• Lorde has hinted at an impromptu performance in Tāmaki Makaurau via a cryptic Instagram post.
• Fans received vague instructions to meet in the city.
• Lorde’s second single, Man of the Year, releases tomorrow; her album Virgin is out June 27.

Lorde’s hometown fans are gathering outside an address in the CBD for a possible pop-up show.

Earlier on Wednesday the singer hinted at an impromptu performance in Tāmaki Makaurau tonight.

Fans are now gathering outside the YMCA on Vincent St for Lorde, with images showing hundreds of youths waiting in the cold for the star.

A screenshot of an invite one person received showed the address and a message that stated “entry is not guaranteed”.

Newstalk ZB reporter Jordan Dunn told the Herald there could be roughly 300 people queuing, trying to get into the venue.

“It’s totally packed on the road.

“Organisers were letting roughly 30 people in at a time, at 15-minute increments.”

Lorde fans gather outside the rumoured address for show. Photo / supplied

Dunn said a rumour was going around in the crowd was Lorde was performing in a toilet cubicle with only a small group of fans at a time.

“People will be let in, see her perform and ushered out the back,” he said.

“Lots of people have shown up who may not have received an invite, hoping for the best or hoping she may come outside.”

Just after 1pm, the Melodrama singer — born Ella Yelich O’Connor — posted a cryptic photo to her Instagram story showing the top right of a cracked iPhone peeking out of a pair of jeans.

The picture was captioned “Auckland” and included a hyperlink to Lorde’s WhatsApp Business Account.

Messages sent to the singer receive a link to sign up to her database, and then received a message from the singer that reads: “Auckland I wanna play you something.. Meet me in the city tonight? Message me if you’re keen”.

Lorde has told Auckland fans she wants to play them something. Photo / Tom Rose.

A NZ police media spokesperson, responding to questions about Lorde’s earlier message, told the Herald; “Police are not immediately aware of anything at this stage.

“We will monitor and respond to any issues that might arise accordingly.”

Lorde hinted at a hometown meet-up on her Instagram story. Photo / @lorde.

Tomorrow, Lorde is due to release Man of the Year, the second single off her album Virgin, due out on June 27.

Lorde released the first single from the album, What Was That, on April 24. A pop-up event hosted by the singer in New York’s Washington Square park before the song’s release was shut down by police less than an hour beforehand due to large crowds.

In 2017, before the release of her song Green Light, the singer tweeted a map to three locations around Auckland which displayed a green-lit, smoking car in Ponsonby, green lights at a Herne Bay beach, and a projection of her performing the song in the city centre.

Earlier this month, in a Rolling Stone cover story, the singer recounted how she wrote Man of the Year in a period where she had stopped taking birth control, been diagnosed with premenstrual dysphoric ­disorder and was exploring her gender identity.

The article outlined the single’s inspiration coming to Lorde as she was “sitting on the floor of her living room, trying to visualise a version of herself ‘fully representative of how [her] gender felt in that moment’.”

“What she saw once again was an image of herself in men’s jeans, this time wearing nothing else but her gold chain and duct tape on her chest.

“The tape had this feeling of rawness to her, of it ‘not being a permanent solution’.”

Lorde’s local meet-up comes weeks after the singer faced criticism for not including Aotearoa in dates announced for her upcoming Ultrasound World Tour.

Earlier this week, Auckland restaurateur Albert Cho posted a picture of Lorde holding his pet Chihuahua in Ponsonby eatery Blue.

On May 21, Lorde posted a reel to her Instagram account showing the singer wading waist deep in water on an Auckland beach with Rangitoto in the background.

The video was soundtracked by a short clip of the upcoming single with lyrics which say “Let’s hear it for the man of the year, hear it for the man of the year”.