Timestamps:D 2:18 Green Light 5:16 Sober 7:48 Homemade Dynamite 9:59 The Louvre 12:54 Liability 14:04 Hard Feelings/Loveless 17:27 Sober II (Melodrama) 18:53 Writer in the Dark 22:11 Supercut 25:31 Liability (Reprise) 27:57 Perfect Places
@@maddie3391I didn’t even like it for the last 5 years and I’ve praised this album, listened to it 2 years ago again with new ears and I thought to myself "wtf was I thinking"
I honestly think this is one of the best albums of all time, it did exactly what it set out to do and went beyond. Everything that came after it drank from its fountain
One does not simply forget about Melodrama. Also, on the topic of how influential Lorde was, she literally changed the pop landscape. It's easy to forget how much Pure Heroine completely turned the scene on its head, since it's been over a decade, and Lorde releases albums MUCH slower than most artists. Before Lorde, pop was very much house/EDM influenced, and people were getting sick of it. When Royals came out, it offered a new perspective, a new sound....it was the antithesis of the "Party Like a Rockstar" era. Lorde sums it up best with her lyric from her song Team - "I'm kinda over getting told to throw my hands up in the air." She spoke, and so it came to be. Lana del Rey, Billie Eilish, Halsey, Olivio Rodrigo... emotional, stripped back music became the next big thing in pop, and it's still very much going strong.
@@conormcfall5436 Yes, 100%. Lana Del Rey hit the scene with "Summertime Sadness" in 2012, and although it did exceptionally well for an indie pop song (especially on online spaces like Tumblr, which no doubt contributed to its massive, although slow burn ascent) it wasn't until the Cedric Gervais remix that came out in 2013 that really gave it its wings with the general public. Combined with the fact that Royals had hit the ground running, a smash hit right out of the gate, just months prior to the release of that remix, It was kind of the perfect storm - the aforementioned Gervais remix of Summertime Sadness still had the bass heavy, EDM sounds that were already on the airwaves, but combined with this new sound - melancholy, heartfelt, and introspective. It offered a reprieve to the stale and "party like it's you're last night on Earth" sounds that had dominated the airwaves the past 10 years. It was in a sense giving the best of both worlds, and the perfect bridge to have these two styles of pop. I liken it to the feeling you get when, after a week of indulging in Taco Bell and Oreos - both of which have their merits and purpose - to having an amazing fresh salad and perfectly cooked salmon...and it's an incredible palate cleanser. Signed, An amateur pop historian. ;)
As much as I love lorde… don’t suggest after pure heroine came Lana, Lana had already debuted with Born to die before hand and has been recognised as one of the most influential albums to date and still remains in billboard top, making it the second album by a woman to do this.
David Bowie once said "She's the future of music" Lorde influenced a lot new artists including Taylor Swift who changed her sound. Green Light is also not your traditional pop composition. The thing with Lorde is she's very different and a lot of artists copied her style and sound. But since she writes her own music and lyrics she's always going to be ahead of time and others will need to be more original, learn good writing
@@jayciruperto5518 Listen here Swiftie, after ditching her country roots, Taylor took a more pop-driven, nostalgia-tinged approach with 1989. There are OBVIOUS detectable influences of Lorde and Lana Del Rey,in her 1989. Specifically referencing "I Know Places," "Clean," and "Blank Space," Taylo Swift adopts a more "moody, electro-minimalist vibe" simliar to that of Lorde and picks up a breathy technique Lana Del Ray normally has (with the lyrics to match). So whether or not Swift did consciously, or subconsciously, borrowing the stylings of Lorde and Lana Del Rey to adopt a more dark, less "Teardrops On My Guitar" sound, the question remains: why did she change her sound? How original IS she. Because hunty, Lorde is O-RI-GI-NAL. The truth is, your IDOL Taylor Swift made a move in her career that pushed herself out of her box and presented an evolution of her sound, by ripping off Melodrama and steaming Lorde's sound. Lmafo ya loser
I got " solar" and "power" tattooed on my left and right shin 5 months ago because I fell so in love with it years after it released. I moved to Australia from the USA and can’t think of any album that describes the feelings I had better than that album. Just amazing.
And I’m pretty sure that they used her heartbeat as percussion on that song so “broadcast the boom boom boom and make them all dance to it” is quite literal.
Other albums: When the pawn - Fiona Apple The idler wheel - Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple Rid of Me - PJ Harvey To bring you my love - PJ Harvey Is this desire? - PJ Harvey Stories from the city, stories from the sea - PJ Harvey Sinner get ready - Lingua Ignota
I hope you both get a chance to go back and listen to Pure Heroine, it is a very strong debut album and to follow up with Melodrama as her sophomore album. Complete insanity!
Haaaayyy girl, here I am 💁🏻♀️ I was off Tumblr by the time this album came out though… 😅 my mental health gave me an ultimatum and, in an unforeseen moment of clarity, I chose my mental health lol 😂 But the nostalgia is real.
Top 10 album ever for me. It came out just before I turned 17 and it holds so much nostalgic weight from that time. Every song is perfect and as the years go by I end up finding new meanings in my life for them. Please do a reaction to Solar Power! I think you two will have so much fun with it and I believe it deserves wayyyy more recognition.
you may know this (I haven’t finished the video yet) but this whole album is supposed to chronicle a single party and it’s even more interesting when you look at it through that lens
I hated Lorde when I only knew her from Royals, I still don’t like that track… but then Melodrama became like my favorite album ever and I gave Pure Heroine a chance and it was mind blowing as well. Ribs is life changing
This album came out and was ahead of its time. It’s now a cult classic and now fully appreciated. The past didn’t understand what we had. She’s iconic. Best sophomore album ever to be made. Solar power was hard to follow after this. But is its own thing. I live for her music.
all cards on the table here, "The Louvre" is in my top ten favorite pop songs of all time it's impossible for me to think of high school without thinking of this album; pre-antidepressants, my friend saw my reaction to "Green Light" dropping, and said he'd never seen me more excited about anything lovely seeing y'all as always ❤
OMG!!!! can’t believe this hasn’t happened already. one of my fav albums ever lets goooooo. 💙🙌🙌🙌 edit: crying over the Louvre lyric is everything i needed thank you for your continued service
I never liked Lorde because of Royals. Years ago, she played at a festival I went to see another band, and I ended up in the front rows. When Lorde started playing, I thought about leaving at first, but I stayed. I’m lucky to say I heard these songs live for the first time, practically right in front of her. I still remember jumping with the crowd during ‘Supercut,’ not understanding how I could feel so alive from a song I had just heard for the first time.
I've listened to this album at least once a month since it came out. It has become my favourite record, even surpassing The Beatles' Abbey Road. Lorde is a once in a generation artist. I had the chance to see her at the Primavera Sound festival in Buenos Aires and being part of a crowd weeping to Liability was a life-changing experience.
I think this album feels so modern because Jack Antonoff was such a huge producer for this and he’s still arguably the biggest producer in pop music today!
A timeless album. She is so great at capturing the events of a specific time in one’s life. Jack Antonoff was phenomenal in this record too, one of those sonically outcasted records produced by him
Watching someone react to Melodrama for the first time is never disappointing. I'm only minutes in and I'm FREAKING OUT like I's not my 700th time listening...
FINNALLYYYYYYYYYYYY GUYS!! ABOUT SOLAR POWER: Many people who listened to Solar Power were expecting another Melodrama, but Solar Power is basically the letter of how Lorde was feeling good, free and full of love for herself (and let's face it, FEW people identify with that), so the album was not well received. I was one of those who criticized the album when it was released, and a year later, after feeling good about myself, I found myself listening to it and really enjoying the vibe of Solar Power.
i would love to see you guys do Pure Heroine ! most people only know Royals & maybe Ribs but i love that whole album, it was so innovative for the time
Absolutely neeeeed the solar power reaction !!!! And pure heroine too, that album is so much more than just royals. One of my favorites. Much more of a reach but since this and NFR were so enjoyable, more Jack Antinoff records would be cool. It’s may be out of the demographic, but I think Folklore or Evermore would be fun reactions!
In the song the Louvre, when she says "they'll hang us in the Louvre" may have a double meaning cause the Louvre is this amazing art museum in Paris but it also was a site of execution in the 12th century, so people were literally hanged in the Louvre and this interpretation aligns with the fact that she is exploring different death scenarios during Melodrama anyway this album is a masterpiece, i discovered it at 17 and it changed my life
