Lorde released " Perfect Places " as the album 's second single on 1 June 2017 . She first performed the song live with Antonoff as part of her set at the Governors Ball Music Festival . On 30 July 2017 , Lorde also made an appearance to sing at the Fuji Rock Festival in Niigata , Japan . At the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards , Lorde performed an interpretive dance to " Homemade Dynamite " , which was met with mixed reviews from critics , some of whom called it " bizarre " . Her decision not to sing came after she was diagnosed with influenza . Following her performance , Lorde released a remix of " Homemade Dynamite " that featured guest vocals by Khalid , Post Malone and SZA as the third single from the album on 16 September 2017 . To further promote the album , Lorde embarked on a world tour with several opening acts ; she announced the tour in June 2017 . The tour began at the O2 Apollo Manchester in England on 26 September 2017 and ended on 19 October 2017 in Trondheim , Norway . The Oceania leg consisted of 13 dates . Lorde played an additional 30 shows in North America , which commenced in Milwaukee on 1 March 2018 and concluded in Nashville on 15 April 2018
2017 MTV Video Music Awards
2017 MTV Video Music Awards
Melodrama (Lorde album)