Her debut album, Pure Heroine, was released the following year to critical acclaim; in 2018, her second album, Melodrama, became an instant classic. It was bold and brilliant, full of moody, introspective beats and poetic lyrics as she picked over a break-up.
Lorde’s fourth album, Virgin
Her fourth album, Virgin, shows that the answer is absolutely yes. This confessional, pulsating album is full of heart; thunder; the bittersweet. It’s pure electropop with the emotional excavation that made her simultaneously so relatable and unique.
Sex and gender feature heavily on the record. Last month she told Rolling Stone that while she still identifies as a cisgender woman, some days she feels like a man (and repeats the idea plainly on opener “Hammer”, which was released as a single a few weeks after the interview). “Man of the Year”, a raw ballad, was written as Lorde processed “violent”, “jagged” feelings about her gender.
Lorde is an artist of extremes (Photo: Thistle Brown)Though these tidbits will be the lifeblood of Virgin for fans, it’s all buoyed by a powerful musicality. We reach full euphoria within a minute of the album on “Hammer”, whose chorus lifts into pulsating synths along with Lorde’s ascending vocal.
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Virgin is in some ways a complicated record. There are layers of meaning, big themes. But where she is cryptic and mysterious, Lorde carries us with music that does the explaining: a set of chords and crescendos that, like Virgin’s cover, permeate bone-deep. What Virgin will become is not yet clear. It’s malleable, with the potential to grow and morph as it’s digested by fans. One thing’s for sure, though: she seems to have shaken off that pressure.
Songs to stream: “Hammer”, “GRWM”
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