Wow, here is a artist I did not expect to talk about in 2017.
Now in 2017, we have young female artists that try to stand out but end up being compared to someone else. Some were passible like Alessia Cara, while others were not so passible like Daya. And now we have a surprising return of the original: Lorde.
For those who don't know, Lorde came around in 2013, a year where pop music wasn't doing very well. Actually songs in general wasn't doing very well with rap, and especially country with standard, cliché, and outright boring material. Then in the middle of the year, Lorde became popular with her breakout song "Royals" a song where she bashes mainstream, especially rap for every song being the same luxury song over and over that somehow gets popular. Something that hasn't stopped to this day. It became so big of a hit, that it reached Number one on the Hot 100 for multiple weeks. Lorde was on top of the world as we didn't have someone like her that often, especially by someone as young as she was.
And then, after another hit in 2014 with "Team" Lorde suddenly fell off the face of the earth. we didn't hear much of her outside of a "Hunger Games" song and a collaboration song with "Disclosure" on "Magnets" in 2015 and neither of them being hits. Then in 2015 and 2016, we had wanna-be's come in to replace her. But none of them could match up to the original.
Now cut to 2017 where she makes her big comeback single for a upcoming long awaited second album. And it rocketed up to the top 20 on the Hot 100. And Lorde has gone to full on pop for the song. Does it work? Let's take a look.
The Production
Listening to the song, I say this new sound works out well. There is good play on the piano. the beat is well mix. I somehow don't have a problem with the child sounds in the chorus as that usually doesn't work for me *See Cheap Thrills for example*. And yet, Lorde made it work.
The Performer
For someone as young as Lorde, you will think that her voice will not be as strong as other artists are, but she has a great voice. She was great back in 2013, and she is great in her singing now. That's all I can say.
The Lyrics
The writing is about Lorde talking about a break-up from what I can guess is him cheating. While she knows that the relationship cannot be fixed and she will leave, she can't move on and let go. Now she is waiting for the chance to move on with her life and be her own person. It's quite a mature and human feeling. We don't get a lot of "real" music these days when it is usually about clubs, and money, and fame, and stealing other people's lovers. So while the sound is different the Lorde writing is still there and it is done great.
Potential Hit??
I would love to think that this song will become a huge hit as it went from 100 to 19 on the hot 100 in a week. There is one problem though. Recently, Drake has released his recent project "More Life" the same project that has "Fake Love" on it. Can't wait to talk about that song in December. Seeing how every time Drake released something, most of his songs hit the hot 100 the following week, the same thing might happen this week which could potentially hurt this song's chances. It's bad enough "Views" damaged songs from Beyoncé's "Lemonade" from being big hits but, can we not have it happen to this song, it is a great as we need people like Lorde on the music charts.
F**king Drake.
Conclusion
Of all the big comebacks that we had in recent years, this could be my favourite one to date. Good Production, Great Vocals, and Great Lyrics, make a Great Song.
Ranking: 9/10
Yeah, I rank it that high as it deserves it. Now I just pray that it manages to hit the top 10. If Drake makes this song flop, I will be very pissed off. Like I said, we need Lorde right now. I might even take a look at her debut album one day once we are close to the summer. For now, I'll keep rocking out to this song.
Thank you all for listening, I'll see you in the next episode.
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