Lorde used to be one of our most exciting and successful young artists. But lately her career feels like a distant, fading memory.

 

What went wrong? 

 

 

Millennials aren't cool

 

She released the worst album of all time AKA Solar Power which killed all her hype 

Pls don’t think I’m being rude but in my eyes she’s a one hit wonder

 

Royals>>>

she peaked here 

 

 

4 minutes ago, Space Cowboy said:

She released the worst album of all time AKA Solar Power which killed all her hype 

I admittedly do not like the album all that much but worst album of all time? Really?

5 minutes ago, Space Cowboy said:

She released the worst album of all time AKA Solar Power which killed all her hype 

not too much on Stoned at the Nail Salon now...

1 minute ago, schnetzka said:

I admittedly do not like the album all that much but worst album of all time? Really?

Yes. The worsT album of all time.

i feel like shes happy with how her career is now. not everyone has to be a MPG. 

She released the worst album ever and ruined her legacy. She needs L4 to turn things around. 

13 minutes ago, wish said:

Lorde used to be one of our most exciting and successful young artists. But lately her career feels like a distant, fading memory.

 

What went wrong? 

 

I mean your fav copied everything about her sound so she must have done something right 

Nothing went wrong.

 

Let's just discuss what went wrong with Billie Eilish stans today because that's more interesting to see after how whole Billie fanbase moved when people mentioned Lorde is Gen Z therefore she is more impactful than Billie Eilish. Think pieces and mental gymnastics came to impact to try to prove Lorde isn't Gen Z, by the same Billie stans.

 

Her career isn't fading or distant. Her recurring streams are really good compared to her peers. Has 22 Million monthly listeners on Spotify, after apparently dropping "worst album of all time" (according to ATRL) in 2021. 

 

Her 10 YEAR+ old song which changed the pop scene is still doing 600K+ daily on Spotify. That's even bigger numbers compared to some MPGs if we take the fact the song is older than 10 years.

 

 

Recently the same song became the most certified track in RIAA history, tying Mariah Carey.

 

 

About the Solar Power, it's OVERHATED. Especially in ATRL. It was my favorite album of 2021, I still listen to it, it has one of my favorite songs from her in it, and i'm not saying these because i'm a Lorde stan. If you don't see any people that like it on ATRL, that doesn't mean it's the same for the whole world. When she gets to have many great new albums in her discography in future, people will look back on this album and call it "underrated". 

 

So she is not fading at all, and Solar Power is okay. Y'all should notice that I haven't talked about Melodrama at all so far in this thread, one of the best albums of ALL TIME, which is something Billie will never be able to recreate or achieve of.

 

About L4, it will be an another album of the decade. She completely ditched Jack Antonoff (first alt girl to do it) and she is coming up with a brand new sound. Just wait and see.

 

These threads will look SOOO funny when she finally drops that new album this year.

Edited January 20, 20242 yr by Kayseri Mantisi

As usual, nothing went wrong.

waited too long after melodrama... should have jumped on some features after...

jack antonoff and long breaks 

Edited January 20, 20242 yr by Blank Space

Nothing went wrong.

Artists MUST take risks in order to have artistic and musical growth, and the fact that her latest risk wasn't loved by many, doesn't make her over or a "distant memory".

 

the blatant bait for Kayseri

Just now, BloodLuster said:

the blatant bait for Kayseri

We just need GraceRandolph to arrive.

1 minute ago, BloodLuster said:

the blatant bait for Kayseri

20 minutes ago, Breathe On Moi said:

she peaked here 

 

 

The way she makes it her own  sounds like a mix btw Pure Heroine and Melodrama

 

Wait what’s the tea the girls are fighting

Nothing? Anyone who thinks she was going to be a main pop girlie or something was fooling themselves. Royals was a mega smash with Team being a nice follow up hit, but she's always been an art not the charts kind of artist. Solar Power was divisive but you're already starting to see people reassess it, not to mention she has some pretty decent streaming numbers for Pure Heroine and Melodrama (the latter being one of the defining albums of that decade btw). Her next album will probably course correct and be more upbeat than Solar Power, but even if it doesn't at least she can take stock in the fact she's always done what she wants to pursue artistically, not to mention she's revered as one of the most talented and interesting artists of her generation. 

Edited January 20, 20242 yr by Blue Monday

Nothing. Teenagers grow up, and that’s what her music spoke to the most

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