{"id":8974,"date":"2024-05-10T12:46:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T16:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ticketclub.live\/?p=8974"},"modified":"2024-05-10T12:46:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T16:46:29","slug":"weekly-artist-spotlight-lorde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/weekly-artist-spotlight-lorde\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Artist Spotlight: Lorde"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four years after making her phenomenal music debut, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketclub.com\/concerts\/lorde-tickets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lorde<\/a> has returned with her highly-anticipated sophomore effort <em>Melodrama<\/em>\u00a0and is poised to hit the road on her Melodrama World Tour later this year<em>. <\/em>Let&#8217;s take a closer look at this week&#8217;s spotlight artist and break down her new album in a track-by-track review.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Green Light <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This lead single not only put Lorde back on the charts when she dropped it in March, but also serves as a dynamic opening track. Lorde has herself described &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dMK_npDG12Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Light<\/a>&#8221; as a mixed bag, as it pairs together sour lyrics with a driving, upbeat keyboard melody with surprising ease. It is able to play into several emotions of a listener, which goes to show how versatile and gifted she is as a songwriter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">i am so proud of this song. it&#39;s very different, and kinda unexpected. it&#39;s complex and funny and sad and joyous and it&#39;ll make you DANCE<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lorde (@lorde) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lorde\/status\/837016635634507776\">March 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><strong>2. Sober<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lorde - Sober\" width=\"685\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UvgigkaSCZA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dreamy synths accompany Lorde&#8217;s smoky, sultry voice in this track that offers a fresh take on the concept of drunken weekend behavior. The stealthy chorus paints a picture familiar to young, seemingly unstoppable folks living in the moment (&#8220;We&#8217;re the king and queen of the weekend \/ Ain&#8217;t a pill that can touch our rush&#8221;) before remembering the high won&#8217;t last forever (&#8220;But what will we do when we&#8217;re sober?&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Homemade Dynamite<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Continuing the high started in &#8220;Sober,&#8221; Lorde basks in the glory of meeting someone at a party where the sparks of attraction are flying. The chorus is relatively weak in composition compared to the rest of the song, though that doesn&#8217;t necessarily define this as a low point of the album.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. The Louvre<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Louvre&#8221; details the inevitable &#8220;Honeymoon Phase&#8221; of a relationship in a mature and sophisticated narrative (&#8220;Our days and nights are perfumed with obsession&#8221;). It is honest and immortalizes the blissful beginning stages of a relationship one wants to remember even after its demise. In this sense, it stands apart from all other tracks on the album.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Liability<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lorde - Liability\" width=\"685\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BtvJaNeELic?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This heartbreaking piano ballad is perhaps the New Zealand native at her most vulnerable. Any song can detail the pain of losing a love, as does &#8220;Liability.&#8221; However, the song truly packs an emotional punch through Lorde&#8217;s honest lyrics in which she blames herself for relationships failing. Her vocals are slightly underwhelming, but fittingly raw for the song&#8217;s nature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Hard Feelings\/Loveless<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The emotional stages of a breakup are unpredictable, as evidenced in this two-for-one track. Pure pain and denial that a relationship is over are explored in the beginning half, &#8220;Hard Feelings,&#8221; whereas anger, revenge and manipulation take the forefront of &#8220;Loveless&#8221; in trippy, electro fashion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Sober II (Melodrama)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The album&#8217;s title track offers a vastly different narrative than its earlier counterpart. When contrasting both sides of &#8220;Sober,&#8221; Lorde has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2017\/06\/15\/532599070\/lorde-on-dialing-out-and-turning-inward\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>, &#8220;In the first part, it&#8217;s very much like the party&#8217;s in full swing&#8230;and then [&#8220;Sober II&#8221;] is sort of singing from the perspective of the deflated room. There&#8217;s such a sadness to the lights being on after a party, you know, this whole room has sort of been washed in this dark, and to see the corners of the room again can always be a little bit heartbreaking.&#8221; It is indeed melancholy, intense and pensive, making it an intriguing listen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. Writer in the Dark<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the most angst-ridden song on the album, &#8220;Writer in the Dark&#8221; confirms that the singer will love an ex for the rest of her days but is unapologetic for being an artist first and foremost, one who will &#8220;play and sing and lock you in her heart.&#8221; The minimal production on the track&#8217;s surface allows Lorde&#8217;s voice to soar over a simple piano accompaniment and leave a lasting impression.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9. Supercut<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lorde has a unique ability to disguise somber subject matter with a feel-good melody, which is exactly what makes &#8220;Supercut&#8221; a standout track. It&#8217;s remarkably relatable as she mulls over all the &#8220;what if&#8217;s&#8221; of a now-failed relationship and focuses on everything that could have been in a flash of visions in her mind. The story is bittersweet yet somehow optimistic for moving forward.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10. Liability (Reprise)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rather than piling the blame and criticism on herself again, Lorde revisits &#8220;Liability&#8221; with a warped thought process that her ex is also to blame for letting their love slip away, as she repeatedly mutters &#8220;but you&#8217;re not what you thought you were.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>11. Perfect Places<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lorde - Perfect Places\" width=\"685\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qm4_f8804nU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lorde spends most of<em> Melodrama <\/em>reminding the world that she is young and still learning the process of growing up through love, heartbreak and self-discovery. In the album&#8217;s closing track, she delves into the profound thinking of the party lifestyle full of sex, drugs, and alcohol provides nothing but an illusion of utopia. It not only causes a listener to question what is a perfect place anyway, but reiterates the fact that even when dealing with often-naive issues, Lorde proves to be wise beyond her years.<\/p>\n<p>What is your favorite song from <em>Melodrama<\/em>? Leave a comment and let us know!<\/p>\n<p>Catch Lorde at upcoming festivals like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketclub.com\/concerts\/lollapalooza-tickets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lollapalooza<\/a> and on the Melodrama World Tour, which kicks off September 26 in the U.K and brings Lorde across Europe, New Zealand, Australia and North America through April 2018.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">tour tour tour tour tour <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LYy9kRPy0o\">https:\/\/t.co\/LYy9kRPy0o<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EcNgQOrGeF\">pic.twitter.com\/EcNgQOrGeF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lorde (@lorde) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lorde\/status\/873145690343518209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lorde returns with her second album Melodrama, which we break down in a track-by-track review.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,24],"tags":[587,415,591,592,593,594,237,25],"class_list":["post-8974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-concerts","category-music","tag-lollapalooza","tag-lorde","tag-lorde-tickets","tag-lorde-tour","tag-melodrama","tag-melodrama-world-tour","tag-music-news","tag-new-music"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lorde returns with masterful album Melodrama: A Track-by-Track Review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Four years after exploding onto the scene as a deeply in-tune teen, Lorde is back with sophomore album Melodrama. 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