Lorde Pure Heroine 12/28/1999

Lorde Pure Heroine 12/28/1999Signed to a major label at an early age, she was groomed in the darkness of studios, the label knowing the potential they had in their singer songwriter. She wrote on her own, then she was paired with a sympathetic producer songwriter, live performances taking a back seat to woodshedding. If this story in the early years of the 2010s brings to mind Lana Del Rey, it's no coincidence that it also applies to New Zealand singer songwriter Lorde, whose

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a pint-sized powerhouse who attacks everyone from holier-than-thou naysayers ("Playing God") to ego-centric space cadets ("Brick By Boring Brick")

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electronica-textured tracks weigh in at mid-to-downtempo

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