Lorde - Melodrama (2017)

I have never cared about her and the little I heard previously I didn't like but surprisingly I like this album. I have only listened to it only a couple times but so far I find it quite good and moving. It's catchy/mainstream yet feels intimate.
It's big and expensive but as noted by others there are some unexpected and charming moments (the explosion sound she makes, the way she says "anyway still the Louvre"). Also there are great songs but also some parts that make the whole cohesive as an album.
Actually I said quite good but it's very good, thinking about it (I write this while listening to the final song of the album) !

Echoing everyone else, I enjoyed this album a lot; I also look forward to her eventual duets with Selena Gomez.

Also I'm glad I'm not the only one who went "whoa when did she become Kate Bush" when the chorus to Writer in the Dark came around.

Like this album a lot. Favorite tic that hasn't been mentioned in this thread is the scream in Supercut. Also anyone else get Echo + TB vibes at the end of The Louvre?

This was a huge surprise for me. I didn't expect to like it as much as I did.

the last line in Perfect Places that goes "What the fuck are perfect places, anyway?" feels super familiar to me. The phrasing and sentiment and use of the word anyway remind me of another song but i can't quite put my finger on it. Any ideas? or am i just crazy?

Yeah the Kate Bush aspect is endearing. Right now "liability" is crushing me.

Yeah Louvre final is great too and EchoTBesque indeed

The verses in "Liability" remind me of "All the Young Dudes."

Definitely, same chords progression. It's so simple and almost throwaway but very touching

"Liability" is the only song I'm not really feeling.

are you saying compared to the rest of the album it's a

song that's somewhat lacking

i wanted to say, i like the cover art on this album.

I wasn't impressed with "Liability" on SNL so I'm surprised how much I like it on the album. Guess I needed to hear it a few times.

Have now played this a few more times at work today and really enjoyed it all the way through. I like how she and Antonoff refined and expanded her sound without losing the sense of intimacy from the first album. Still kind of feels like Lorde alone in a room, just a bigger room with nicer furniture.

Good listen indeed. "Supercut" is my standout.

the only track i don't really care for is "sober II (melodrama)," but besides that, the record is really good

I have yet to listen to this album, but I find her onion ring interest relatable

Good listen indeed. "Supercut" is my standout.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, June 16, 2017

For me too. Good lyrics!

Blowin shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite!

the only track i don't really care for is "sober II (melodrama)," but besides that, the record is really good

I'm on that track! I wish they'd let me cut loose, but they had a specific thing in mind

whaaaaaat

whoa

Nice ! What do you play ?
Re:"Homemade Dynamite" there's a little imperial phase Timbo feel imo.

Playing what? Strings? In any case, congrats! That's really cool.

Xp

this is a big step up from her debut and it's quite pleasant overall but mostly it's not really grabbing me yet either

the only track i don't really care for is "sober II (melodrama)," but besides that, the record is really good

I'm on that track! I wish they'd let me cut loose, but they had a specific thing in mind

― fgti, Saturday, June 17, 2017 6:03 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ah, nice! would've loved to have heard what you wanted to bring to the table

were you provided onion rings?

Really liked my first run through of this album. This would sound great on a late night drive.

sounds good but I still can't get with her pronunciation, sounds like she's pouting all the time

she does come off as wise beyond her years and quite sympathetic in recent RS feature though:
http://i.imgur.com/U46jMq9.png

eh if she was wise beyond her years, why does she hear wisdom in Don Henley?

sneaky passive voice "might be considered uncool"

I thought you heard wisdom in Don Henley?!

Don't look back
You can never look back

roll my eyes so hard when RS uses "might be considered uncool"

Lorde not doing much to dispell the rumors that she's actually 45 by digging Henley and Phil Collins

wow can't believe lorde is donald trump

I think 35 and younger and 55 and older would be acceptable Collins/Henley fan ages

anywhere between then idk

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/91/8d/75/918d75f16c1378e807563bc4b37011f0.gif

lorde is seasoned enough by this point to play to the outlets she's being interviewed by, I'd be surprised if she didn't mention someone like Don Henley

"also, every REM album is a 5 star record!"

lol if she was thinking "hmm this is going to be in Rolling Stone, how could I fuck with them? Better mention Don Henley"

DON: Well, yeah.

Before giving me any assignments, Whiney asks if I like Don Henley.

it's great because half the time I think of RS I picture some old white dude who peaked in the 70s and keeps wondering why there aren't more lists with Led Zepplin

the other half of the time I picture Whiney saying something about deadlines

Lorde talked to Tavi Gevinson for the Rookie podcast and mentioned Don Henley frequently in that conversation, for what it's worth

I think nothing would piss off Don Henley more knowing that a young female electronic musician with an obvious debt to current pop likes him, the more I think about it.

def. Kate Bush vibes on the "Writer in the Dark" chorus but Lorde is a million miles away from having the evocative emotional touch of Bush

Saying that I really like this

Yo, fgti, nice!