To want to be too original, we put our feet on the carpet. Since June 27, 2025, Lorde has returned to the containers. Promoted by his friend Charlie XCX, the English singer revealed therefore VirginYour fourth studio album. A long -term return, four years after the previous one.
To support the promotional campaign, which markedly gave rise to improvised concerts in certain cities in the United States and in Europe, Lorde had special physical records made because completely transparent. Problem: They are too transparent.
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As several users pointed out on social networks, including Tiktok, this translucent disc without any metal surface is made of recyclable plastic. Its design is unique, even collector, but for many quite old devices, such as the album reader of a car or a high loyalty chain of generation of generation, or even in Walkmans, it is too unique.
Upon arrival, many users simply cannot read it, and must be satisfied with the “collector” object. Beyond the absence of a metal surface, they are also the reflexes that can create a problem. In Tiktok, we find people who can finally read it … but whenever I am almost immersed in the dark. The vinyl version is not transparent, although there is the version of a collector.
However, this does not remain value to the attraction of fans, especially the youngest, for physical formats. Like him HuffpostCDs represent only in France, and in 2024, a turnover of 91 million euros and ten million sales. Among the most popular artists in this format, we can mention Taylor Swift, who has also presented audio cassettes a day. The artist who generated record income thanks to his world tour, had proposed several versions of each of his albums on CD as in Cassette.
Source: BFM TV
