Live performance of Bravado in Auckland, New Zealand. Second Auckland show of the Melodrama World Tour. excuse the shakiness & not focused camera work, I was still tryna dance lmao
i'm literally crying. this song is so meaningful to me. this song was released a lot of years ago, and the fact that she sang it just three days ago it just made me really emotional!!!
absolutely chilling & amazing that she that she brought back bravado, in her home town, after years of paying it dust... and that you can hear the vocal difference in the track where she's only 15 and it's her first EP but now she's 21, her voice has matured, and she's got two albums... that was so long ago now and she's came so far 😭. must have been a super personal & emotional experience for her & everyone at this show, a lot of which who have probably been following her since day one. this is going down in history as a legendary performance i would have sold my soul to be there.
imagine being Ella and preforming this in front of most of your hometown. imagine how many of her friends and family are in awe of seeing her up on that stage.
i come back to this video over and over again, usually late at night when things don’t seem to make sense and everything feels in flux. the feeling when the song actually starts past the hum of the intro,,, it feels like the whole world suddenly clicks into place. her dancing at the beat drop like the first thunder clap of a storm. the lyrics a recurring battle cry of self rebellion and continuing message of reassurance: you’ll find bravado. the crowd singing with her and the backing track is a religious experience, a chorus of voices, of people, behind her. you just feel the song. there’s no way to completely describe it no matter how hard i try. everything seems to calm with her self assurance
wow that's just beautiful. One of my favourite lorde songs, i'm so glad that she performed it recently. Love how all of the people are singing with her
Imagine if she performed Bravado on her Solar Power tour as well 😭 The message of this song is so beautiful and personal. The difference between her vocals when she first performed it to then years later here, gosh, time flies by so quickly.
All my life I've been fighting a war I can't talk to you or your friends It's not only you My heart jumps around when I'm alluded to This will not do 'Cause I was raised up To be admired to be noticed But when you're withdrawn it's the closest thing To assault when all eyes are on you This will not do Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh I'm faking glory Lick my lips toss my hair And send a smile over And the stories brand new But I can take it from here I'll find my own bravado It's a switch flipped It's a pill tipped back, it's a moon eclipsed, whoa And I can tell you that when the lights come on I'll be ready for this It's in your blood stream A collision of atoms that happens before your eyes It's a marathon run or a mountain you scale without thinking of size I was frightened of every little thing That I thought was out to get me down To trip me up and laugh at me But I learnt not to want The quiet of the room with no one around to find me out I want the applause the approval the things that make me go Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh It's a switch flipped It's a pill tipped back, it's a moon eclipsed, whoa And I can tell you that when the lights come on I'll be ready for this It's in your blood stream A collision of atoms that happens before your eyes It's a marathon run or a mountain you scale without thinking of size I was frightened of every little thing That I thought was out to get me down To trip me up and laugh at me But I learnt not to want The quiet of the room with no one around to find me out I want the applause the approval the things that make me go Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh
I supposed to keep lorde with THIS song as my little secret, i keep thinking her music would be indie but when Royals come she's just yeah... Famous! Keep on fire girl!!
