Solar Power shifts away from the adolescent mindsets of Pure Heroine and Melodrama. It was a multidimensional tale of what it’s like to navigate internal quarter-life crises amid external climate and political crises. Solar Power dared to be something different in a sea of the same. We’re all entitled to experience music and art in ways that best feed us. Should we punish an artist for not feeling what we feel?įor many, Solar Power, Lorde’s long-awaited third album, seemed to fall short of the transcendent connection they found in her music before-which is fair. But, in the end, there is still a single creator. Art can take a personal experience and tap into its universality. It was as if someone plucked the very thoughts out of our heads. I know that’s hard to believe, given so many of us, like myself, found the themes and words of Pure Heroine and Melodrama to be so potent. Lorde has the distinct honor of being both hero and monster, read the other side of the story here. Find all of 2021’s heroes and monsters here. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Īs usual, the staff of Mother Jones is rounding up the heroes and monsters of the past year. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter.
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