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Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nFans of singer Lorde say copies of her latest album won’t work in CD players.<\/p>\n Virgin, the newest release from the New Zealand-born star, came out last Friday, the same day as a “secret” Glastonbury performance.<\/p>\n Lorde fan Max tells BBC Newsbeat they pre-ordered a copy of the CD version, which comes on a transparent disc.<\/p>\n But when they put it into their stereo system, it didn’t work. <\/p>\n Record Label Universal Music Group (UMG) has been approached for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n CDs, or compact discs, usually have a printed side and a shiny side, which reflects lasers used by CD players to read the data they contain.<\/p>\n Max, who uses gender-neutral pronouns, says the clear CD looks “really cool”.<\/p>\n “I’m all for it being an aesthetic thing,” they say.<\/p>\n Max realised they might not be the only one having an issue when they shared their experience online. <\/p>\n “I thought I’ll record a Tiktok about it and it’s got 200k views,” says Max.<\/p>\n “So I was like, maybe it isn’t just me.” <\/p>\n Some fans have been able to get the CD to work. <\/p>\n One, writing on Reddit, said: “It plays on my Playstation, so the CD does work.” <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Transparency is a recurring theme where Virgin, Lorde’s fourth studio album, is concerned.<\/p>\n The CD album artwork shows an X-ray of a pelvis, believed to be the singer’s, with a contraceptive “coil” visible in the image.<\/p>\n While the vinyl version features a photo of a woman, also thought to be Lorde, wearing see-through trousers. <\/p>\n While Max appreciates Lorde’s commitment to the theme, they are also frustrated.<\/p>\n “I don’t buy CDs to look at them, I buy them to play,” says Max.<\/p>\n “It’s just frustrating buying something and then it not just working straight out of the box.<\/p>\n “I just think that this wasn’t very well planned.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Lorde previously shunned a CD release for her 2021 album Solar Power, citing environmental concerns, although she says copies of Virgin use recyclable materials. <\/p>\n Max says Univeral Music Group’s support team offered a return when they got in touch with the label. <\/p>\n But they are still hoping for a copy they can hear.<\/p>\n “If I can get another print of it on a proper CD then I would really like that,” they say. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n![](\"https:\/\/static.files.bbci.co.uk\/bbcdotcom\/web\/20250701-150711-e3d94715db-web-2.24.1-1\/grey-placeholder.png\")
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