![]() ![]() ![]() “Still Sane” catches her wondering if her new fame has changed her – and if not if, then when – while the tropical-music-influenced “Buzzcut Season” seeks an escape from all the tragedy and suffering in the world. This also extends to the music video for “Tennis Court,” which consists of an unbroken shot of Lorde staring unsettlingly into the camera and mouthing the occasional “yeah.”Ĭlick to load video Embracing adolescenceīut some of Pure Heroine’s best moments come when Lorde just lets herself be a teenager. ![]() As with “Royals,” these are pop songs that play like critiques of pop songs, and they push back against the mainstream and its expectations of a young pop artist. Lorde’s depictions of teenage indifference and celebrity culture, respectively, grow darker (in both sound and lyrics) on “Team” and “Glory And Gore,” the latter of which imagines the public arena as a literal arena for entertainers to duel like gladiators. Lorde’s first words on the album try to convey a sense of detachment she says she’s bored, twice, but her self-consciousness starts to show in the next verse as she asks, “How can I f_k with the fun again when I’m known?” It’s a perfect opening track to Pure Heroine: a jaded commentary on her burgeoning stardom over an empty electronic beat. “Tennis Court” was one of the first songs that Lorde and Little wrote during these sessions. ![]()
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