# Lorde’s What Was That park pop-up

> Hundreds gathered for Lorde in Washington Square Park.

- Owner: Lorde
- Kind: Music
- Sector: Entertainment
- Seed date: 2025-04-22
- Peak proxy date: 2025-04-23
- Date basis: Proxy date; not a directly measured attention peak.
- Spread Score: 28 (Niche), v1.3
- Mechanics: Real-world spectacle, Mystery & lore

## Summary

Lorde invited fans to a New York park, where police dispersed a crowd before she returned to play the song. Crowd footage circulated online, and the later music video included the gathering.

## Timeline

- 2025-04-09 — Lorde (TikTok) — Lorde posted a snippet of the song while walking through Washington Square Park.
- 2025-04-22 — Lorde (Open web) — Lorde texted fans to meet her in the park at 7 p.m.
- 2025-04-22 — luccasvevo (X) — A user posted a photograph of the crowd gathering for Lorde in the park.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/mcp#api).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/lorde-what-was-that-washington-square-2025

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Lorde’s What Was That park pop-up.” Case HIS-02079. Spread Score v1.3: 28/100. Updated 2026-10-28. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-02079