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@@putyouon if you get the chance to react to pure heroin and solar power, please do. They are great albums! Solar power is the most different out of the 3 but it’s still a very great and more uplifting album
@@akashvalsan6609you made that up. Jack was taken seriously as a producer only after Taylor started working with him. Lana and Lorde's best work all are done by Jack
One of the defining pop albums of the century in my opinion. Really great production and incredible writing. Has a consistent tone and flow throughout. Sounds like you both agree so far!
Yk there's always that one person who posts the time stamps under these kinda videos and I want you to know that you're an angel who should have both sides of your pillow cold ❤✨️
Interesting fact, but David Bowie told all of his closest friends that Lorde is the future of music and so she was chosen to sing "Life on Mars" at David Bowie's Tribute show.
Lorde is an unique artist, she has synesthesia and in an interview she said when she listens to Melodrama, she sees purple. And if you pay attention: purple is a mix between red (related to love or angriness) and blue (related to sadness or disappointment) and that's what you get when you read the lyrics and hear her voice. MELODRAMA DESERVES EVERYTHING
I love this album so much. You can totally hear the way Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, and Gracie Abrams for example were all inspired by Lorde and many more young pop girls. It feels very clear as you both pointed out. I also think you were spot on that she was influenced by Taylor and Taylor vice versa. They are friends. Taylor kind of took her under her wing when Ella was going viral so young. I think they relate to each other a lot and have always complimented each other for their songwriting and bridges.
I'm sure Taylor and Lorde have massive respect for each other, but the influence can also be explained because Jack Antonoff, the producer of Melodrama and Solar Power, is also the main producer for like the las 5-6 Taylor albums AND for Lana del Rey. I used to love him (and still do, mainly for this album) but it has come to the point where he kinda reuses melodies and it's getting to a plain sound, I was really dissapointed by Solar Power bc of this. I hope he regains his past brilliance
Solar Power is excellent but I've accepted that by its nature it's sound could not be universally loved and that's alright. Anyway If ever I hear an album he worked on and don't love it I've realized it's at least 80% the artists fault and not his, because he's simply fulfilling what they want from him. Idk if you've heard Florence + The Machine's Dance Fever, but it's top 2 albums of 2022 for me with Beyonce's Renaissance & imo proof that Jack Antonoff is still a genius producer lol@@nikai0713
Pure Heroine (1st) is her second most acclaimed after Melodrama. Compared to the maximalism of Melodrama, both Pure Heroine and Solar Power (3rd) are pretty minimalism. Pure Heroine is very coming of age and Solar Power is feels like a very self-care, finding yourself album. Solar Power isn't very popular, a lot of people didnt like it but I find it so beautiful especially know the pain she's been through to get there. Excited to see yalls reactions
It's crazy that despite being cohesive, this album is not repetitive at all and manages to surprise and captivate us with each track showing layer by layer always taken while we listen. This album is a great experience, man! I get goosebumps even listening to it again
This album is the kind of album where you everytime you listen to it, you figure out something different about it. The meaning of "summer slipped us underneath her tongue" meaning "we're ecstasy". Or "They'll hang us in the Louvre, down the back, but who cares? Still the Louvre" because the Louvre is an musium but way back in the day, people were executed in the back of the Louvre. They were hanged. This album is just 🤌🏻
Not only a perfect pop album, but truly one of those albums that ages spectacularly. I’ve listened to it front-to-back hundreds of times and I’m still finding new things to enjoy about it. I highly recommend checking out some of her live performances from this album because those arrangements add so many layers.
I think Taylor Lorde and even Lana in some ways all inspired each other's work around this time. Lorde & Taylor are/were really close especially during this time and you can definitely hear pieces of each others writing style or just how they go about songwriting in alot of their work that came out around this time and even after.
Melodrama is a complete piece of art. I wish I was exaggerating, but it truly is one of the best albums of the 2010s and of the 21st century so far. I'm so excited to see both of you get into Lorde's short but excellent discography. - Pure Heroine is Green. A coming of age sunset hangout with friends, socially and politically aware, introverted teen angst album. - Melodrama is Violet and Royal Blue. A deeply sad drunken walk home after a party. Desperate, fiery, reckless, "melodramatic" early 20s heartbreak album. - Solar Power is Golden. An introspective mental health break from society album. An "I have issues but I go to therapy" state of mind, a freshening shower and coronas after a day at the beach, a quiet and relaxing enclosed family late lunch in the afternoon... All three albums are stellar, I really hope you enjoy them as much as we do :)
20:30 The line “You’re all gonna watch me disappear into the sun” is a nod at the album that follows this one, Solar Power!! A lot of people dislike her recent album because it’s extremely stripped back compared to this one, but if you go into it knowing the context and understanding that it’s more about her finding her roots as a person again after all the fame, it’s so much more meaningful to listen to. You just can’t go into Solar Power expecting Melodrama because they were made in two extremely different points in her life.
My dad is no longer around and seeing you listen to new music with your dad is so meaningful to me. My dad loved female songwriters, I wish I could’ve done this with him
Omg melodrama is one of my favorite albums of all time to this day. It aged like fine wine and although it’s from 2017 it still feels and sounds fresh. It’s so cohesive.
Being 19 when this album dropped quite literally changed the trajectory of my life 😅 can’t count how many times I’ve listened front to back?! Melodrama is a true musical masterpiece
Same here!! It’s perfect to listen to at that age. I’m so blessed to have been 19 when it was released. God I love this album lol I wish every teen girl could hear this album
olivia rodrigo has taken lots of inspiration from lorde, i mean it’s so apparent on her debut single drivers license. but i don’t think anyone is able to do what lorde does quite as good as lorde. and olivia’s only the prime example because she blew up. but a lot of new artists have taken so much from lorde it’s crazy to witness seeing as lorde is still so young and only 3 albums in
"Perfect Places" is my favorite track on the album, probably. Musically, it's great but maybe not the absolute best, but thematically it ties up the album marvelously, ending with a keystone for Lorde's deep (and at this point, trademark) ambivalence about her generation. On the whole, I think "Melodrama" is my favorite album of the past decade.
Dude I could write an entire essay about how much I love Perfect Places lol. On first listen it sounds like a party anthem, a high note to go out on (like the guys were talking about here), but her vocal delivery sounds desperate to me. And it ends with such a deeply exhausted note. The lyrics capture her anger and exhaustion and deep sadness about where she finds herself in the world, at having fallen back into the cycle of melodrama. Lorde was inspired by Greek tragedy when creating this album, and I think that's particularly clear in her choice of outro. Instead of ending the album with the Liability (Reprise), where she gathers her strength and pushes back against what she's been told to think she is, she ends the album with her tripping back into this cycle she's just brought us through. She hasn't found the peace she finds on Solar Power. (I'd actually argue Solar Power isn't her 'perfect place' because 'what the fuck are perfect places, anyway?' and the third album is more contentment than perfect happiness, but I rest my case) Anyway I have a lot of Perfect Places and Melodrama feelings lol. It's prob my favorite album period.
There's a reason a lot of the GIANTS of the musical world, including David Bowie, called Lorde 'the future of music'. Her lyricism is so evocative, poetic and abstract (compared to Taylor's straightforward, but still poetic, storytelling style of lyrics), her sound being so unique, etc. I love Taylor, but Lorde definitely edges her out.
Supercut is her actually moving on and looking back to the relationship that ended. She was just looking at the good parts, but the final lyrics were a repetition of “in my head i do everything right”. This was her actually relapsing, that’s why the start of the next song says “I’m a liability”.
Melodrama is not only an album, it’s ✨an experience✨. Lorde is, in my humble opinion, one of the best lyricists of this generation, so incredible. While Melodrama is by far my favourite album out of her three, I love all of them. The thing about Ella is that she manages to capture very specific feelings and moments in time in her songs and projects. Pure Heroine came out in 2013, she was 16 and she sings about the pains and joys of growing up so well. Melodrama is the perfect rollercoaster of a breakup. Solar Power was criticised when it came out in 2021, and after the high that was Melo, it did feel much more laid back, but I personally needed it, I needed the healing and grieving it brings about. It’s exciting seeing people experience her for the first time, I hope we get the other two albums sooner rather than later, this reaction was a joy to watch🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻
Lorde actually wrote royals and the whole pure heroine album when she was 16 and wrote melodrama at 19 which is insane,also solar power her last album is amazing yet so underrated bc ppl were expecting something like melodrama but it wasn't, it's more of the opposite sister of pure heroine
Another one of those albums that critics, popheads, and musicheads alike all love. It's just so well written and catchy but at the same time its intriguing and innovative.
So excited for you to listen Solar Power!! Melodrama is definitely her best album in my opinion but, Solar Power and Pure Heroine are extremely good albums too. She's a incredibly unique artist
remind you this is before Billy Eilish, Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo ,Alicia Cara , midnights by TS, before The Weekend , Halsey and many more so at the time of it’s release this was super revolutionary, lady Gaga , Lana del Rey ,Taylor swift among others inspire so many after them.
Lorde influences everybody. She's changed how pop music is made on multiple occasions. People will tell you to react to 'Pure Heroine' next. But I think 'Solar Power' feels right for you two. :)
Lorde mentioned the sound build up in Green Light as a musical forest! To me, you can really hear it from 1:50 to 2:00 in the song and it makes so much sense, it's grand, kinda intriguing and honestly unsettling, which makes this song objectively one of the masterpieces of our generation
I also love how the latter part of the song sounds like a car revving up like it's just dying to cross the intersection. Best album opener of all time.
i wish i could experience melodrama for the first time again.. this one and pure heroine are masterpieces, and the fact that she wrote pure heroine as a young teen is crazy!! can't wait for your reaction to that album
I'd recommend you check out her debut album, 'Pure Heroine', next. Totally different vibe but still very Lorde and breathtaking for a literal's teenager first foray into music. It's a more nostalgic album than Melodrama.
I have to admit this being my first time watching your reactions I was a bit scared when you started listening to the album and your dad's face was stoic. I'm so happy you loved this album. This album is absolutely iconic. One of my all time favorites. She didn't win the Grammy because she refused to go the Grammys because they didn't want her to perform her own song. She talks about it in Solar Power. She was 16 when she wrote Pure Heroine. This album was released when she was 20/21. She is a genius. Taylor Swift first worked with Jack Antonoff on 1989 and Lorde and Taylor are friends so when she was looking for a producer, Taylor recommended Jack and they KILLED IT with Melodrama. And actually Taylor used Lorde's old producer (the one from Pure Heroine) for Lover. Hard Feelings / Loveless is my favorite song from the album. It's such an amazing song sound-wise. I like how you said you felt like something was breaking and it was hauntingly beautiful because I feel like that's exactly what it is. "These are what they call hard feelings of love", when you love someone so much and they leave and you feel like you're breaking... Lorde said that she envisioned this album as a house party with different rooms. And the songs are different rooms. Liability is finding a room with just a piano and sitting there, away from the party, and singing. I also think she talks about her relationship with fame. "What will we do when we're sober?", "All of the things we're taking 'cause we are young and we're ashamed...".
I'm so happy you did this !!! This is one of my favourite album ever and I know WORD FOR WORD I KNOW EVERY LITTLE SOUND because I listened to it so much and still is not enough after 6 years
Lorde was 16 years old when the hit song came out. Lorde as a wise-beyond-her-years spokesperson for the Tumblr generation after she released her debut album, Pure Heroine, on September 27, 2013.
i cried uncontrollably during the bridge of Hard feelings too, my first visceral reaction to a song. I love how Lorde can precisely describe a general feeling yet still make it so personal.
This is my favourite album. Not just by Lorde, ever. All of her work is phenomenal. All the albums are so different, and she was truly going through different things in her life. I honestly hate to even compare them, they are stand alone pieces of art. Definitely listen to the others. I can’t wait! PS - I think it’s time we get some Gaga?
thanks for reacting to one of my favorite albums ever !! lorde is such a distinct poet in pop, its nice to see it so greatly appreciated like this. her debut album Pure Heroine is equally as impressive and my personal fav of hers and i hope u react to it soon :]
i love watching melodrama reactions, and you guys had so many cool insights about the songs, it was so refreshing hearing it with you guys after listening to it for years now. i love this album and it sure has a lot of impact in many people (listners) not just artists.
Perfect Places is such a beautiful song. I remember someone explaining it simply as "looking for something that doesn't exist" and it's just melodramatic.
ooh I was hoping for this reaction. Melodrama is one of the best albums ever imo. The writing, the imagery, production, all of it is so cohesive and it’s such a good mix of different songs it really never gets boring
So so glad you two loved this album! It’s severely underrated in the mainstream but is incredible and holds up over time. Now i need to go re-listen so i can appreciate the Pink Floyd and u2 references
Lorde and I are the same age and in a lot of ways a felt understood since 2013, Pure Heroine is in her words an album about “teenage angst” and I completely agree with her. I think my top 3 is Melodrama, Pure Heroine and Solar Power but each of them are so unique and beautiful. Great video as usual guys!❤ PS. Also (not to diminish any artist’s work but) to this day I cannot believe that Bruno Mars got album of the year and not the masterpiece of Melodrama🥹 (she was the only woman nominated that year for aoty).
i think MAGDALENE by FKA Twigs is as fantastic and insane as this. They both are in my top 10 best albums i’ve ever listened to and i’m sure you two would love if you reacted to.
My favourite thing to do on TH-cam is to watch people experience Melodrama. Such a great record ❤️ I think you should listen to SAWAYAMA by Rina Sawayama
This is genuinely my favorite album of all time. I’ve been listening to it daily for years, it’s grown with me, lyrical meanings have evolved along with me. 😭💕
So glad you finally reacted to this. Olivia Billie both are influenced by lorde. She's just awesome. This is one of the best pop albums that shaped upcoming pop artists so much.
lorde is unique on so many levels! pure heroine is amazing but melodrama set her apart from other pop artists for me. it showcases her talents in a different manner. loved your reaction!
Someone said under a different video “About MELODRAMA: This entire album was produced to "synthesize" a SINGLE NIGHT PARTY of someone who had just left a relationship, went to a party, got drunk, ended up meeting his same ex at the party, kissed him in and then came home thinking you had the worst night of your life for being with the person who hurt you when should love and care for you.” And honestly once you know this, you listen to this whole album differently
This was easily my favourite album of 2017, and definitely in my top ten of all time. It's so rare to find an album that is both a collection of amazing songs, but also such a flawlessly cohesive single piece of art. It HAS to be listened to in order, from start to finish. I'd love to see you react to a Lizzy McAlpine album, especially her second one, "five seconds flat". She's a very different musician to Lorde, but I also enjoy the way she tells a story over the course of an album.
I really hope you guys will react to Lana Del Reys discogeaphy too!!! Ultraviolence, Norman F***** Rockwell and Did You Know There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard? Are some of her best!!
Loved this reaction so much, I love her vocal layering it makes her sound like a bunch of teenage girls which I always say she is the voice of our generation. Im going to officially die when you finally listen to Lana Del Rey.
Just discovered you guys and love the reactions you do! I like how you guys aren’t afraid to be honest and don’t necessarily like everything, it’s so refreshing to see. This is one of my top 3 albums for sure, I’m glad you loved it. Wishing you both well!
Oh I loved your analysis of Hard Feelings / Loveless because I feel like they are actually very complimentary to each other. It IS a an incredibly sad uncontrolled ride without breaks.
watching reactions to Melodrama are so amazing because the album is just so top tier and seeing everyone discover it’s incredibility is an amazing journey
the first time I ever sat down and intentionally listened to an album front to back was this album, and I have never listened to music the same. changed my brain changed my artistic vision
I think what makes Lorde so good is that she is just experimenting with things she finds interesting at that time, and that blends really well with her almost autobiographical writing ability. It all comes together successfully because it is just an honest exploration of herself.
as a fan of her, melodrama is clearly her magnum opus, there are just so much layers to this album. pure heroine is a good (and revolutionary) debut about teenagehood. her first two albums are clearly two of the most defining albums last decade. solar panel, however, is just there. it’s not bad but its not as captivating as much of her two first albums. it feels like lorde is doing less. well anw im still excited for L4.
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Chica te quedaste en el 2013?
the fact that this album
was released 6 years ago and people still describe it as something never heard before explains how good it is.
david bowie himself said, before he unfortunately passed away, lorde is the future of music. and he was completely right. bless his soul, and hers.
I was searching for this comment 💜
Shame her 3rd record was a major step backwards.
Eager to see what she does next
@@SilentAssassin01234it’s a step ahead honestly, maybe someone with deep music admiration who may only appreciate it.
@kindaalter Nah it was trash, no need to be pretentious lol
@@SilentAssassin01234at first I thought that, now I get to like Solar Power A LOT
Lana and lorde are the artist who inspired todays artist like Olivia, Billie, Conan and all the newer alternative pop artist
It is very apparent for sure especially after hearing this album
@@putyouon if you get the chance to react to pure heroin and solar power, please do. They are great albums! Solar power is the most different out of the 3 but it’s still a very great and more uplifting album
They even influenced Taylor
@@akashvalsan6609you made that up. Jack was taken seriously as a producer only after Taylor started working with him. Lana and Lorde's best work all are done by Jack
@@jeelee3096 lol Taylor herself has said Lana is one of her biggest inspiration. Go watch her monologue on snow on the beach.
One of the defining pop albums of the century in my opinion. Really great production and incredible writing. Has a consistent tone and flow throughout. Sounds like you both agree so far!
Green Light - 3:09
Sober 8:21
Homemade Dynamite 11:58
The Louvre 15:00
Liability 19:04
Hard Feelings / Loveless 22:14
Sober II (Melodrama) 27:13
Writer In The Dark 29:38
Supercut 33:35
Liability (Reprise) 36:37
Perfect Places 38:25
Yk there's always that one person who posts the time stamps under these kinda videos and I want you to know that you're an angel who should have both sides of your pillow cold ❤✨️
Interesting fact, but David Bowie told all of his closest friends that Lorde is the future of music and so she was chosen to sing "Life on Mars" at David Bowie's Tribute show.
Lorde is an unique artist, she has synesthesia and in an interview she said when she listens to Melodrama, she sees purple. And if you pay attention: purple is a mix between red (related to love or angriness) and blue (related to sadness or disappointment) and that's what you get when you read the lyrics and hear her voice. MELODRAMA DESERVES EVERYTHING
I love this album so much. You can totally hear the way Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, and Gracie Abrams for example were all inspired by Lorde and many more young pop girls. It feels very clear as you both pointed out. I also think you were spot on that she was influenced by Taylor and Taylor vice versa. They are friends. Taylor kind of took her under her wing when Ella was going viral so young. I think they relate to each other a lot and have always complimented each other for their songwriting and bridges.
I'm sure Taylor and Lorde have massive respect for each other, but the influence can also be explained because Jack Antonoff, the producer of Melodrama and Solar Power, is also the main producer for like the las 5-6 Taylor albums AND for Lana del Rey. I used to love him (and still do, mainly for this album) but it has come to the point where he kinda reuses melodies and it's getting to a plain sound, I was really dissapointed by Solar Power bc of this. I hope he regains his past brilliance
Solar Power is excellent but I've accepted that by its nature it's sound could not be universally loved and that's alright. Anyway If ever I hear an album he worked on and don't love it I've realized it's at least 80% the artists fault and not his, because he's simply fulfilling what they want from him. Idk if you've heard Florence + The Machine's Dance Fever, but it's top 2 albums of 2022 for me with Beyonce's Renaissance & imo proof that Jack Antonoff is still a genius producer lol@@nikai0713
✨The Unskippable Album✨
Pure Heroine (1st) is her second most acclaimed after Melodrama. Compared to the maximalism of Melodrama, both Pure Heroine and Solar Power (3rd) are pretty minimalism. Pure Heroine is very coming of age and Solar Power is feels like a very self-care, finding yourself album. Solar Power isn't very popular, a lot of people didnt like it but I find it so beautiful especially know the pain she's been through to get there. Excited to see yalls reactions
Solar power is my favorite
Solar power is so zen, its my favourite too!
By the way lorde wrote her first album at 15/16 and Melodrama at 18/19
It's crazy that despite being cohesive, this album is not repetitive at all and manages to surprise and captivate us with each track showing layer by layer always taken while we listen. This album is a great experience, man! I get goosebumps even listening to it again
This album is the kind of album where you everytime you listen to it, you figure out something different about it.
The meaning of "summer slipped us underneath her tongue" meaning "we're ecstasy". Or "They'll hang us in the Louvre, down the back, but who cares? Still the Louvre" because the Louvre is an musium but way back in the day, people were executed in the back of the Louvre. They were hanged.
This album is just 🤌🏻
Nothing like watching people listen to Melodrama for the first time…. Loved the reaction!!
Not only a perfect pop album, but truly one of those albums that ages spectacularly. I’ve listened to it front-to-back hundreds of times and I’m still finding new things to enjoy about it. I highly recommend checking out some of her live performances from this album because those arrangements add so many layers.
I think Taylor Lorde and even Lana in some ways all inspired each other's work around this time. Lorde & Taylor are/were really close especially during this time and you can definitely hear pieces of each others writing style or just how they go about songwriting in alot of their work that came out around this time and even after.
more like jack antonoff was the link between them
@@Julian-pi3gh yeah i mean jack definitely plays a part but i think its more than just that
Melodrama is a complete piece of art. I wish I was exaggerating, but it truly is one of the best albums of the 2010s and of the 21st century so far. I'm so excited to see both of you get into Lorde's short but excellent discography.
- Pure Heroine is Green. A coming of age sunset hangout with friends, socially and politically aware, introverted teen angst album.
- Melodrama is Violet and Royal Blue. A deeply sad drunken walk home after a party. Desperate, fiery, reckless, "melodramatic" early 20s heartbreak album.
- Solar Power is Golden. An introspective mental health break from society album. An "I have issues but I go to therapy" state of mind, a freshening shower and coronas after a day at the beach, a quiet and relaxing enclosed family late lunch in the afternoon...
All three albums are stellar, I really hope you enjoy them as much as we do :)
20:30 The line “You’re all gonna watch me disappear into the sun” is a nod at the album that follows this one, Solar Power!! A lot of people dislike her recent album because it’s extremely stripped back compared to this one, but if you go into it knowing the context and understanding that it’s more about her finding her roots as a person again after all the fame, it’s so much more meaningful to listen to. You just can’t go into Solar Power expecting Melodrama because they were made in two extremely different points in her life.
My dad is no longer around and seeing you listen to new music with your dad is so meaningful to me. My dad loved female songwriters, I wish I could’ve done this with him
❤Thank you for watching
Omg melodrama is one of my favorite albums of all time to this day. It aged like fine wine and although it’s from 2017 it still feels and sounds fresh. It’s so cohesive.
this is the best melodrama reaction omgggg you were FEEELING it
Being 19 when this album dropped quite literally changed the trajectory of my life 😅 can’t count how many times I’ve listened front to back?! Melodrama is a true musical masterpiece
Same here!! It’s perfect to listen to at that age. I’m so blessed to have been 19 when it was released. God I love this album lol I wish every teen girl could hear this album
olivia rodrigo has taken lots of inspiration from lorde, i mean it’s so apparent on her debut single drivers license. but i don’t think anyone is able to do what lorde does quite as good as lorde. and olivia’s only the prime example because she blew up. but a lot of new artists have taken so much from lorde it’s crazy to witness seeing as lorde is still so young and only 3 albums in
Conan gray too, it’s amazing to see
God I love how cathartic the breakdown in Hard Feelings is. Truly never heard anything else like it. Especially in pop music
"Perfect Places" is my favorite track on the album, probably. Musically, it's great but maybe not the absolute best, but thematically it ties up the album marvelously, ending with a keystone for Lorde's deep (and at this point, trademark) ambivalence about her generation. On the whole, I think "Melodrama" is my favorite album of the past decade.
And after Perfect Places, she literally went to her perfect place (Solar Power's beach vibes)
Dude I could write an entire essay about how much I love Perfect Places lol. On first listen it sounds like a party anthem, a high note to go out on (like the guys were talking about here), but her vocal delivery sounds desperate to me. And it ends with such a deeply exhausted note. The lyrics capture her anger and exhaustion and deep sadness about where she finds herself in the world, at having fallen back into the cycle of melodrama. Lorde was inspired by Greek tragedy when creating this album, and I think that's particularly clear in her choice of outro. Instead of ending the album with the Liability (Reprise), where she gathers her strength and pushes back against what she's been told to think she is, she ends the album with her tripping back into this cycle she's just brought us through. She hasn't found the peace she finds on Solar Power. (I'd actually argue Solar Power isn't her 'perfect place' because 'what the fuck are perfect places, anyway?' and the third album is more contentment than perfect happiness, but I rest my case)
Anyway I have a lot of Perfect Places and Melodrama feelings lol. It's prob my favorite album period.
green light, for me, was like in The Great Gatsby the green light across the lake, longing for something you know is meant for you and waiting for it
There's a reason a lot of the GIANTS of the musical world, including David Bowie, called Lorde 'the future of music'. Her lyricism is so evocative, poetic and abstract (compared to Taylor's straightforward, but still poetic, storytelling style of lyrics), her sound being so unique, etc. I love Taylor, but Lorde definitely edges her out.
I've been waiting os this one. POP albums dont get better than this they just get different
Supercut is her actually moving on and looking back to the relationship that ended. She was just looking at the good parts, but the final lyrics were a repetition of “in my head i do everything right”. This was her actually relapsing, that’s why the start of the next song says “I’m a liability”.
Melodrama is not only an album, it’s ✨an experience✨. Lorde is, in my humble opinion, one of the best lyricists of this generation, so incredible.
While Melodrama is by far my favourite album out of her three, I love all of them.
The thing about Ella is that she manages to capture very specific feelings and moments in time in her songs and projects. Pure Heroine came out in 2013, she was 16 and she sings about the pains and joys of growing up so well. Melodrama is the perfect rollercoaster of a breakup. Solar Power was criticised when it came out in 2021, and after the high that was Melo, it did feel much more laid back, but I personally needed it, I needed the healing and grieving it brings about.
It’s exciting seeing people experience her for the first time, I hope we get the other two albums sooner rather than later, this reaction was a joy to watch🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻
Onenof the best pop albums hands down. Should've won that Grammy
This is the album I wish I could react to the first time again. This album was a cultural reset to pop
crazy that you havent heard this album,now you are finally blessed
I think what makes Lorde so unique is the feeling she imbues in her voice and music. Everything feels incredibly raw and unpolished and genuine
Lorde actually wrote royals and the whole pure heroine album when she was 16 and wrote melodrama at 19 which is insane,also solar power her last album is amazing yet so underrated bc ppl were expecting something like melodrama but it wasn't, it's more of the opposite sister of pure heroine
Another one of those albums that critics, popheads, and musicheads alike all love. It's just so well written and catchy but at the same time its intriguing and innovative.
So glad you two listened to this album. This is one of the best pop albums I have ever heard. Can't wait for you to hear the rest of her music.
this is now my new favorite melodrama reaction.
So excited for you to listen Solar Power!! Melodrama is definitely her best album in my opinion but, Solar Power and Pure Heroine are extremely good albums too. She's a incredibly unique artist
remind you this is before Billy Eilish, Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo ,Alicia Cara , midnights by TS, before The Weekend , Halsey and many more so at the time of it’s release this was super revolutionary, lady Gaga , Lana del Rey ,Taylor swift among others inspire so many after them.
Lorde influences everybody. She's changed how pop music is made on multiple occasions. People will tell you to react to 'Pure Heroine' next. But I think 'Solar Power' feels right for you two. :)
Lorde mentioned the sound build up in Green Light as a musical forest! To me, you can really hear it from 1:50 to 2:00 in the song and it makes so much sense, it's grand, kinda intriguing and honestly unsettling, which makes this song objectively one of the masterpieces of our generation
I also love how the latter part of the song sounds like a car revving up like it's just dying to cross the intersection. Best album opener of all time.
i wish i could experience melodrama for the first time again.. this one and pure heroine are masterpieces, and the fact that she wrote pure heroine as a young teen is crazy!! can't wait for your reaction to that album
I'd recommend you check out her debut album, 'Pure Heroine', next. Totally different vibe but still very Lorde and breathtaking for a literal's teenager first foray into music. It's a more nostalgic album than Melodrama.
you know when an album is great when you wanna buy a vinyl copy of it after listening.
Please listen solar power and Norman fucking Rockwell.
I have to admit this being my first time watching your reactions I was a bit scared when you started listening to the album and your dad's face was stoic.
I'm so happy you loved this album. This album is absolutely iconic. One of my all time favorites. She didn't win the Grammy because she refused to go the Grammys because they didn't want her to perform her own song. She talks about it in Solar Power.
She was 16 when she wrote Pure Heroine. This album was released when she was 20/21. She is a genius. Taylor Swift first worked with Jack Antonoff on 1989 and Lorde and Taylor are friends so when she was looking for a producer, Taylor recommended Jack and they KILLED IT with Melodrama. And actually Taylor used Lorde's old producer (the one from Pure Heroine) for Lover.
Hard Feelings / Loveless is my favorite song from the album. It's such an amazing song sound-wise. I like how you said you felt like something was breaking and it was hauntingly beautiful because I feel like that's exactly what it is. "These are what they call hard feelings of love", when you love someone so much and they leave and you feel like you're breaking...
Lorde said that she envisioned this album as a house party with different rooms. And the songs are different rooms. Liability is finding a room with just a piano and sitting there, away from the party, and singing. I also think she talks about her relationship with fame. "What will we do when we're sober?", "All of the things we're taking 'cause we are young and we're ashamed...".
This álbum is an insane masterpiece
I'm so happy you did this !!! This is one of my favourite album ever and I know WORD FOR WORD I KNOW EVERY LITTLE SOUND because I listened to it so much and still is not enough after 6 years
Lorde was 16 years old when the hit song came out. Lorde as a wise-beyond-her-years spokesperson for the Tumblr generation after she released her debut album, Pure Heroine, on September 27, 2013.
I like how sober 2 is so cinematic.
Probably the best reaction I've ever seen to this album. Thanks for helping me relive listening to this masterpiece for the first time❤
It's amazing how we still talk about this album to this day despite it coming out in 2017
i cried uncontrollably during the bridge of Hard feelings too, my first visceral reaction to a song. I love how Lorde can precisely describe a general feeling yet still make it so personal.
This is my favourite album. Not just by Lorde, ever. All of her work is phenomenal. All the albums are so different, and she was truly going through different things in her life. I honestly hate to even compare them, they are stand alone pieces of art. Definitely listen to the others. I can’t wait! PS - I think it’s time we get some Gaga?
thanks for reacting to one of my favorite albums ever !! lorde is such a distinct poet in pop, its nice to see it so greatly appreciated like this. her debut album Pure Heroine is equally as impressive and my personal fav of hers and i hope u react to it soon :]
i love watching melodrama reactions, and you guys had so many cool insights about the songs, it was so refreshing hearing it with you guys after listening to it for years now. i love this album and it sure has a lot of impact in many people (listners) not just artists.
Perfect Places is such a beautiful song. I remember someone explaining it simply as "looking for something that doesn't exist" and it's just melodramatic.
I was about to crack down on studying but this video caught my eye right before I could get up and fetch my books 😍
Okay watch but then study after 🫡
Stay in school 👍
@@mightymike9469 update: i passed all my exams
Named by rolling stones 7th best album of the last decade out of 100 albums btw
I wish I could listen to this album for the first time again. It's a magical experience
I missed this album so much, I’m so happy y’all reacted to this
ooh I was hoping for this reaction. Melodrama is one of the best albums ever imo. The writing, the imagery, production, all of it is so cohesive and it’s such a good mix of different songs it really never gets boring
Oh bro, i can't believe your dad finally reacted to Melodrama!
I did❤
One of my favourite albums ever.
Melodrama and Lorde first album "Pure Heroine" are pop bible and created AND inspired the new wave of singer like Billie Eilish or Olivia Rodrigo...
MELODRAMA IS MY FAVORITE ALBUM OF ALL TIME
So so glad you two loved this album! It’s severely underrated in the mainstream but is incredible and holds up over time. Now i need to go re-listen so i can appreciate the Pink Floyd and u2 references
Yesss best reaction to melodrama I’ve seen, you got every detail and felt all the emotions, love ye for that 🫶
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Lorde and I are the same age and in a lot of ways a felt understood since 2013, Pure Heroine is in her words an album about “teenage angst” and I completely agree with her. I think my top 3 is Melodrama, Pure Heroine and Solar Power but each of them are so unique and beautiful. Great video as usual guys!❤
PS. Also (not to diminish any artist’s work but) to this day I cannot believe that Bruno Mars got album of the year and not the masterpiece of Melodrama🥹 (she was the only woman nominated that year for aoty).
i think MAGDALENE by FKA Twigs is as fantastic and insane as this. They both are in my top 10 best albums i’ve ever listened to and i’m sure you two would love if you reacted to.
i would give anything to hear this album again for the first time
My favourite thing to do on TH-cam is to watch people experience Melodrama. Such a great record ❤️ I think you should listen to SAWAYAMA by Rina Sawayama
i'm so happy you guys liked the album!!!!
Thank you for putting into words about Hard Feelings what I’ve never been able to. I saw your tears fall and my heart swelled. 100% fave song.
YAAAAAASSSSS NOW PURE HEROINE AND SOLAR POWER PLEAAAAASE
This is genuinely my favorite album of all time. I’ve been listening to it daily for years, it’s grown with me, lyrical meanings have evolved along with me. 😭💕
So glad you finally reacted to this. Olivia Billie both are influenced by lorde. She's just awesome. This is one of the best pop albums that shaped upcoming pop artists so much.
every time i listen to this album i cry....every time i watch people react to this album i cry. god im so melodramatic.
I love when both of you are listening to an album for the first time
Every lorde album is an incredible and unique experience
lorde is unique on so many levels! pure heroine is amazing but melodrama set her apart from other pop artists for me. it showcases her talents in a different manner.
loved your reaction!
This albumm is so amazing that i listen to it start to finish in a daily base.
Lord is unique.
Lorde is a multi-generational artist. David Bowie loved her, as did many others before him. She will hit hearts for decades to come.
Someone said under a different video “About MELODRAMA: This entire album was produced to "synthesize" a SINGLE NIGHT PARTY of someone who had just left a relationship, went to a party, got drunk, ended up meeting his same ex at the party, kissed him in and then came home thinking you had the worst night of your life for being with the person who hurt you when should love and care for you.” And honestly once you know this, you listen to this whole album differently
This was easily my favourite album of 2017, and definitely in my top ten of all time. It's so rare to find an album that is both a collection of amazing songs, but also such a flawlessly cohesive single piece of art. It HAS to be listened to in order, from start to finish.
I'd love to see you react to a Lizzy McAlpine album, especially her second one, "five seconds flat". She's a very different musician to Lorde, but I also enjoy the way she tells a story over the course of an album.
I really hope you guys will react to Lana Del Reys discogeaphy too!!! Ultraviolence, Norman F***** Rockwell and Did You Know There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard? Are some of her best!!
Loved this reaction so much, I love her vocal layering it makes her sound like a bunch of teenage girls which I always say she is the voice of our generation.
Im going to officially die when you finally listen to Lana Del Rey.
Just discovered you guys and love the reactions you do! I like how you guys aren’t afraid to be honest and don’t necessarily like everything, it’s so refreshing to see. This is one of my top 3 albums for sure, I’m glad you loved it. Wishing you both well!
I just came to YT to watch people reacting to melodrama.. and this is the first video that came in my screen😅😅😅
We have oodles of reactions. Check out the library.
Oh I loved your analysis of Hard Feelings / Loveless because I feel like they are actually very complimentary to each other. It IS a an incredibly sad uncontrolled ride without breaks.
watching reactions to Melodrama are so amazing because the album is just so top tier and seeing everyone discover it’s incredibility is an amazing journey
the first time I ever sat down and intentionally listened to an album front to back was this album, and I have never listened to music the same. changed my brain changed my artistic vision
One of my absolute favourite albums of all time ❤
This album is everything
I think what makes Lorde so good is that she is just experimenting with things she finds interesting at that time, and that blends really well with her almost autobiographical writing ability. It all comes together successfully because it is just an honest exploration of herself.
In case you don’t know, Melodrama was described as a single night taking place over the course of one night at a party
as a fan of her, melodrama is clearly her magnum opus, there are just so much layers to this album. pure heroine is a good (and revolutionary) debut about teenagehood. her first two albums are clearly two of the most defining albums last decade. solar panel, however, is just there. it’s not bad but its not as captivating as much of her two first albums. it feels like lorde is doing less. well anw im still excited for L4.
Y’all are very correct about the olivia comparison thank you
Hard felling / loveless it’s like watching guardians of the galaxy while eating spiced brownies