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Lorde's Return Has Us Forgiving Her Hiatus

She hasn't lost the ability to light sparks–Green Light and Liability are proof.

Lily Brundin
Mar 14, 2017
University of North Dakota
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Back in 2013, every time you went to a party or even turned on the radio, the silence was immediately filled with, “and we’ll never be ROOOYALS”, and life was great. I don’t know a single person who didn’t love Royals. 4 years ago, you knew the song, but you probably didn't know the face behind it. You probably didn’t know that she was 16 year old genius, Ella Yelich-O’Connor from New Zealand. Pure Heroine debuted, and I lost my mind. I had never had an album speak to me so loudly, and not only that, Lorde herself was such a force. I fell in love back in 2013, and we hadn’t really spoken since.

It was curious how she didn’t just milk her success, and put out another album right away to “strike while the iron was hot”. But Lorde created pieces of art. She was able to light sparks the way no other Top 40 artist could. She appealed to the masses, yet felt intimate. I hated waiting for her to put out new music, but I knew it would be worth it. Pure Heroine was a masterpiece, and to follow that with anything less would have been a shame.

She finally announced her first single of 2017, “Green Light” and I knew she was back. Green Light did not disappoint. It’s about heartbreak, but more than that, it’s about freedom. She’s seemed to have grown so much as a person, and certainly as an artist in the past 4 years. Melodrama is set to release June 16th of this year.

Today, March 9th as I am writing this, Lorde debuted her second single of 2017 “Liability”, and I’ve been a mess ever since. She has not lost her ability to light sparks, and I am over the moon that she’s back. June 16th cannot come soon enough.

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