The hazy feel of “Ribs” fits the setting of a booze-filled high school party, “Glory And Gore”’s rebellious nature is fit with dark, buzzing synths, and the sweet yet somber guitars on “A World Alone” compliment lyrics speaking of the acceptance of youth slowly dying.
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This dreary, yet modernized sound is the perfect soundtrack to the foggy suburbs of New Zealand. The dream pop-esque, minimalistic production contrasts well with the deep bass present in many of the tracks. It is obvious from the production style that Lorde’s main focus when it comes to the beats is not catchy melodies, but creating a scene for each track. This skill is superbly expressed in Lorde's debut album: Pure Heroine. Instead of trying to relate to the common man and assuming they understand the gripes of being anything other than what they are, they keep the subject material personal. While both seem to be on polar spectrums of style, Swift was rooted in country and Lorde is going for a more electronic sound, these young artists both understand something critical to songwriting: write what you know. So how does Lorde, the youngest of the youthful pop stars, somehow get it right? Well, we’ve already seen this kind of story before within the blonde-haired heartbreaker herself, Taylor Swift. This is a major reason as to why love songs written by young pop stars sound as insincere as they do (plus many other reasons). Many don't have much if any life experiences,so this false sense of understanding the world has them writing from a naïve standpoint that seems removed from reality and just some caricature of what real life is really like.
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It's not often that we get a teenager with the lyrical capability to depict the world in a realistic way.