Lorde - Solar Power

[P'NutButter]

'Hold No Grudge' could actually be the best song of the era.

 

[Michael17]

I think I was just hoping for 11 and a half "Cologne Cerrone Houdini"s with this album, and the album is a cute girl (I'm actually one of the biggest defenders of it compared to others), but maybe I just think it was too muted. I'm perched for the bonus tracks, as I just didn't bother before.

 

[tylerc]

I am curious about the bonus tracks. I haven't listened to anything from this other than Mood Ring since it's release.

 

[Square]

The fallen fruit video… queen of walking!

 

[slaybellz]

queens of walking

is Haim!

 

[Raichu]

The Fallen Fruit video is also bad. The videos have been abysmal this era. The lack of flavor is just wild.

Her music videos were never excellent or anything but her past ones got the job done. These new ones are just so bland.

She needs to Super Bass the bonus tracks into singles with videos to give this campaign a shot in the arm. Fallen Fruit as a single choice needed some radical, insane video to make it worthwhile but um…chile anyways

A radical insane video would have been kind of weird for Fallen Fruit though. The song is pretty boring IMO.

Are they looking for it to sound good? Cause it does.

The majority of professionally produced songs sound good. Ed Sheeran's music technically sounds good. That should not be the bar, especially not for Lorde.

 

[Beautiful Child 2]

Both bonus tracks do a good job of reminding me how enjoyable the music is when I park my expectations. They’re great and -

This whole time, I've been playing it coy
The city's falling for me just like I'm Helen of Troy, ah

- is such a great lyric Lorde. A lovely little throwback to Pure Heroine, when she was all bravado.

 

[sesita]

While I'm a little solar battery, I have to agree that the Nine Perfect Strangers approach to the videos has been boring and lacking in any excitement, creativity or just sense of fun. They add nothing to the music, have zero replay value and are not that beautiful to look at.

 

[Mr Blonde]

Honestly her videography is nothing to write home about anyway. It's always been her weak point. Aside from Green Light maybe.

 

[Juango]

Honestly her videography is nothing to write home about anyway. It's always been her weak point. Aside from Green Light maybe.

Perfect Places is pretty good. She was serving looks.

 

[johnny_tsunami]

Team has a great video but Perfect Places is pretty much Solar Power but make it at night.

 

[Sinful]

Not her best video being a feature though, Magnets was pretty...magnetic.

 

[Mr Blonde]

Oh yeah Magnets was great (and a total banger still!). Teams is cute in a Tumblr aesthetic teen whatever moment videos from that era are.

Lorde thrashing atop her escalade bathed in red light (cmon SYMBOLISM) as the driver has a smoke is a moment. As is J*ck appearing on piano in the bathroom from Candy Man. It's a simple video but I think she nailed the feel of the song/album without having to spell it out nn.

 

[Sanctuary]

Solar Power apologists

What my libertarian cousin calls me over the holidays when I say that nuclear energy's sufficiency doesn't override how unethical it is to dispose of in practice.

 

[2014]

Her alt-star power throughout all the Pure Heroine videos...not everyone has that. Magnets was such BPG energy too.

 

[Trouble in Paradise]

Tennis Court and Greenlight are both top tier videos

 

[SMG]

Yellow Flicker Beat’s video is excellent, too.

 

[theincredibleflipper]

No love for Perfect Places? I like it a lot.

 

[soratami]

The Mood Ring video is pretty great too I think, it looks good and matches the song perfectly.

 

[Alphableat]

Mood Ring is a fantastic song… but the video is like a parody and she doesn’t realise. I’ve only watched it once but I couldn’t keep a straight face.