Timestamps:D 2:18 Green Light 5:16 Sober 7:48 Homemade Dynamite 9:59 The Louvre 12:54 Liability 14:04 Hard Feelings/Loveless 17:27 Sober II (Melodrama) 18:53 Writer in the Dark 22:11 Supercut 25:31 Liability (Reprise) 27:57 Perfect Places
One does not simply forget about Melodrama. Also, on the topic of how influential Lorde was, she literally changed the pop landscape. It's easy to forget how much Pure Heroine completely turned the scene on its head, since it's been over a decade, and Lorde releases albums MUCH slower than most artists. Before Lorde, pop was very much house/EDM influenced, and people were getting sick of it. When Royals came out, it offered a new perspective, a new sound....it was the antithesis of the "Party Like a Rockstar" era. Lorde sums it up best with her lyric from her song Team - "I'm kinda over getting told to throw my hands up in the air." She spoke, and so it came to be. Lana del Rey, Billie Eilish, Halsey, Olivio Rodrigo... emotional, stripped back music became the next big thing in pop, and it's still very much going strong.
@@conormcfall5436 Yes, 100%. Lana Del Rey hit the scene with "Summertime Sadness" in 2012, and although it did exceptionally well for an indie pop song (especially on online spaces like Tumblr, which no doubt contributed to its massive, although slow burn ascent) it wasn't until the Cedric Gervais remix that came out in 2013 that really gave it its wings with the general public. Combined with the fact that Royals had hit the ground running, a smash hit right out of the gate, just months prior to the release of that remix, It was kind of the perfect storm - the aforementioned Gervais remix of Summertime Sadness still had the bass heavy, EDM sounds that were already on the airwaves, but combined with this new sound - melancholy, heartfelt, and introspective. It offered a reprieve to the stale and "party like it's you're last night on Earth" sounds that had dominated the airwaves the past 10 years. It was in a sense giving the best of both worlds, and the perfect bridge to have these two styles of pop. I liken it to the feeling you get when, after a week of indulging in Taco Bell and Oreos - both of which have their merits and purpose - to having an amazing fresh salad and perfectly cooked salmon...and it's an incredible palate cleanser. Signed, An amateur pop historian. ;)
I honestly think this is one of the best albums of all time, it did exactly what it set out to do and went beyond. Everything that came after it drank from its fountain
And I’m pretty sure that they used her heartbeat as percussion on that song so “broadcast the boom boom boom and make them all dance to it” is quite literal.
I hope you both get a chance to go back and listen to Pure Heroine, it is a very strong debut album and to follow up with Melodrama as her sophomore album. Complete insanity!
Top 10 album ever for me. It came out just before I turned 17 and it holds so much nostalgic weight from that time. Every song is perfect and as the years go by I end up finding new meanings in my life for them. Please do a reaction to Solar Power! I think you two will have so much fun with it and I believe it deserves wayyyy more recognition.
OMG!!!! can’t believe this hasn’t happened already. one of my fav albums ever lets goooooo. 💙🙌🙌🙌 edit: crying over the Louvre lyric is everything i needed thank you for your continued service
David Bowie once said "She's the future of music" Lorde influenced a lot new artists including Taylor Swift who changed her sound. Green Light is also not your traditional pop composition. The thing with Lorde is she's very different and a lot of artists copied her style and sound. But since she writes her own music and lyrics she's always going to be ahead of time and others will need to be more original, learn good writing
you may know this (I haven’t finished the video yet) but this whole album is supposed to chronicle a single party and it’s even more interesting when you look at it through that lens
I hated Lorde when I only knew her from Royals, I still don’t like that track… but then Melodrama became like my favorite album ever and I gave Pure Heroine a chance and it was mind blowing as well. Ribs is life changing
Haaaayyy girl, here I am 💁🏻♀️ I was off Tumblr by the time this album came out though… 😅 my mental health gave me an ultimatum and, in an unforeseen moment of clarity, I chose my mental health lol 😂 But the nostalgia is real.
all cards on the table here, "The Louvre" is in my top ten favorite pop songs of all time it's impossible for me to think of high school without thinking of this album; pre-antidepressants, my friend saw my reaction to "Green Light" dropping, and said he'd never seen me more excited about anything lovely seeing y'all as always ❤
FINNALLYYYYYYYYYYYY GUYS!! ABOUT SOLAR POWER: Many people who listened to Solar Power were expecting another Melodrama, but Solar Power is basically the letter of how Lorde was feeling good, free and full of love for herself (and let's face it, FEW people identify with that), so the album was not well received. I was one of those who criticized the album when it was released, and a year later, after feeling good about myself, I found myself listening to it and really enjoying the vibe of Solar Power.
I've listened to this album at least once a month since it came out. It has become my favourite record, even surpassing The Beatles' Abbey Road. Lorde is a once in a generation artist. I had the chance to see her at the Primavera Sound festival in Buenos Aires and being part of a crowd weeping to Liability was a life-changing experience.
I never liked Lorde because of Royals. Years ago, she played at a festival I went to see another band, and I ended up in the front rows. When Lorde started playing, I thought about leaving at first, but I stayed. I’m lucky to say I heard these songs live for the first time, practically right in front of her. I still remember jumping with the crowd during ‘Supercut,’ not understanding how I could feel so alive from a song I had just heard for the first time.
This album came out about 2 weeks after my first serious breakup. I don’t think I’ve cried to an album as much as this one! I couldn’t listen to it for a good 3-4 years after it came out but I’ve been returning to it a lot in recent years. So excited for her new album!
A timeless album. She is so great at capturing the events of a specific time in one’s life. Jack Antonoff was phenomenal in this record too, one of those sonically outcasted records produced by him
Other albums: When the pawn - Fiona Apple The idler wheel - Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple Rid of Me - PJ Harvey To bring you my love - PJ Harvey Is this desire? - PJ Harvey Stories from the city, stories from the sea - PJ Harvey Sinner get ready - Lingua Ignota
YES!!!!! This was so fun & it reminded me so much of my first time hearing this record, I was completely blown away too. Love that Dad connected so much with it, & I agree with the both of you that this is a perfect 11/11 album.
loooooved this video (and all of your videos). kevin's reaction to green light healed me lol. would love to watch you guys react to born this way by gaga - the maximalist, genre-bending, high-bpm, dense pop record that gaga calls her "magnum opus". like melodrama, it really pushed the boundaries of contemporary pop at the time. I think kevin would enjoy gaga's numerous sonic allusions to legendary artists before her time including springsteen, madonna, prince, queen, etc
In the song the Louvre, when she says "they'll hang us in the Louvre" may have a double meaning cause the Louvre is this amazing art museum in Paris but it also was a site of execution in the 12th century, so people were literally hanged in the Louvre and this interpretation aligns with the fact that she is exploring different death scenarios during Melodrama anyway this album is a masterpiece, i discovered it at 17 and it changed my life
Absolutely neeeeed the solar power reaction !!!! And pure heroine too, that album is so much more than just royals. One of my favorites. Much more of a reach but since this and NFR were so enjoyable, more Jack Antinoff records would be cool. It’s may be out of the demographic, but I think Folklore or Evermore would be fun reactions!
Lorde is one of the blueprint of music industry. As David Bowie said she is the future of music. She's very influential. This Album alone, influence a lot of new songs nowadays, especially Midnights (and because its the same producer).
“It’s like she let the crowd sing” if only he knew
🤣🤣
😭😭PLEASE
Came to the comments for this
Lmaooo
LMFAOO
this is such a historical moment to me omg
same!!
No like I yelled “he’s never heard MELODRAMA?”
Sameeeee
For real! This is a life changing album
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Timestamps:D
2:18 Green Light
5:16 Sober
7:48 Homemade Dynamite
9:59 The Louvre
12:54 Liability
14:04 Hard Feelings/Loveless
17:27 Sober II (Melodrama)
18:53 Writer in the Dark
22:11 Supercut
25:31 Liability (Reprise)
27:57 Perfect Places
doing the Lorde's work 😂
love witnessing a historical moment like changing your dad's life with this album...
One does not simply forget about Melodrama.
Also, on the topic of how influential Lorde was, she literally changed the pop landscape. It's easy to forget how much Pure Heroine completely turned the scene on its head, since it's been over a decade, and Lorde releases albums MUCH slower than most artists. Before Lorde, pop was very much house/EDM influenced, and people were getting sick of it.
When Royals came out, it offered a new perspective, a new sound....it was the antithesis of the "Party Like a Rockstar" era. Lorde sums it up best with her lyric from her song Team - "I'm kinda over getting told to throw my hands up in the air."
She spoke, and so it came to be. Lana del Rey, Billie Eilish, Halsey, Olivio Rodrigo... emotional, stripped back music became the next big thing in pop, and it's still very much going strong.
Lorde & Lana changed the game imo. I think it’s starting to shift back again but Lorde was just on Brat so she’s at the forefront again.
@@conormcfall5436 Yes, 100%. Lana Del Rey hit the scene with "Summertime Sadness" in 2012, and although it did exceptionally well for an indie pop song (especially on online spaces like Tumblr, which no doubt contributed to its massive, although slow burn ascent) it wasn't until the Cedric Gervais remix that came out in 2013 that really gave it its wings with the general public.
Combined with the fact that Royals had hit the ground running, a smash hit right out of the gate, just months prior to the release of that remix, It was kind of the perfect storm - the aforementioned Gervais remix of Summertime Sadness still had the bass heavy, EDM sounds that were already on the airwaves, but combined with this new sound - melancholy, heartfelt, and introspective. It offered a reprieve to the stale and "party like it's you're last night on Earth" sounds that had dominated the airwaves the past 10 years.
It was in a sense giving the best of both worlds, and the perfect bridge to have these two styles of pop. I liken it to the feeling you get when, after a week of indulging in Taco Bell and Oreos - both of which have their merits and purpose - to having an amazing fresh salad and perfectly cooked salmon...and it's an incredible palate cleanser.
Signed,
An amateur pop historian. ;)
This is so true
I honestly think this is one of the best albums of all time, it did exactly what it set out to do and went beyond. Everything that came after it drank from its fountain
You can tell Lorde and Lana inspired a lot of the new generation of pop artists!
100%. Chappell and Billie wouldn’t exist without Lorde and Lana
The older generation also, Taylor swift had a lorde faze and Lana faze
@@BibiRobbin Yepp! I would add Olivia Rodrigo and Conan Gray to the list as well!
melanie martinez was really the og, she inspired lana
@@rodsitamara be so for real
No because I honestly thought you did this album already. This feels like a fever dream
same!!!!!
there's other "Dad reacts to Lorde - Melodrama' video from another channelcha too lol
“No because”? Who tf starts a thought with those words, you sound like a 3rd grader trying to tell a story from school
@@christianrahn4856Why u gotta hate bruh.. Have u never been online before??
Right!!
hard feelings and supercut changed my life actually. so glad to see you guys react to this one!!
Hard feelings will go with me to the grave as one of my favorite songs
Melodrama is a masterpiece
Fun fact they also used to perform hangings in the louvre before it was a museum. So she’s also talking about the hangings.
And I’m pretty sure that they used her heartbeat as percussion on that song so “broadcast the boom boom boom and make them all dance to it” is quite literal.
Whatttt no way
NO WAY
I hope you both get a chance to go back and listen to Pure Heroine, it is a very strong debut album and to follow up with Melodrama as her sophomore album. Complete insanity!
Top 10 album ever for me. It came out just before I turned 17 and it holds so much nostalgic weight from that time. Every song is perfect and as the years go by I end up finding new meanings in my life for them.
Please do a reaction to Solar Power! I think you two will have so much fun with it and I believe it deserves wayyyy more recognition.
they're slowly reacting to all my comfort albums
OMG!!!! can’t believe this hasn’t happened already. one of my fav albums ever lets goooooo. 💙🙌🙌🙌
edit: crying over the Louvre lyric is everything i needed thank you for your continued service
Albums dont get better than this they just get different. Solar power grew on me over the years for sure worth it to get on the channel
Solar power is my favorite lorde album but her best album is melodrama. I just hate the winter
David Bowie once said "She's the future of music"
Lorde influenced a lot new artists including Taylor Swift who changed her sound. Green Light is also not your traditional pop composition. The thing with Lorde is she's very different and a lot of artists copied her style and sound. But since she writes her own music and lyrics she's always going to be ahead of time and others will need to be more original, learn good writing
WAIT DID WE NOT DO THIS YET? This is my top 1 2010s pop album. Perfect.
such a good album! lorde is so ahead of her time
Arguably the best sophomore project of all time
you may know this (I haven’t finished the video yet) but this whole album is supposed to chronicle a single party and it’s even more interesting when you look at it through that lens
Easily one of my favourite pop albums, I’m so glad you guys reacted to it
20:13 “it’s like she let the crowd sing, eh?” if only he knew
Please explain
@@purplemonkey9575whilst she was touring this album she would shush the crowd singing writer in the dark, it’s very entertaining
@@charliestewart973 oh I didn’t know that, that’s hilarious 😂
hahahaha
I hated Lorde when I only knew her from Royals, I still don’t like that track… but then Melodrama became like my favorite album ever and I gave Pure Heroine a chance and it was mind blowing as well. Ribs is life changing
i’ve actually never been more excited to watch something before 😭😭
It’s bizarre to think that she didn’t win album of the year with this great album, same feeling I had with Lana with Norman and Ocean blvd
omg this is a big day for girlies that grew up on tumblr (me), lit one of the best albums of all times or at least the 2010’s
For real this brought me right back to 2015 🥲
Haaaayyy girl, here I am 💁🏻♀️
I was off Tumblr by the time this album came out though…
😅
my mental health gave me an ultimatum and, in an unforeseen moment of clarity, I chose my mental health lol
😂
But the nostalgia is real.
"Melodrama" is one of the best pop albums of 21 century!
omg i cant believe you're finally reacting to this. this album was literally my life when i was 17.
update: im crying
one of my favorite albums ever, lovely reaction as always, kevin’s reactions to louvre and writer in the dark esp are so relatable 🥲🥲
all cards on the table here, "The Louvre" is in my top ten favorite pop songs of all time
it's impossible for me to think of high school without thinking of this album; pre-antidepressants, my friend saw my reaction to "Green Light" dropping, and said he'd never seen me more excited about anything
lovely seeing y'all as always ❤
YESSSS, MELODRAMA’S THE ALBUM OF THE MILLENIUM.
melodrama is one of my fav albums EVER.
FINNALLYYYYYYYYYYYY GUYS!!
ABOUT SOLAR POWER:
Many people who listened to Solar Power were expecting another Melodrama, but Solar Power is basically the letter of how Lorde was feeling good, free and full of love for herself (and let's face it, FEW people identify with that), so the album was not well received.
I was one of those who criticized the album when it was released, and a year later, after feeling good about myself, I found myself listening to it and really enjoying the vibe of Solar Power.
I'm so excited to see your reactions to this!! Such an incredible album
This album changed the way I interact with music
being 19 the same time as lorde & hearing this album for the first time in 2017 altered my brain chemistry
this is a life changing album. the louvre still one of my favourite songs of all time just soooo mesmerising from beginning to end
Your dad would love Ethel Cain
Art
can't wait to see them react to family tree intro
YES! hopefully they react to the album one day😭
this AND Jane Remover
I've listened to this album at least once a month since it came out. It has become my favourite record, even surpassing The Beatles' Abbey Road. Lorde is a once in a generation artist. I had the chance to see her at the Primavera Sound festival in Buenos Aires and being part of a crowd weeping to Liability was a life-changing experience.
It’s just a supercut of us 😫😫
Was just seeing your Sabrina's reaction and hoping you do melodrama soooon & HERE it is!!!! A masterpiece album -front to back💯😍🙌
robyn's honey please!!! inventive emotional pop
Happy to see you revisiting 2010s! Would love a video on Hozier’s debut self-titled album that just turned 10 years old this week and is 4x platinum.
this video is such a treat
Probably a top 5 album ever for me
lykke li - i never learn & lykke li - EYEYE
PLEASE I NEVER ASKED YOU FOR ANYTHING
😭
THIS MEANS THE WORLD TO MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Yess cover Solar Power! It got such a mixed reception it’d be interesting to see how your Dad reacts to the shift in sound🌞🌊
this made the rest of my year
Melodrama might be my favourite XXI century album. Love from Brazil
wow it feels like christmas morning
Best pop album of the decade
Oh my freaking Lorde! Thank you!!! 💙
Now you have to show him Solar Power
I never liked Lorde because of Royals. Years ago, she played at a festival I went to see another band, and I ended up in the front rows. When Lorde started playing, I thought about leaving at first, but I stayed. I’m lucky to say I heard these songs live for the first time, practically right in front of her. I still remember jumping with the crowd during ‘Supercut,’ not understanding how I could feel so alive from a song I had just heard for the first time.
now we need pure heroine 🤧
oh i've been WAITIN for this one
This album came out about 2 weeks after my first serious breakup. I don’t think I’ve cried to an album as much as this one! I couldn’t listen to it for a good 3-4 years after it came out but I’ve been returning to it a lot in recent years. So excited for her new album!
I wish I was in high school again and blasting this in my caravan. This whole era of Lorde gave me strength that I carry today!!!
Made me so happy to see you fellas react to that… One of my absolute faves. Love from Van Isle
A timeless album. She is so great at capturing the events of a specific time in one’s life. Jack Antonoff was phenomenal in this record too, one of those sonically outcasted records produced by him
one of my fav albums, ever! 🥰
the day greenlight dropped i drove around my town blasting it with the windows down, such a great memory..amazing song
been waiting for yall to do melodrama for a long timeee and it’s finally hereee
thank you so much for doing this album, one of my favourites of all time!
I’m loving how much pop albums y’all are reacting to
Other albums:
When the pawn - Fiona Apple
The idler wheel - Fiona Apple
Fetch The Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple
Rid of Me - PJ Harvey
To bring you my love - PJ Harvey
Is this desire? - PJ Harvey
Stories from the city, stories from the sea - PJ Harvey
Sinner get ready - Lingua Ignota
the irony of them saying she let the audience sing it during Writer in the Dark😭
This has bought be so much joy, thank you guys ♥️♥️♥️
Omg, one of my favorite albums of all time, and i arrived early to the vid, awesome!
Love Kevin's hoodie btw
Please react to Pure Heroine when you can
peak jack antanoff
Loved your guys reaction and need need need solar power! Every Lorde album has truely changed my life so I can’t wait for L4 too
YES!!!!! This was so fun & it reminded me so much of my first time hearing this record, I was completely blown away too. Love that Dad connected so much with it, & I agree with the both of you that this is a perfect 11/11 album.
loooooved this video (and all of your videos). kevin's reaction to green light healed me lol.
would love to watch you guys react to born this way by gaga - the maximalist, genre-bending, high-bpm, dense pop record that gaga calls her "magnum opus". like melodrama, it really pushed the boundaries of contemporary pop at the time. I think kevin would enjoy gaga's numerous sonic allusions to legendary artists before her time including springsteen, madonna, prince, queen, etc
Born this way did not push anything at all.
so great getting your guys' take on one of the best albums of the century. absolutely fire!!
homemade dynamite is so good damn. the nostalgia it gives me🤌
I prayed for this and it happened 😭😭
In the song the Louvre, when she says "they'll hang us in the Louvre" may have a double meaning cause the Louvre is this amazing art museum in Paris but it also was a site of execution in the 12th century, so people were literally hanged in the Louvre
and this interpretation aligns with the fact that she is exploring different death scenarios during Melodrama
anyway this album is a masterpiece, i discovered it at 17 and it changed my life
Absolutely neeeeed the solar power reaction !!!! And pure heroine too, that album is so much more than just royals. One of my favorites.
Much more of a reach but since this and NFR were so enjoyable, more Jack Antinoff records would be cool. It’s may be out of the demographic, but I think Folklore or Evermore would be fun reactions!
He peaked with those two sadly, never done anything as good as
a modern classic
Lorde is one of the blueprint of music industry. As David Bowie said she is the future of music. She's very influential. This Album alone, influence a lot of new songs nowadays, especially Midnights (and because its the same producer).
This album was so pivotal to 16 year-old me going thru my first heartbreak :’)
I wish I could listen to this for the first time again omg
This album meant so much to me as a 19 year old! So excited to see you guys listen together
FINALLLYYY IVE BEEN WANTING THIS FOREVER!!!
The album of my heart seriously I always look forward to you guys reviewing my favorite albums it’s like re living it all over again ❤️❤️❤️❤️
an album that shaped me as a person. so happy to see you guys taking a listen
Finally 😭😭
Y'all tweeted this like 3 months ago
I think I've watched every single reaction video to this album on RUclips, so thank you for adding to the lore
This video is feeding FAMILIES
So happy that you guys brought Lorde's reaction to us!! Also think that you should listen and react to Florence and the Machine.
MELODRAMA & ULTRAVIOLENCE are the best sophomore albums of the 2010s.
A new Melodrama reaction to add to the illustrious canon
I'm so glad you like Solar Power!! I know it's not everyone's cup of tea but I really love it. Would love to see it covered on the channel.
omg i've waited for this for a long time and now it's here!!!
Just when I’m feeling low, you pull through with a great video 👏
I’m from oklahoma and i’m so excited to see this!!
i love you two!
19:58 is very me energy when Writer in the Dark comes on, I feel you Kevin!! 😂💖
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