"California" finds itself somewhere in between. "California" is the third track on "Solar Power."Īhlgrim: "Pure Heroine" was cool-toned, sober observation while "Melodrama" saw Lorde throwing herself into humid, drunken hedonism. And much like "Green Light," this song gets better with each listen. Much like the euphoria-inducing "Green Light," this song works beautifully as an introduction to Lorde's newest realm, despite whiplash-induced reactions from some disappointed fans. It also sounds like biking home from a particularly productive therapy session during golden hour (based on a true story). Its frothy blend of early-aughts pop and salt-of-the-earth acoustics does sound like skateboarding, as Lorde desired. In short, "Solar Power" does exactly what it's supposed to do. This is the energy I want to carry every day for the rest of my life. She replied, "u look so happy!!!!!" That night, I drank a homemade beachy cocktail in Lorde's honor (vodka, white wine, lemonade, peach seltzer, and elderflower liqueur). When I listened to "Solar Power" for the first time, I recorded a video of my reaction and sent it to Courteney. "Solar Power" was released as the lead single on June 10, 2021.Īhlgrim: I thought I might write about how " Solar Power" plays with the pop-star-as-messiah trope and the genius "prettier Jesus" line and the cultish coax to "come on and let the bliss begin," but what I really want to say is that I simply adore this song and I won't hear a word against it. But she's willing to take you with her on her next trip to the sun - and the path starts here. She's just as broken and sad as everyone else, and her music isn't going to fix that. On "The Path," Lorde candidly explains that if you're looking for a savior, that's not her.
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Lo and behold, Sheffield nailed it the album opens on the line, "Born in the year of Ox圜ontin," referring to 1996, the year the drug was developed and patented, and the year of our Lorde's birth.īut while " Solar Power" takes sonic cues from its artist's birth year, Lorde wants it known upfront that she's not a pop star coming into her full power like Taylor Swift was when she released "1989." Instead, she's a celebrity dismantling her own star power to reclaim her humanity She stole fancy Met Gala silverware for her mother and disappeared back into the sun. therefore, this album will be her 1989 & it will be brilliant (sorry but this is math)." she's released 3 straight singles that sound like literally everything that was on VH1 in November 1996. Larocca: Earlier this week, Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield made an astute observation about the "Solar Power" singles on Twitter: "Lorde was born in November 1996.
If we're looking to Lorde for leadership or salvation, she makes it clear she's just the conduit through which the sun may speak. "The Path" plays like the prologue to an epic poem, an invocation to her muse. We can choose to fill in the blanks with real details from Lorde's life, or infuse the empty spaces with our own dreams and delusions.Īs Lorde moves into the real crux of the song, she introduces the album's dominant theme: her devotion to the sun.
In between her careful word selections that evoke precise images, places, and events - Ox圜ontin, windswept island, a fork in a purse, a pharaoh's tomb - there is romance and glamour and drama. This is the sort of vivid songwriting that's become Lorde's trademark, and "The Path" is some of her best work to date. These lyrics land like a mini memoir, though they maintain a curious mystique. "The Path" is the first track on "Solar Power."Īhlgrim: I have rarely heard an album with such a glorious opening couplet: "Born in the year of Ox圜ontin, raised in the tall grass / Teen millionaire having nightmares from the camera flash."
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