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24/Lorde/Pure Heroine
Press play on the video for Royals, and what do you see? Quiet suburbia, unkempt beds, vacant split levels containing the bare necessities of home living, and regular dudes going through the motions of being young and male. No diamonds in the flesh. No quick flashes of or fantasy sequences containing gold teeth/grey goose/tripping in the bathroom, cristal/maybachs/tigers on a gold leash. What you're getting, and what you're seeing, is reality, a different kind of buzz steeped in the here and now. With Pure Heroine, 16 year old Lorde eschews the champagne life for what she knows and that which surrounds her: boys in buzzcuts, kids chasing adulthood via bumps & grinds & libations (while secretly fearing its arrival), the holding of hands, teenage love affairs, and the perks of being a wallflower. No diamonds in the flesh, cristal/maybachs/tigers on a gold leash. Just spilled drinks, restless summer air, and lover's spit played on repeat. In the pocket with and cascading over lush, ambient instrumentals that lean towards pop while rubbing elbows with r&b and minimalist electronic undertones. Pure Heroine is not caught up in your love affair, and chooses the path least chosen by those on the cusp of growing up. Cause everything else is pure fantasy.
KEY TRACKS: Royals/Ribs/White Teeth Teens
25/Savages/Silence Yourself
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