In the lead-up to her new album Virgin, Lorde has started to slowly open up about her broadening gender identity with the world. But before she was ready to do that, she confided in one of her new friends: Chappell Roan.

Lorde has discussed her gender identity in a new in-depth Rolling Stone interview with Brittany Spanos. In the story, Spanos reveals that the lyrics to the opening track of Lorde’s upcoming album “Virgin” include,

Lorde is opening up about her gender identity. In a cover story with Rolling Stone ahead of her upcoming new album Virgin, the singer-songwriter revealed she had a discussion about gender with Chappell Roan,