She doesn't need a winter ballad and the album is perfect as it is. She's clearly an indie fave and not a singles artist, Royals convinced people otherwise.

 

I just look forward to her pushing her artistry further in the future.

🗣 I CANNOT BELIEVE LORDE IS TOURING WITH MITSKI

Yeah she’s not a single artist. Green Light was a hit in the UK but that’s about it.

 

The album sold OK so it’s all good.

At least she’s had three #1’s and eight Top 20’s in New Zealand

Have you seen how many end-of-year lists this is topping amongst the critics? It's definitely going to be the most acclaimed album of the year with Kendrick. Deserved

And I have both!

The problem I have is that she never really expands her vocal range. While there has been clear artistic progression, some of the songs aren't strong enough to win over me.

Writer In The Dark says :hi:

Writer In The Dark says :hi:

 

This

 

Another argument I don't understand - her voice is constantly an instrument throughout this record. Completely faultless.

 

Thought they woulda went for a ballad like The Writer as a Christmas single?! Maybe waiting until the brits for the next one!

I think a "Christmas single" - with exception of the big guns - is a thing of the past. It would be pointless for someone like Lorde, as big as she is, to release a wintry sounding single because that isn't going to make the difference to her selling in this day and age.

It would generally help her album if it got good airplay from radio 1/2 surely?

It would generally help her album if it got good airplay from radio 1/2 surely?

Any decent single would though

Yeh like Pink/Ed etc are releasing songs at this time which sells their albums so makes sense to release something and The Writer would have been perfect for this time of year for me!

Israel’s ambassador to New Zealand has invited Lorde to meet him after the singer cancelled her concert in Tel Aviv.

Not sure which country, but there has been a double page article about her in the newpaper in Tel Aviv? It really isn’t nice at all. Poor Lorde :/

 

Better news... Royals is now DIAMOND in the US!

basically she cancelled a show in Israel and the Israeli embassy in New Zealand wrote her a latter saying they were upset with this and they wanted to talk to her about it in person (which was a very fair reply tbh, you can see it on Twitter) - but then one of the big newspapers from the capital of Israel suggested it was some sort of hate protest against Israel from the western world, which is complete bullshit.

Lorde is free to play concerts wherever and wherever she wants, and to change her mind if she doesn't want to play in a particular country for whatever reason. Having said that, if she cancels a gig in Israel on "human rights" grounds, yet is still booked to play two concerts on her tour in that known bastion of free expression, Russia, then it does open herself up to accusations of double standards.

Lorde is free to play concerts wherever and wherever she wants, and to change her mind if she doesn't want to play in a particular country for whatever reason. Having said that, if she cancels a gig in Israel on "human rights" grounds, yet is still booked to play two concerts on her tour in that known bastion of free expression, Russia, then it does open herself up to accusations of double standards.

 

I think it's her manager who made the decision instead of her own? I'd imagine at her age, everything pretty much managed by her record company.

 

The irony is that right after the concert was cancelled, Lorde tweeted saying that hopefully everyone can dance together in the future.

 

Well, she just cancelled something that would help achieve that goal !

 

A crazy idea here - if I were Lorde, I would situate the concert stage right on the Gaza border of Israeli settlement and the Palestinian territory. It would send a message of inclusion (since Palestinian could also attend) and give a giant middle finger to the BDS movement.

I am with her on this. Russia continues to get sanctioned by the international community - Israel less so. She's spreading awareness and being far braver than most people in her position. We'll see if she cancels the shows in Russia.

 

 

I'm still so bothered with the handling of this album. I really think she was in the position for a cult-like Frank Ocean drop instead of trying to navigate a very standard album campaign in 2017. She was clearly not a singles artist, and Royals really tricked people into thinking that. Did they expect Green Light to be a massive hit? It sounds massive, but it's not exactly the most chart or streaming friendly track.

 

Releasing Green Light the same week as Ed Sheeran was unfortunate, and then the long wait until the album... Eek. Would have loved Green Light and Melodrama to have dropped together, all the hype from the critics, it could have pushed it better than a traditional rollout. Even promoting Perfect Places over the autumn could have been good.

Green Light would’ve debuted at 13 in the UK if it wasn’t for Ed’s album