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Lorde’s return has been a wonderful whirlwind. The 20-year-old pop star took a four year hiatus after her electrifying debut album Pure Heroine, and has slowly but surely been giving us bits and pieces of her follow up.
Tonight on SNL she made her debut, performing the fluorescent lead single “Green Light” that kicks off her sophomore record Melodrama, which she dropped a couple weeks ago. Along with the second single, “Liability” — which she performed later on in the show — these two new tracks give a sense that Melodrama will be a pop record about the painful, powerful process of losing love.
Tonight on the show Lorde’s performance was full of her usual live energy, she stared down the camera as it followed her every move, which included more of her signature, lovably spastic dancing. She’s described this track as the euphoric side of a breakup, the drunk girl dancing at a party, trying to work through her own pain. Well, this performance is all that and more, a strange beautiful catharsis from one of the best performers of our time and a pop star with a deeper understanding of what makes the role important.
Though at first we only had news the album would be out this summer, with the release of “Liability” this week Lorde confirmed that it will be out 6/16. Watch her performance above and check out her incredible “Liability” performance as well.
Melodrama is out 6/16 via Universal Music New Zealand. Pre-order it here.
