Lorde - Melodrama (2017)

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we're in 'she said she was doing it to be ecologically friendly, lol' territory tbf

imago, Monday, 21 June 2021 19:14 (two years ago) link

imago otm, she's selling a product not speaking out politically

trap door to hell opens underneath (rob), Monday, 21 June 2021 19:17 (two years ago) link

Melodrama's vinyl release lagged the digital release by almost a year... I couldn't be bothered with it by that point. That was pretty eco conscious of her.

maf you one two (maffew12), Monday, 21 June 2021 19:23 (two years ago) link

When an artist big enough to still sell physical media decides only to sell MP3s, I fear it further normalizes/promotes the devaluing of audio quality. But sadly I may be fighting a losing battle there.

Don't know what Lorde is doing but the Biophilia people sell downloads in the format of your choice. FLAC, WAV, whatever.

but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 21 June 2021 19:42 (two years ago) link

it's all solar power, really. some of it just goes through inefficient processes that make the energy easier to store and transport, also releasing byproducts that increase the mean temperature of Earth and change the climate. So is she really even a hypocrite? think about it.

butyrate humbucker bobbins (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 21 June 2021 20:14 (two years ago) link

if they're actually handwritten notes, it's a good idea. just sell all your scrap paper.

i don't think it's a bad song really but "solar power" could be redeemed by a remix... or it could also become legendarily awful. either way i want to see it happen

dyl, Monday, 5 July 2021 01:14 (two years ago) link

two weeks pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_A20lBsBMM

Stoned at the nail salon

✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 22 July 2021 04:53 (two years ago) link

Was just listening to this; I think it's nice...

Max Ice (morrisp), Thursday, 22 July 2021 04:54 (two years ago) link

(p-fork with the neg, lol)

Max Ice (morrisp), Thursday, 22 July 2021 04:58 (two years ago) link

it's an ok enough album track but nothing to be excited about

ufo, Thursday, 22 July 2021 05:05 (two years ago) link

It’s super weak as a single assuming this is even a single.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 22 July 2021 05:23 (two years ago) link

i'm assuming it's the thing pop artists often do where they put out an album track for buzz without intending to give it a big radio push? idk

ufo, Thursday, 22 July 2021 05:26 (two years ago) link

Not sure how “singles” are even supposed to work in 2021 tbh

✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 22 July 2021 05:32 (two years ago) link

Turns out Phoebe Bridgers and Clairo both guest on it (I didn’t even register other vox)

Max Ice (morrisp), Thursday, 22 July 2021 06:05 (two years ago) link

they did backing vocals on "solar power" too

ufo, Thursday, 22 July 2021 06:25 (two years ago) link

sub-LDR

intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Thursday, 22 July 2021 11:33 (two years ago) link

Boring tune, sadly.

I also think the “all the music you loved when you’re 16 you’ll grow out of” line sticks out to me as a particularly bad one, partly because it’s trying to pass itself off as wisdom, but comes across as naive. And mostly because it makes me cringe out of recognition. It’s the exact sort of thing I know I would’ve said at Lorde’s age, as I tried to convince myself I had grown up, become an adult and left anything that could be considered childish. And now I keep getting older and I realise I absolutely love the shit out of the music I loved when I was 16, but with an even deeper intensity because of the memories that I’ve accumulated related to it over the years.

triggercut, Thursday, 22 July 2021 13:22 (two years ago) link

lorde probably thinks that line is well clever and deliciously ironic or something

imago, Thursday, 22 July 2021 13:26 (two years ago) link

We'll always have the beach

maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 22 July 2021 13:32 (two years ago) link

I still like most of the music I liked when I was 16.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 22 July 2021 14:00 (two years ago) link

Past Lorde albums are very consistent in terms of sound palette and moods and this seems to be on par. This time I guess she’s going for a “campfire on the beach” vibe which I don’t mind and could be the laying ground for some great music but so far the two songs released sound very unremarkable to me.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 22 July 2021 14:36 (two years ago) link

have been trying to work out what I don't like about her new stuff and think I've finally figured it out.

https://i.postimg.cc/dVp69wYQ/Screen-Shot-2015-11-09-at-7-12-14-PM-thumb-png-521ae0913e2f6741ad3df0f04008c56a.png

A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 23 July 2021 13:16 (two years ago) link

Pretty much!

peace, man, Friday, 23 July 2021 13:18 (two years ago) link

"all the music you loved when you're 16 and you now think you've grown out of you'll grow out of thinking you grew out of"

Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 23 July 2021 14:45 (two years ago) link

my response to this song is “what’s so amazing about really deep thoughts”

STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 23 July 2021 15:02 (two years ago) link

"all the music you loved when you're 16 and you now think you've grown out of you'll grow out of thinking you grew out of"

Well, pretty much my experience. Maybe she'll get there someday too

Vinnie, Friday, 23 July 2021 15:11 (two years ago) link

Haven't heard this new song yet, but when I saw the title it really struck me as her desperately trying to write a Lana Del Rey song.

a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 23 July 2021 15:14 (two years ago) link

Turns out Phoebe Bridgers and Clairo both guest on it (I didn’t even register other vox)

Phoebe Bridgers is this year's Pitbull: T/F?

Watching Lorde day drink with Seth Meyers was p funny:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krYT0dRihbk

bookmarkflaglink (Darin), Friday, 23 July 2021 18:08 (two years ago) link

three weeks pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P103bWMdvtA

i like this one more, successfully leans into its vibe better than the other two. still suspect the album is going to be kinda dull though

ufo, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 21:03 (two years ago) link

It sounds just like the first one!

Shallot Shortage 2021 (morrisp), Tuesday, 17 August 2021 21:09 (two years ago) link

lorde is very bad

STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 17 August 2021 21:11 (two years ago) link

So far this album seems like some long-form ironic takedown of Goop or something. Does she think that qualifies as trenchant commentary?

DJI, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 21:13 (two years ago) link

lol

bon ivermectin (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 17 August 2021 23:18 (two years ago) link

based on the influences they're attempting to tap into i should like some of this stuff but none of it is hitting for me at all. i'm not a huge lorde fan to begin w/ but i liked a handful of songs off melodrama a good deal, these tracks feel lifeless though

J0rdan S., Tuesday, 17 August 2021 23:44 (two years ago) link

Same. I still hum "Homemade Dynamite" and "The Louvre."

So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 17 August 2021 23:51 (two years ago) link

Melodrama feeling like a miracle right now

maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 18 August 2021 00:15 (two years ago) link

Disagree. Pure Heroine was great too. Though I agree that the new songs are bad.

justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Wednesday, 18 August 2021 00:16 (two years ago) link

the only one of the new songs i really like is "mood ring" but they're still largely better than anything from pure heroine

ufo, Wednesday, 18 August 2021 00:48 (two years ago) link

Totally agree on the flatness of all three of these songs. Disappointing. Fortunately lots of other people are making good albums this year, maybe next time Lorde.

i like it

dyl, Wednesday, 18 August 2021 03:50 (two years ago) link

it reminds me of janet's "someone to call my lover" except more subdued, it works well

ufo, Wednesday, 18 August 2021 04:02 (two years ago) link

oh I got TLC's "Unpretty" from it, except even more bad

bon ivermectin (Murgatroid), Wednesday, 18 August 2021 04:13 (two years ago) link

oh goodness "someone to call my lover" is so much more dynamic than this, it actually has like... a beat. even "unpretty" is more interesting texturally

J0rdan S., Wednesday, 18 August 2021 05:35 (two years ago) link

oh yeah it's much more dynamic but just the lush vibe

ufo, Wednesday, 18 August 2021 05:37 (two years ago) link

i like some jack antonoff produced albums but i don't think of him as someone who elevates artists via his production, specifically, if that makes sense

J0rdan S., Wednesday, 18 August 2021 05:37 (two years ago) link

like, jimmy jam and terry lewis, to use one example (lol), were (are) genius musicians full stop. i think even major jack antonoff defenders wouldn't hone in on his musicianship or musical ideas as what he brings to the table. reading quotes from the artists he works with, it's all about the ease and comfort he allows for in the studio, who he is as a person, it seems like he has more personal connections w/ his artists than he does musical ones. so tho i i do think the production is a problem w/ these songs, he's never really gonna blow you away in that department one way or another. i would describe a lot of his productions on a musical level as like... functional. supportive. i feel like a better, more genius musician could've done something to these songs that really would've given them some oomph. they're missing some juice to me, something i can sink my teeth into, but that's not a quality i really associate w/ jack antonoff production, even on songs/albums i love (chemtrails over the country club, lots of his taylor swift collabs)

it's interesting looking back at melodrama how much of it had co production by frank dukes, kuk harrell, malay ... even flume and t minus have co production credits. all guys who have extensive experience in rap, R&B, and pop production. i think you can really feel that element missing from these songs in a way that doesn't flatter them at all

J0rdan S., Wednesday, 18 August 2021 05:54 (two years ago) link

i would love to hear "mood ring" as filtered thru t minus or flume or whoever, you might actually get something that approximates "someone to call my lover"

J0rdan S., Wednesday, 18 August 2021 06:02 (two years ago) link

i think he's decent at fleshing out the visions of the artists he works with, but doesn't really bring much character of his own to the table most of the time. that usually ends up with pleasantly tasteful arrangements, with the only times his production has sounded bad to me being most of his work on reputation and a little bit of lover, but i figure he shares the blame with taylor there for some of those dreadful synth sounds, i really have no idea what they were thinking.

sometimes this approach does give really good results (his work with lana & his better work with taylor) but i don't think it's ever going to lead to more than just a more refined version of what the artists were already capable of at best?

on some of his earlier productions ("out of the woods" and a few others) you can hear his own taste come through more, sounding not too far from his solo work, but that doesn't really happen anymore

ufo, Wednesday, 18 August 2021 06:05 (two years ago) link

i also wanna hear that hypothetical "mood ring" remix, it could certainly have been much more exciting, but i think it succeeds on its own terms as pleasantly chill background music, unlike "solar power" which ends up deciding it wants to be anthemic way too late leaving it feeling confused & anemic overall?

ufo, Wednesday, 18 August 2021 06:11 (two years ago) link


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