1 hour ago, RaFanatic said:

I jusr can't connect with anything from this album, it all feels like she's trying too hard to be "cool". I might cancel my pre order.

 

How do any of these songs so far sound like she's trying to be cool (side note she's already cool!!)? The lyric and melodic compositions of all of them are very typical to her songwriting. She is just exploring new sounds. Perhaps you just don't like the sounds?

 

 

Edited June 20, 20251 yr by coney island

this is amazing

hammer grew on me 3/3 ugh teen hottie….

A SINGLE .  Balls in her court with this one. Still hoping for an extended version of MOTY. 

2 hours ago, RaFanatic said:

I jusr can't connect with anything from this album, it all feels like she's trying too hard to be "cool". I might cancel my pre order.

 

I will wait til I hear Hammer to give my final verdict but I kinda agree

 

Maybe trying to "be cool" isn't the right way to say it, but it sounds like she's avoiding trying to sound too generic or mainstream, not that she ever has been. But it doesn't feel interesting enough sonically or lyrically to really grab my attention. It's not enough to sound different from what's on the radio, music should sound cutting edge, whether in the general pop music sphere or just for your own artistic journey and that's just not happening so far, at least for me.

 

It feels… what did Madonna say…? Reductive, when comparing Lorde against her own standards.

2 hours ago, TrueBlood said:

first, it feels like she's trying too hard in recreating a vibe and a sound that clearly doesn't belong to her anymore

There we go again... LOL 

1 hour ago, coney island said:

How do any of these songs so far sound like she's trying to be cool (side note she's already cool!!)? The lyric and melodic compositions of all of them are very typical to her songwriting. She is just exploring new sounds. Perhaps you just don't like the sounds?

 

 

These people are saying this implying that she wants to pull up something like a brat era, when she couldn't care less. The whole concept from this album came from her in 2022, and in 2023 she was already writing/producing stuff for the album, with title, concept and visual already in mind. People just simply didn't like it (which is fine), but are giving the most ignorant reasons to justify their opinion.

Still two hours for me to hear it... 

Edited June 20, 20251 yr by bielneira

I think some people are feeling weird towards the songwriting because Lorde herself said she was trying to be more impulsive on Virgin instead of overthinking her lyrics. 

 

I agree that her songwriting feels way more simplistic in these songs thus far, and that's definitely something I can see being pointed out by critics when the album drops, but it doesn't really bother me — personally. And I like that she is trying new things!

This one is okay.

This is average. The weakest of the 3. 

Love it! Reminds me of Dress!

Idk how to rank these tbh they're all sort of interchangeably just ok. No standouts, DEF no career highlights...

 

I'm beginning to worry this will be the second album in a row that just isn't for me :( feel like I might have just grown out of Lorde. But already an upgrade over Borer Powerless at least!! I'm still hopeful - and very excited to give the FULL album a chance next week

The polarising opinions on here  should I cancel my signed picture disc vinyl now because I listen to others' opinions?

the beginning sounds like story to be told by mia a lil bit

 

HAMMER

WRITTEN BY ME & JIM-E STACK PRODUCED BY ME & JIM-E STACK WITH ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION BY BUDDY ROSS ASSISTED BY KOBY BERMAN, JACK MANNING & IAN GOLD MIXED BY SPIKE STENT MASTERED BY CHRIS GEHRINGER

 

MAGIC JEWELRY. NINE MOONS. LARRY THE PIGEON MAN. FLIRTING WITH THE GUY AT MNZ. OVULATION. CRISP SPRING SUN. IMMENSE GRATITUDE TO BE ALIVE. BRAIDING WITH LANGUAGE. BUDDY'S GRANULAR SYNTH. LOGIC OPEN ON THE PLANE. BIG BREAKTHROUGH IN LONDON. FIRST SONG SENT TO MIX. ALWAYS TRACK 1. THE SOUND OF MY REBIRTH.

Edited June 20, 20251 yr by TheDreamer

Just listened to Hammer. It's actually better than the other 2 songs, but it shares the same issue. They all sound like they are too short and can be developed a bit more towards the end. Everything feels a bit anticlimatic.

it gets better and better at each listen omg

Oh she's 3/3, AOTY incoming omgg 

5 minutes ago, duybeeGAshantiGA said:

Just listened to Hammer. It's actually better than the other 2 songs, but it shares the same issue. They all sound like they are too short and can be developed a bit more towards the end. Everything feels a bit anticlimatic.

SO SO SO SO GOOD !!!!!!!!!

Y'all are honestly fusing your brains with this whole "it should be longer" lmaoooooo like the song has an average length and it does its job very well let's leave those extended outros for melo and sp shall we?

35 minutes ago, ahauntingnearu said:

DEF no career highlights

moty being RIGHT THERE

i understand some of you wanted MOTY to be a bit longer, but i think hammer is too loud and messy to drag without getting difficult to hear. i think the song is the perfect length! 

 

and ughh the melody of the verses are so pretty and her vocals on the beat drop are just ethereal

3 minutes ago, bielneira said:

moty being RIGHT THERE

It's certainly somewhere!