Oh my gosh astoundingly exquisite perfection, all captured in a photograph
1. Lorde is Lorde, and she doesn't pretend to be anything else. She has said, "I only wish goodwill on people, I just speak my mind a lot." She's not a hateful person, but she won't lie or avoid answering a question, and I love that. So many people - especially in the media - pose in figures that don't reflect who they are - not Lorde. Everything is carefully calculated to express her and her ideas; her music videos are perfect examples of this. In an interview with Billboard, Lorde told them this:
“In a perfect world, I would never do any interviews, and probably there would be one photo out there of me, and that would be it.” She continued, “I feel like mystery is more interesting. People respond to something that intrigues them instead of something that gives them all the information — particularly in pop, which is like the genre for knowing way too much about everyone and everything.”Magnificent.
2. She stands by what she says. This doesn't mean that she doesn't take the time to clarify and clear things up when necessary, but it means she avoids wasting words. I'm all for that. She is honest and takes responsibility for what she says; how many people - let alone teenagers - do that?
3. She is confident: she embraces what success she has had and acknowledges that she is blessed and the like, but she doesn't act bashful when her fame and success comes up. I like that, because she isn't overly humble, and, going back to point one, she isn't putting up some facade, like, "Oh! You mean my success? Ha, oh, stop it you!" No. She knows that she has talent and doesn't pretend that she isn't special. It's a balancing act, and she's found the equilibrium.
5. She thinks. Her lyrics are clever and expressive, reflecting, well, her: her interests, opinions, observations, desires, etc. She doesn't just putter around like a sheep; she has own opinions that she's formed and that she also expresses.
4. She is an observant teenager; she recognizes and articulates so many of the good, bad, and neutral characteristics of adolescence that most kids can't express:
The belief that we are more distinguished than we actually are,
The idea that we are separate from the triviality around us:
5. She has her own desires, goals, and aspirations. She isn't infected by other people's expectations for her or their dreams and desires - that's sensational.
6. Along with that, she isn't too invested in what others say about her. Period. She doesn't read her own reviews and she doesn't get caught up in celebrity and social media drama... She just does her thing, and she enjoys it. She takes the bad with the good and drives on through it all, and to that I say, "Bless you, Lorde, you saint."
Signing off as your pseudo cultural guru,
Scout
5. She thinks. Her lyrics are clever and expressive, reflecting, well, her: her interests, opinions, observations, desires, etc. She doesn't just putter around like a sheep; she has own opinions that she's formed and that she also expresses.
4. She is an observant teenager; she recognizes and articulates so many of the good, bad, and neutral characteristics of adolescence that most kids can't express:
The belief that we are more distinguished than we actually are,
We wouldn't be seen dead here in the day, // I guess you're lucky that it's dark now // And if I like it then we'll stay // Impress the empress, take a shot now
"White Teeth Teens"
But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece, // Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash // We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair.
And we'll never be royals, // It don't run in our blood, // That kind of luxe just ain't for us, // We crave a different kind of buzz. // Let me be your ruler, // You can call me Queen Bee // And baby, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule; // Let me live that fantasy.
"Royals"The truth that while forced isolation sucks, we really just want to be alone:
I'm sitting pretty on the throne, // There's nothing more I want - except to be alone.
"The Love Club"The knowledge that it's all an act:
I'm faking glory, // Lick my lips, toss my hair, // And send a smile over // And the story's brand new // But I can take it from here; // I'll find my own bravado
"Bravado"The comprehension that much of the time, we're spending our hours doing nothing much:
We're never done with killing time, // Can I kill it with you? 'til my veins run red and blue; // We come around here all the time, // Got a lot to not do, let me kill it with you.
"400 Lux"And of course, she's remarkably self-aware - as all teenagers are from time to time, some more often than others:
I feel grown up with you in your car; I know it's dumb. // We both got a million bad habits to kick, not sleeping is one.
"A World Alone"She is absolutely brilliant.
5. She has her own desires, goals, and aspirations. She isn't infected by other people's expectations for her or their dreams and desires - that's sensational.
6. Along with that, she isn't too invested in what others say about her. Period. She doesn't read her own reviews and she doesn't get caught up in celebrity and social media drama... She just does her thing, and she enjoys it. She takes the bad with the good and drives on through it all, and to that I say, "Bless you, Lorde, you saint."
Signing off as your pseudo cultural guru,
Scout
I like Lorde, as well. I really don't want her to turn out like a Miley Cyrus, which I don't think can happen since Lorde has actual talent.
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