{"id":12769,"date":"2021-09-01T09:56:05","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T14:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/?p=12769"},"modified":"2021-10-30T14:57:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T19:57:24","slug":"lord-oh-lorde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2021\/09\/01\/lord-oh-lorde\/","title":{"rendered":"Lord, Oh Lorde"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Hello everyone! I am here to give my Literary analysis of Lorde’s new album, Solar Power. Feel free to listen to the tracks along with me as you read, or just vibe to your own thing while reading \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Starting off, the New Zealand based singer, Lorde, has grown up with generation Z through her music. Ever since her debut album, Pure Heroine, in 2013, she captured the essence of the rambunctious teenage years. Years later, she released her sophomore album, Melodrama. This album reflected more of the mindsets as we encroached adulthood and growing up.<\/p>\n

Her most recent album? Your guess is as good as mine. Lorde has always maintained a certain humanity in her music that focuses on universally felt emotions. I think this is why her music has become so popular, and she has stayed that way.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Her tracks always have had a signature Lorde feeling, or recognizable tone, but each album has had its own vibe at the same time. With this new album we’ve had three releases before the album, but they all varied in their own ways. It’s hard to tell what might be in store for this review of Solar Power, but here we go.<\/p>\n

For this review I will be putting my raw, in the moment, thoughts as I hear the track for the first time and read the lyrics. Then, I’ll give my overall thoughts. I haven’t looked at any Easter Eggs or anything so if I misunderstand some of the lines, my bad\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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  1. The Path<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    Born in the year of OxyContin
    Raised in the tall grass
    Teen millionaire having nightmares from the camera flash
    Now I’m alone on a windswept island
    Caught in the complex divorce of the seasons
    Won’t take the call if it’s the label or the radio<\/div>\n
    Arm in a cast at the museum gala
    Fork in my purse to take home to my mother
    Supermodels all dancing ’round a pharaoh’s tomb<\/div>\n
    Now, if you’re looking for a saviour
    Well, that’s not me
    You need someone to take your pain for you?
    Well, that’s not me<\/div>\n
    ‘Cause we are all broken and sad
    Where are the dreams that we had?
    Can’t find the dreams that we had
    Ah, ah, ah-ah<\/div>\n
    Let’s hope the sun will show us the path, ah-ah, ah-ah
    Let’s hope the sun will show us the path, ah-ah, ah-ah
    I just hope the sun will show us the path<\/div>\n
    Saviour is not me
    I just hope the sun will show us the path
    Saviour is not me
    I just hope the sun will show us the path, ah-ah, ah-ah
    Path, ah-ah, ah, path<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    Okay, I hear cicadas or snakes? All these lines seem abstract at first, but I feel like they still correlate to each other some way. It makes me wonder if she’s talking about herself and reflecting on her beginning rise to stardom.<\/p>\n

    Even if it’s another character, I like the message that even this star, is just living life. It reminds the audience through lines like, “Fork in my purse to take home to my mother<\/em>,” that there is also humanity and relatability in the seemingly famous character. The narrator of the song seems to be categorizing themselves with the listener in a way that signals they both are on the same path toward self-exploration.<\/p>\n

    Lastly, the song’s suggestion that the sun is the guiding light and solution really drives the theme for the album’s name, Solar Power. I think it was a really smart choice to put this song first and could even suggest that the rest of this album is the path to finding the solutions to the problems presented in the song.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

    Lorde on writing The Path: “I just felt like the absurd, beautiful nature of being alive was really starting to present itself to me.”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n