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#1: Lorde | Melodrama


Vulnicura.

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Hello grateful grapefruits, flop queen @Vulnicura. here with an opinion no one really asked for but I do take request so if you read this feel free to give requests. LypkhOI.png

Will be doing all sorts of other (pop mostly) albums as well. Just decided to post this since it came out and has been overhyped.

 

 

Green Light - Wow still that fucking bop probably one of my favorite pop songs of 2017. It's almost manufactured to be a perfect song, which normally I would hate, but this was just so unexpected and again WHAT A FUCKING BOP and the build up throughout the song to the final chorus is just amazing. 

10/10

Sober - Actually thought it was just gibberish at the beginning. It is very calm in comparison to Green Light which kind of makes it overshadowed by it but it's a solid concept for a song. Not something I could replay a lot though but I kind of like it.

7.5/10

Homemade Dynamite - This has already become a fan favorite but at the moment it's not yet a 10 for me. It gives me Blackout vibes with the drums a bit. And I also see the Tove Lo input in it definitely could work for her as well. Still not packing the energy of Green Light but definitely memorable

8/10

The Louvre - The title and the beginning already sound cool so I have a bit more hope for this song already.  Sounds very familiar with the production and overall feel. Sort of reminds me Ellie Goulding. Not too strong of a chorus but an interesting concept. FOXES. It reminds me of Foxes with a bit of 2014 pop. The title also seems to be very appropriate, really gives me Louvre vibes, whatever that would be. For some reason I'm also hearing it as "Broadcast the boom boom boom boom and make 'em my deathwish"
8.6/10

Liability - The title had always suggested me some sort of medieval vibe but the song itself is just a short, sweet great ballad. I like the lyrics and the simplicity and how it ends.

9/10

Hard Feelings / Loveless - I'm usually a sucker for longer songs, especially double songs but I feel that there were missed opportunities with this. Hard Feelings itself is quite great but I don't think it would really work out of the context of a double song. Same with Loveless. I love the buildup in Hard Feelings reminds me of Green Light a bit but towards the end it could have been slightly shorter for a equal balance of Hard Feelings and Loveless. As I was listening I also thought that Hard Feelings' end was a part of Loveless' intro or at least something that transitioned into Loveless so when there was a gap in between the songs I thought it was SUCH a wasted opportunity (why bother putting two songs together when they don't fit?!). Moving onto Loveless, I sense that there wasn't really a solid concept for the song since it was so short and just faded out at the end which was another missed opportunity for me (and such a long fade out as well which was pointless). At least make Loveless longer if Hard Feelings was going to make up most of the song. Despite saying all this I actually enjoy the song since it's still a double song.

9/10

Sober II (Melodrama) - It has nice production and all, sounds great, I like it, but I still think it's overhyped.

8/10

Writer In The Dark - It's a very dramatic indie track that I can appreciate but not something that has replay value to me

7.75/10

Supercut - Ooh I like the way this sounds from the beginning. Sounds like something that could really pass as a Taylor song, a more poppy sound than Lorde usually puts out. It could use a really explosive moment at the last chorus instead of having a 1 and a 1/2 minute ending.

8.4/10

Liability (Reprise) - I like how this sounds like it could work being placed right after Liability but also works well after Supercut. I also like how although it's a reprise of Liability it sounds different but doesn't stray too far from the original sonically. A nice little segue

8.25/10

Perfect Places - I've never thought of it as an album closer but it works well. Sounds like something from the Pure Heroine era as well, while still having that Antonoff sound of slightly indie synthpop. I also really like the kicks

8.5/10

 

Average: 8.45

Overall thoughts: I have to say, I was expecting Lorde to be a fad after Pure Heroine so I was surprised with this album a bit. I like the more poppy direction it has taken but I also wish it was slightly darker sonically to really go all out.

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