Lorde with The Japanese House and Blood Orange at TD Garden, Boston, Sept. 26, 2025.

In a pop landscape dominated by pyrotechnics, high-flying acrobatics, and spectacle-for-spectacle’s-sake, Lorde’s “Ultrasound Tour” — her first since 2022 — lands like a resonant thunderclap.

At TD Garden on Friday night, the 28-year-old New Zealander offered a performance that was raw, deliberate, and bracingly intimate, inviting her audience not just to watch her, but to witness her undoing.

English artists The Japanese House and Blood Orange opened for Lorde before her show, setting the tone with atmospheric pop and soulful vibes before her headlining performance.

Wearing a plain purple tee and baggy jeans, Lorde walked onto the bare, futuristic stage and launched into “Hammer,” the throbbing opener

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