017

but this song was so important to me because it felt like pop music i hadn't heard before, this sprawling brass & strange vocal syncopation

— Lorde (@lorde) June 9, 2017

& i think we expressed the emotions so purely- it's leaning & drawling, juvenile & triumphant - impressing someone then embarrassing urself

— Lorde (@lorde) June 9, 2017

& that late-saturday-night declaration "WE PRETEND THAT WE JUST DON'T CARE / BUT WE CARE" tasted as fresh & new in my mouth as ice water

— Lorde (@lorde) June 9, 2017

The album does indeed feel like pop that hasn’t been heard over and over again. The fresh beats and syncopation combined with Lorde’s rich lyrics about growing up and moving on create a triumphant new album.

Stream/buy the album here