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Have you seen Mexican shows? I feel this doesn't even hold a candle to the sheer absurdity and unhinged nature that tends to be present in those shows. Infarto, La rosa de Guadalupe, Como dice el dicho, Lo que la gente cuenta, the list goes on, lol.

Lorde is nearing the end of her highly successful festival run, following her widely acclaimed and sold out Ultrasound World Tour where performed at many arenas. The reviews have been overwhelmingly positive, with many critics praising the pacing, set design, art direction, technical elements, and Lorde's stage presence. I got to see her opening night in Austin and in Ciudad de Mexico and they were both quite honestly some of the loudest and most energetic crowds I've had the privilege of being a part of. Both magical nights. Hoping I can make it to weekend two of ACL for her closing night of her tour run. Some of the widespread acclaim received so far. There are more non-score reviews with overwhelming praise in the blurb and body of the articles, but only including several of the numerical scores awarded by publications. The Telegraph (2025, Ultrasound): ★★★★★ The Telegraph (2026, festival run): ★★★★★ London Evening Standard (2025, Ultrasound): ★★★★★ The Guardian (2025, Ultrasound): ★★★★★ The Independent (2026, festival run): ★★★★★ Rolling Stone Australia (2026, Ultrasound): ★★★★★ Rolling Stone UK (2026, festival run): ★★★★★ The i Paper (2025, Ultrasound): ★★★★★ Sydney Morning Herald (2025, Ultrasound): ★★★★★ Lollapalooza Brasil set ranking Biggest publications in Brasil: Estadão (No. 1), UOL (No. 1), g1 (No. 1) So… what went right?

Underrated masterpiece in her discography that gets hated in too much in my opinion.

No, she's just a poser. A lot of people keep the same beliefs with age. Those were never her actual beliefs. She just got swayed by trends and absorbed whatever her partner wanted from her to fit the idiolized version they have of her. Classic tradwife bullshit. They would rather serve their partner and change every part of themselves than actually stand for something. Edit: I say all this as someone that LOVED Gwen. I remember being a 10 year old playing Guitar Hero and Spiderwebs was probably my most played song on there along with Santeria by Sublime. To see someone that had such a cool punk persona (including Sublime, can't fault Bradley though since he passed long ago) throw it all away and pivot to Christian nationalism has been the saddest thing I've had to witness.

lol, I'm not blaming him for Gwen's decisions. She's a grown woman, she can make her own decisions. She simply doesn't have a spine to stand for a good cause and that's more on her, not Blake, for who she chooses to **** and align with. I just listed him because he has an overwhelmingly conservative fanbase and he himself has never distanced himself from being associated with this crowd. As for Blake, the last time he opened his mouth was around the 2016 election: "Shelton told Billboard in an interview published Thursday that Republican nominee Donald Trump "says what he thinks, and he has proven that you don't always have to be so afraid." He added "A lot of people are pulling for him, no matter how much Hollywood fights it." He obviously backtracked once people shat on him for this but he also doesn't have a spine or balls to come out and say anything other than vague conservative-coded statements because he'll lose majority of his fanbase. I don't sympathize with him at all when he can gladly ignore getting political while raking in millions using the "I'm a musician. I don't pick sides" bullshit argument when music is political. If you're not, you're just a corporative poser. He knows The Voice gave him more fame which is why he's too much of a coward to say what he really thinks.

Yeah, a lot more than we think. M.I.A., Grimes and Kanye being notable examples but also Gwen's peers in the spa punk movement also pivoted hard to MAGA like Sublime and Dickey Barrett. Something that doesn't get mentioned is that the forebears of the punk movement also drifted to bootlicking Republican/MAGA bullshit. Johnny Ramone (was known for being ultra conservative before his death), John Lydon, Michale Graves and even Exene Cervenka, the front woman of X. And I forget the singer Yulia Volkova from t.A.T.u. also pivoted hard towards conservatism years after debuting. All of them posers.

Yes, very much. I was way too young when Gwen went solo and starting dropping her own music, so naturally I started seeing the drastic changes like several years ago. I think what helped back then was the inaccessibility to those people's lives. All people saw then was them on MTV or performances or interviews that aired on TV, but now there is unlimited access to what they post, what they like, who they follow, etc. People can clock the inauthenticity very quickly, especially when they research who's nepo or who voted for who.

She's married to Blake Shelton, the poster male for conservative country music. She knows what she's doing. Gwen has shed her cool punk girl persona for a long time now. She's promoting lent apps, started following Charlie Kirk and his wife last year, etc. Did we forget the weird response she had when talking about her Harajuku girls cosplay. She's from Orange County too and it's been know she grew up conservative. There's more things I'm missing but yeah, don't be surprised when these things happen. The Gwen from the 90s that she wanted people to know her as is long gone. She's just another grifter that will change positions with whoever she's *******.

I would have never imagined the same artist who released Mine and Daddy AF would be on the Hot 100 7-8 years after those releases. I saw it happening with the singles from Starfucker but was shocked when some of the singles didn't do well and even with this new era, I'm pleasantly surprised that it's being received so well by the public. This was overdue for her, especially as she dropped this almost as a farewell album. Now we need to make DANCE… a proper hit as well and **** it all the singles deserve their Midwest Princess charting moment too.

I know this dropped last year but the album itself was released this year. This feels like a blend of several subgenres that combine to form something fresh and innovative. You can honestly pick any songs from that album. It all sounds so interesting and forward-thinking.

She stood on BUSINESS and showed all the K-pop girls who continue to have her as their reference artist how to perform and have actual stage presence

The Guardian just broke the news. It's real. He produced some of Madonna's best works and also "Pure Shores", a pop classic. That style of music I wish would be more common in pop. I could never get enough of it. RIP. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/07/william-orbit-pop-producer-madonna-all-saints-dies-aged-69

Well, Taylor also plagiarized Lorde with Blank Space and Bad Blood and Midnights is basically a diet Melodrama. Both songs, especially the latter from 1989 take cues from Lorde's outsider persona where they try to position themselves as satire or moody minimalist electro pop songs, which was going against the more maximalist sound that was on its way out. Lana wasn't doing that minimalist electro pop sound, Lorde was. Lana was baroque-influenced pop. Wildest Dreams for sure is a Lana carbon copy, though. OT: Like Olivia Rodrigo, arguably the biggest pop star to emerge this decade, said it best, "I think Lorde's voice truly is the voice of a generation, I don't know any modern songwriters who haven't been influenced by her." This isn't to diminish Lana, just taking into account what the current wave of pop stars have said about Lorde. Sabrina started her career doing diet Lorde songs, who she herself said she always looks up to, Chappell as well stated she was one of a handful of pop stars that were pivotal to her artistry, Addison has continuously praised her and had Lorde on her moodboard playlists prior to her debut, Tate put multiple songs on her summer playlist and she was praising deep cuts on Virgin (she also started her career doing diet Lorde tracks before her new image shift). Gracie started her career because of Lorde, just like Olivia. Billie and Finneas obviously walk in Lorde's shadow. Troye and Conan have gone on record stating how pivotal she was in their careers. The latter also recently mentioned one of Lorde's songs as their top 3 favourite of all time. Sombr covered "Ribs" recently. They're all aware of her presence in pop. These are just the big pop stars right now. There's more niche and rising acts who have also mentioned Lorde's influence on them: Ninajirachi, Maisie Peters, Arlo Parks, Alessi Rose, etc. etc.

That's cause she said in an interview she was trying to imitate Lorde and Stevie Nicks on the EP

Between this and so many artists coming out of the woodwork to give her flowers, I think she's earned her spot among the most influential artists of the century. From this year only, Olivia, Gracie, MUNA, and more have mentioned her as a muse or inspiration and recently, an interview from Tyler Joseph of Twenty One Pilots saying he has always been inspired by her resurfaced. Beyond music, within the last year, she had a multi-Emmy-nominated play centered heavily on one of her songs and that Mother Mary film took cues from her artistry for the aesthetic and performance style of the main character and overall film, which the lead actress and director both credited Lorde for it. There's more I'm missing but yeah, she's definitely your favourite artist's favourite artist. I predict the list is just going to continue to grow with this subversive and acclaimed tour she just wrapped and the festival run that has been selling out for her specific performance days.