1 minute ago, LanaDelRey said:

It's okay not great. Definitely a downgrade from Solar Power which remains her second best album. 

the way there are four wrong statements in these two short sentences  

I'm a bit disappointed, unfortunately. besides the singles, all three of which I LOVED, there isn't much here that's exciting to me.

 

"Broken Glass" and "Favorite Daughter" were kinda cute, I guess.

 

Wishing her well but thinking maybe there was a reason I could not get tix to her tour... divine intervention. 

GRWM has been playing in my head today so I'll have to add that to the list of faves. It's basically the whole album at this point.

 

1. Shapeshifter

2. If She Could See Me Now

3. Favourite Daughter

4. Man of the Year

5. David

6. Current Affairs

7. GRWM

8. Hammer

9. Broken Glass

10. What Was That

11. Clearblue

Her best album since Pure Heroine 

wow Current Affairs is the one for me. I immediately put it on repeat as soon as I finished the album

I honestly love every song. Shapeshifter, Current Affairs & If She Could See Me Now are hitting hard

Pure Heroine-Melodrama-Virgin is an immaculate run

i enjoyed this, can't really rank it in her discography yet but i expect this to grow on me more as i listen to it

It doesn't count for Metacritic but jenesaispop (Spain's most relevant indie site) gave it an 8.2! https://jenesaispop.com/2025/06/27/502137/lorde-virgin/

13 hours ago, Kayseri Mantisi said:

All her albums mentioned and talked about except Melodrama or did I miss it?

Still processing it, but all I will say is that I'm surprised lots of people were listing Favourite Daughter as their favourite... lol

26 minutes ago, Everyperfectsummer said:

It doesn't count for Metacritic but jenesaispop (Spain's most relevant indie site) gave it an 8.2! https://jenesaispop.com/2025/06/27/502137/lorde-virgin/

Musikexpress, one of Germany's more popular music sites gave it 5.5/6 too https://www.musikexpress.de/reviews/lorde-virgin/

My clear favorites are Shapeshifter, David, Favorite Daughter, and Current Affairs - in that order. Clearblue is very cute too and I think Man of the Year has finally grown on me. 

I love Shapeshifter 

I like it, I just wish they went harder with the production. There's so much potential in each song, but I feel like it's underutilized a bit.

If She Could See Me Now is also great. This album is so much better than I thought it would be 

Virgin will age better than Melodrama 

i wanna punch the meh-ruhr

my best to worst ranked

 

Shapeshifter

What Was That

If She Could See Me Now

Clearblue

Broken Glass

Hammer

David

GRWM

Current Affairs

Man Of the Year

Favourite Daughter

 

Shapeshifter is incredible.

2 minutes ago, KatyPrismSpirit said:

my best to worst ranked

 

Shapeshifter

What Was That

If She Could See Me Now

Clearblue

Broken Glass

Hammer

David

GRWM

Current Affairs

Man Of the Year

Favourite Daughter

 

1 hour ago, Everyperfectsummer said:

It doesn't count for Metacritic but jenesaispop (Spain's most relevant indie site) gave it an 8.2! https://jenesaispop.com/2025/06/27/502137/lorde-virgin/

 

34 minutes ago, Uncatena said:

Musikexpress, one of Germany's more popular music sites gave it 5.5/6 too https://www.musikexpress.de/reviews/lorde-virgin/

The most important Dutch critic, Volkskrant, gave it 4 out of 5 stars, too. Doesn't count for anything too.

https://www.volkskrant.nl/muziek/met-virgin-vindt-lorde-moeiteloos-aansluiting-bij-de-grote-popvrouwen-van-dit-moment~b1de39a0/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

i'm glad people aren't falling for the Your Favorite Daughter propaganda.

it's not bad but is giving try-hard

David >

listening to all songs i dont understand why MOTY was a single. Shapeshifter or Broken Glass were much better single choices.