4 minutes ago, NOW said:

The way the video has practically zero budget but tells a stronger story than others that have elaborate costumes, stages/sets, extras, etc. oh 

********* don't make that face

 

 

Also probably unintentional, yet the line "since i was 17 i give you everything" etc while she's in the middle of a huge group of fans filming her in the video does hit different considering that she's struggle and was very hurt with her own fans rejecting Solar Power.

 

It's a very interesting video to analyze, from the big empty spaces where she's walking in the wrong way to the crowed park of fans filming her dancing.

1 minute ago, bielneira said:

You sound like a broken CD rn

why are you so angry child in this thread? like idgi?? 

The song is just okay honestly. It's no Royals

3 minutes ago, FlauntYourTeeth said:

why are you so angry child in this thread? like idgi?? 

sure grandma

The sassy "whAt was THAAeT" in the final chorus is slaying my life. Love how the two halves of the song are sung differently

its one of them songs u have it on repeat or the mv will pull u in. 

2 minutes ago, Guilherme Make Love said:

Also probably unintentional, yet the line "since i was 17 i give you everything" etc while she's in the middle of a huge group of fans filming her in the video does hit different considering that she's struggle and was very hurt with her own fans rejecting Solar Power.

 

It's a very interesting video to analyze, from the big empty spaces where she's walking in the wrong way to the crowed park of fans filming her dancing.

Yeah I love the dichotomy of her just walking through the NYC streets alone so casually and then having thousands of fans turn up in a park within minutes to see her because she made one post.

I feel like I will like this song when the album comes, but therefore I would say it's a pretty weak lead single (doesn't mean bad).

ok but i think i somehow just made it even more of a bop 

 

 

5 minutes ago, Mariah4life said:

The song is just okay honestly. It's no Royals

royals isn't even good. this song is

"What Was That" has the same heartbreak feeling from "Green Light", but in a more mature way. It's not her first breakup, she's not a teenager anymore, that anger wouldn't make sense to her where she is now, that's why that euphoria here turned into a contained feeling that focus more showing us how much she has evolved

2 minutes ago, beyonceparkwood said:

I feel like I will like this song when the album comes, but therefore I would say it's a pretty weak lead single (doesn't mean bad).

!!!

 

i can see it being more enjoyable as u play the album. but as a standalone its cute but not single worthy imo.

i don't like any of lordes music but this song i actually like.. so

2 minutes ago, Plasticdoll said:

royals isn't even good. this song is

oh thats not

Let's be honest. Videos like this are cool to watch once or maybe twice. No re-play value whatsoever. Maybe it's just me since I also dont watch fancy videos that much. I mean even videos loke Abracadabra I did not watch more than 15 times.

I think this will do well actually, I see it.

 

Ms.Tobacco industry is hitting hard these days tho, the girlies asking/singing about cigarettes constantly 

34 minutes ago, right where you left me said:

 

I don't think I've ever mentioned Lorde here before this release

I changed it today because it this looked funny to me with the headline

 

 

 

1 minute ago, Devin said:

oh thats not

girl, royals aint my type of music. i hated it when it first came out.. 

THIS song is good and more my taste

1 minute ago, NOW said:

Yeah I love the dichotomy of her just walking through the NYC streets alone so casually and then having thousands of fans turn up in a park within minutes to see her because she made one post.

i definitely think the starkness of the core of the video with both the ending and the flashes throughout highlight exactly what you're describing. to me thats the core of the song, the mourning and evolution she's going through, whilst the world exists in this unending spin. and as she's gone through that recovery, she's then able to open herself back up to the party at the end, with a new perspective.

'when i'm in the blue light, i can make it alright.'

This is already a classic in her discography. It'll be up there with Green Light and Supercut as a live experience for sure.

1 minute ago, duybeeGAshantiGA said:

Let's be honest. Videos like this are cool to watch once or maybe twice. No re-play value whatsoever. Maybe it's just me since I also dont watch fancy videos that much. I mean even videos loke Abracadabra I did not watch more than 15 times.

Music videos are dead even for k-pop nowadays

3 minutes ago, Devin said:

oh thats not

you're a has-beyn fan so its no surprise

1 minute ago, duybeeGAshantiGA said:

Let's be honest. Videos like this are cool to watch once or maybe twice. No re-play value whatsoever. Maybe it's just me since I also dont watch fancy videos that much. I mean even videos loke Abracadabra I did not watch more than 15 times.

I don't think I'll necessarily re-watch the video very much, and I don't even know how much I care for it, but I think it was very effective. I at least watched the whole thing through to the end, and I sort of got what she was trying to do with it artistically, and it made me think about her artistry in probably a bit more depth than I otherwise would have with just the song.

I like the mv and the minimalistic visuals but sadly I'm not feeling the song  idk it's lacking something, it feels like the entire song I'm waiting for something to happen but it never does, I'm still perched for the album tho.

 

1 minute ago, Plasticdoll said:

you're a has-beyn fan so its no surprise

with that avi keep it cute & stay on topic btch.