RAMROD 107,711 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Lorde, our resident “prettier Jesus,” commands an audience like few of her peers. “Since I was 17, I gave you everything,” she sings on “What Was That”—her first original single in four years—further tussling with the messianic complex of young stardom she so thoroughly lambasted on 2021’s Solar Power. While that album’s aughts-informed folk-pop swerved away from the spotlight, it appears Lorde has since decided to give the people exactly what they want, and what they want, unsurprisingly, is Melodrama part two. “What Was That” is the sound of a decade passing in the blink of an eye, a first gasp for air after coming up from a dive in the pool. Lorde’s always had a knack for sifting through the fleeting passions of youth, even in their midst, and her writing is as evocative and rich as ever. But with so much of the action necessarily taking place in the past tense—we kissed for hours, I remember saying, I gave you everything—“What Was That” misses out on a sense of revelation, and it’s undercut at every turn by Jim-E Stack and Dan Nigro’s bloodless production. Recall “Green Light”’s galloping pianos, how “Perfect Places” popped like fireworks or maybe gunshots, or the way the razor-edged synths on “Hard Feelings/Loveless” sheared through the mix, instead of limply squeaking by as they do here. Drugs have often been Lorde’s narrative device of choice; “Pure Heroine is alcohol, Melodrama is MDMA, and Solar Power is cannabis,” she told Vogue in 2021. One only wishes “What Was That” did justice to molly-wide pupils or the memory of the “best cigarette of my life.” Then again, the high’s never as good the second time around. https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/lorde-what-was-that/ (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ 𝐿𝓊𝓃𝒶𝓇 𝐿𝒶𝓇𝓇𝓎'𝓈 𝒹𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝓇𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈 (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoresup 2,466 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Is this good or shade 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CautiousLurker 18,927 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 6 minutes ago, whoresup said: Is this good or shade Not shade, more so sadness that her new stuff is not really hitting as much as people expect Men are naturally more dominating, aggressive, and logical thinking because we have balls. 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Blonde 6,059 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 They do make a good point here, ngl Also the irony of having a title like that if the song fails to be successful Don't you think maybe they are the same thing? Love and attention? 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowLoris 1,056 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 (edited) Can I be honest? I don't like it. I liked the maturity of solar power. I felt like it was such an interesting evolution in Lorde's artistry. With this, it feels like she's kinda caved to the mean stans who were disappointed her last album didn't sound like Melodrama. Also I'm sorry, is she STILL singing about that same man ?????????? Edited April 24 by SlowLoris 11 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeFree 128 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 I think it sounds pretty interesting on first listen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
4th Time Around 4,431 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 (edited) I already shared my less than positive opinion of the track in another thread. The chorus does not progress into anything interesting/memorable and the lyrics are cringe revisting of old news we have already heard from her 100 times before. I will reserve judgement until I sit down with the full album but this first taste does not leave me very hopeful. Edited April 24 by 4th Time Around Hey, I'm king of the world, you ought to hear my song, you come on measure me, I'm twenty inches long 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoresup 2,466 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Yeah the first verse made me think it was going to be great and then the chorus utterly disappointed me. I’m no expert on Lorde so my opinion isn’t the most valid but I feel like she hasn’t grown or evolved in her artistry. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayhemMonster 433 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 (edited) Although Melodrama wasn‘t that of a commercial success like Pure Heroin, she sure as hell served one of the best (concept) albums for decades to come! She herself set the bar so high. Edited April 24 by MayhemMonster I don’t speak your americano. 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayhemMonster 433 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 43 minutes ago, SlowLoris said: Also I'm sorry, is she STILL singing about that same man ?????????? Thanks! I feel like I’m missing something. A plot twist or something. Cuz this can‘t be it. Also the MV feels like a sarcastic revisit to the Green Light MV. Where she’s also wandering around with her headphones on. MAYBE L4 is a revisit to Melodrama but from her exes perspective. I don’t speak your americano. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addison Rae 16,115 Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 8 hours ago, RAMROD said: Then again, the high’s never as good the second time around. they kinda ate that… sitting on his lap sipping diet pepsi 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
princedeeblebleble 1,356 Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 Can't belive I agree with them haha. Kudos for trying to change your collaborators, but this was so so bland, even compared to what most people call a snooze fest in Solar power. That album had some personality, this could have been done by any artist. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fede ARTPOP 6,726 Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 A Fad. MAYHEM / ARTPOP Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoshLife 16,973 Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 I like it, to me it sounds like Green Light's spiritual successor and that was always my favorite song of hers 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout19 11,379 Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 the song is good It takes a smart brunette to play a dumb blonde. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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