I’m still working out how to practise activism while refraining from social media.
I’m still learning the nuances of all this. So let me be clear: this ongoing systemic brutality by police is racist, it’s sickening, and it’s unsurprising. But part of being an ally is knowing when to speak and when to listen, and I know that white silence right now is more damaging than someone’s wack protest selfie. It’s hard to strike a balance between self-serving social media displays and true action. "One of the things I find most frustrating about social media is performative activism, predominantly by white celebrities (like me). This follows Lorde's words last year supporting the Black Lives Matter movement: We should all be looking to the sun, the ocean, nature," she explains of the powerful sentiment. "There’s a lot of trust and faith and reverence based on people in my position, and more so than ever I think I realised that you cannot look to me for the answers. Lorde considers the lyrics, "Now if you’re looking for a saviour, well that’s not me," in 'The Path' as an important mission statement to begin the album with. She wrote both the ruminative opener 'The Path' and the optimistic closer 'Oceanic Feeling' alone in New Zealand.Ģ. Once it's midnight where you are, hit play on Lorde's new album, then leisurely digest the below fact sheet we have compiled for you.ġ. In times of heartache, grief, deep love, or confusion, I look to the natural world for answers. In an email newsletter to fans back in June, Lorde said: "The album is a celebration of the natural world, an attempt at immortalising the deep, transcendent feelings I have when I’m outdoors. I know there is more to be said and that she wants to say more in her poetic verses about the struggles one faces coming of age."Let’s hope the sun will show us the path," entreats Lorde in 'Solar Power' album opener, 'The Path', tipping her hat to the main theme of her new iridescent body of work. Will that spoil this album though? I don’t think she will be a one hit wonder because her album speaks volumes.
I want her to make another one already so I can have some more decent music to listen to. I desperately want to listen to another album. My favorites go in this order (I love them all so much): How smart to have the last verse of the album answer the first verse’s question: “Don’t you think it’s funny how people talk?” (Tennis Court) “Let em’ talk” (A World Alone). “But that will never be enough” laughing until our ribs get tough will never be enough to preserve the nights we had the minds we had. But I want to hold the song like a photograph and hang it up on my wall looking at it before I go to sleep. And I just don’t know why it makes me want to hug my parents and take pictures of all my friends. How nostalgic I feel when she croons the verse “mom and dad let me stay home/it drives you crazy getting old”. I can’t tell how many times I’ve listened to it. Especially because she is sixteen and can voice so poetically her emotions and observations of the world. Lorde expresses her desire to become well known in the music world and that she understands what she is getting into by having such big dreams. Captures a piece of the teenage boredom everyone faces while trying to be so much like the kids who are above all successful and powerful. Their molars blinking like the lights in the underpass where we all sit and do nothing and love it” (White Teeth Teen, Pure Heroine). I’ll give you an example: “I’ll let you in on something big: I am not a white teeth teen. The album’s theme of class systems and wanting to be number one while still being young is the best lyrics for my (our) generation.