Freshly Brewed Buzz with Lorde and Chrissy Teigen

LORDE TALKS NEW MUSIC: The 23-year-old Lorde wrote an email to fans, which reads in part: “You’ll probably be pleased to know my hair is big and long again. I think after Melodrama came out I said I wouldn’t put out another record until my hair was long- both because hair takes time to grow, and I knew I needed time, and because I knew the next record would require the longest and wildest hair yet.” She added: “And to my surprise, good things came out. Happy, playful things. I felt my melodic muscles flexing and strengthening. Jack [Antonoff] came over to work in the studio in Auckland, and I went to LA. It flowed. A thing started to take shape. And then, of course, the world shut down. We’re still working away — Jack and I FaceTimed for over an hour this morning going over everything. But it’ll take a while longer.” (ET)

CASEY SPOONER SEES A BRIGHTER SIDE: Musician Casey Spooner says that the pandemic has made legendary L.A. hotel Chateau Marmont so much better. No more “douches” “trying to make it in Hollywood,” he wrote on social media of the deserted hotel. An insider tells Page Six that the hotel had to let go of 242 employees in March. (Page Six)

CHRISSY TEIGEN FEUD SHELVES ALISON ROMAN COLUMN: Even though she apologized twice for slamming Chrissy Teigen‘s entre into the food world, people are still seething. So, it seems, is The New York Times, which opted to put her popular food column “on temporary leave.” (Page Six)

JASON WAHLER GIFTING THERAPY: The Hills star Jason Wahler is hoping to help families dealing with grief during the COVID crisis by gifting them with therapy. He has teamed up with singer Hilary Roberts and her organization, Red Songbird Foundation. (TMZ)

LELE PONS TALKS OCD: Venezuelan star Lele Pons is sharing a behind-the-scenes look at her battle with obsessive-compulsive-disorder inThe Secret Life of Lele Pons. Pons also struggles with Tourette syndrome and ADHD. She tells ET: “I’ve been doing that for a long time, sometimes my fans don’t even notice when I’m gone. I have things accumulated, like content, but I’ve been to a ranch for a month without anyone [knowing.] When it’s really bad or when there’s a really big project coming, that might trigger a lot of my stuff, I go there to prepare myself.” Secret Life is out on YouTube.