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Katy Perry is still with Capitol records, part of Universal, so they have an incentive to keep promoting her songs, putting them on playlists etc. Adele recorded her first three albums 19, 21 and 25 with XL recordings, and then she left to record with Columbia. Her new label isn't going to promote those old albums that they don't earn any money from, and her old label is going to prioritise their current artists.

She's getting a lot of good reviews for her headlining slot at All Points East, London in the weekend. https://www.clashmusic.com/live/lorde-dominates-all-points-east-2026/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/lorde-all-points-east-restored-my-faith-in-modern-music/ https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/lorde-review-all-points-east-london-b5ncgnqvl

Just in case there was any doubt, the US sanctioning of the ICC is not about protecting Americans, it is about protecting Israel. Their targeting of Abdoulaye Seye is to prevent him being elected as an ICC judge, where the voting is coming up later this year. He is Senior Trial Lawyer and Head of the Team handling the Situation in the State of Palestine. The election takes place at the UN in New York, and being on the US sanctions list means he will be barred from entering the United States and campaigning alongside the other candidates. The US is interfering in what should be a free election process, to ensure a favourable outcome for a foreign power.

The US should just offer unconditional surrender at this stage.

#1 Melodrama, plus Solar Power. probably Masseduction, even if Annie did have better albums prior to working with Jack, so I could consider folklore or NFR instead. I haven't quite warmed up to Lost Weekend yet, maybe I still prefer Punisher.

When I thought I had heard all the pathetic excuses on this site. Fans paid upfront for ARTPOP, but the steaming audience just didn't like the album, so it became a streaming flop.

Spotify update for 16-Aug-2026 for all albums, EPs and songs (including features) with more than 1 million plays. Total for Pure Heroine (extended) – 5,885,775,101 Total for Melodrama – 3,415,097,359 Total for Solar Power – 676,858,745 Total for Virgin – 582,919,429 Total for other songs – 580,236,119 Total for Lorde – 11,140,886,753 Total for Lorde as featured artist – 712,096,907 GRAND TOTAL – 11,852,983,660 Perfect Places will soon pass 350,000,000 plays and overtake Homemade Dynamite Remix as the fourth most streamed track on Melodrama, following Green Light, Supercut and Liability.

Hasn't she been with the same label forever? Surely she has done her 5 albums (or whatever the contract was)? Or did she sign a new contract?

I don't really think that many people think she is MAGA. But the combination of becoming a billionaire, and then a multi-billionaire, and dating Travis, and her new proximity to the whole sports media scene which is full of conservative males, means that her circle of friends has changed from a few years ago. Her friends and acquaintances now includes more Trump supporters, right wing financial and sports media people, Trump government contractors (including ICE) and high profile Zionists like Adam Sandler. She isn't going to say anything to offend these friends, who are also friends of Travis.

Body fat percentage for women Essential fat 10% to 13% Athletes 14% to 20% Fitness 21% to 24% Average 25% to 31% Obesity ≥32% Body fat percentage for men Essential fat 2% to 5% Athletes 6% to 13% Fitness 14% to 17% Acceptable 18% to 24% Obesity ≥25% Somber appears to be underweight, but he is young, tall and male, and hopefully it won't cause problems for him. Maybe he shouldn't talk about it the way he does, since some fans might might try to emulate his low body fat, while he will probably gain some weight over the next few years.

Lorde's influence and impact August 2026 edition: part 1: Gracie Abrams YouTube shorts video part 2: KPop Demon Hunters Soundtrack Songwriters for "What It Sounds Like" from the KPop Demon Hunters Soundtrack describe how Lorde's Green Light was the inspiration. The team of composers was inspired by "Green Light" from Lorde, as both songs are about accepting hurt and learning to move on.[3] "Hide and Seek" from Imogen Heap was also an influence on the song due to its vocoder vocals and similar theme of finding true identity.[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_It_Sounds_Like https://kpop-demon-hunters.fandom.com/wiki/What_It_Sounds_Like https://www.salon.com/2025/06/29/kpop-demon-hunters-fandom-folklore-saja-boys-huntrix/

Lorde did. The Love Club EP Pure Heroine Melodrama

You can tell from the lack of maintenance on the music section of the site, that Metacritic don't care about music reviews. The only reason they keep posting reviews scores, is because stans post links to Metacritic reviews on social media. This happens because of weighting factors that make the Metacritic reviews scores higher than AOTY and others. To get a good aggregate score on Metacritic, you need good scores from a small bunch of publications that include: Pitchfork Rolling Stone New York Times (a publication best known for being cheerleaders for a genocide). These publications have all had some questionable reviews, and NYT don't even post a numerical review score, yet somehow they can have a major impact on the final Metacritic aggregate review score. No one should take Metacritic scores too seriously, but stans will continue to quote Metacritic because they tend to have a higher number attached. OT - Fantano has never given Lorde a great review and probably never will. But he is just one reviewer/youtuber and the AOTY score uses a fairer system than Metacritic. This site is also good: http://anydecentmusic.com - and they don't include fantano review scores. But stans won't quote that one either, because Metacritic scores tend to be higher.

Why not, do I have to mention other singers in my post when other people in this tread have already pointed out the obvious? Also, there was a video in the post I replied to and I had seen the video more than a year ago and was amused by some of the Swifties who had insisted it was all live, or that he had chosen the wrong song or some other excuse.

She wrote about having so many doubts at the time. This was in one of the NZ news sites, and I think it was just a day or two before the Melodrama album release. https://interactives.stuff.co.nz/2017/06/lordes-difficult-second-record/