i finally listened to PURE HEROINE in 2021!! ~ lorde reaction ~

[@jellydonut1994]

It's also brilliant because the album opens with "don't you think that it's boring how people talk?" and then the original ending (where the last song was A World Alone) ended with "let 'em talk"

[@nem447]

When listening to this album for the first time retroactively it's important to consider the context. When _Pure Heroine_ was released in 2013, it influenced and changed pop music with its subject matter, tone, sparse electro beats and minimalism. Kinda ironic as it was made on a tiny budget and basic equipment. The colorful word pallet is impressive considering she was 16.

[@brandonpadilla5402]

Exactly and she basically mentions that lyrically within team with The hands up in the air reference. It is also tied in with royals about the socials scene of Hollywood. I like to believe lorde was the “not like the other gIrls (‘artists)” of that time period. This album is great at incapsulating a moment in time in your youth while simultaneously speaking a lot about mainstream media and Hollywood.

[@FR0SBYTES]

The way that Pure Heroine changed and influenced most of the pop musicians is amazing. Back before Pure heroine was released the pop genre is always this bubbly club songs, and then Pure Heroine came and introduced this soft and minimalistic production and breathy voice. For those people that'll comment that Lana did it first, I truly agree, but Lorde greatly changed pop music since her debut.

[@Gabriella-vm9fz]

For me what makes Ribs so sad it’s because makes me think about a friendship that just vanish in time, because laughing in bed and having fun without any responsibilities it’s like another world now, and the way she repeats that will never be enough makes me really sad, reminds me of a friend that I used to have :-( And when she says is scary getting old, for me it means getting out of being just a teen with time to kill and pointless drama to a world where you have to be responsible, work, and everything starts to change

[@VaaleBeetancurG]

This is literally one of the Best debuts ever and no one talk about that

[@veronicamoreira2905]

Ribs, buzzcut season and team are the holy trinity of ph. Buzzcut season is easily her best writing...she said everything. I cant even describe Btw swinging party is a cover

[@andreap3147]

Always be one of my favourites of hers

[@GabrielFerreira-ue8hs]

Brad finally looking like a true gen z and btw pure heroine is a coming of age masterpiece

[@westinshire]

Lorde: i- Brad: *visible confusion*

[@BradEvans21]

Yep 😂😂😂 bout right aha

[@JoeSnoe126]

I think this album hits harder for those who were deeply depressed during 2011-2013 lol

[@bastyfuenzalida4291]

Ribs the best track on the album, top 3 Lorde songs me thinks

[@juancamilohenaocastro7170]

yes it would be ribs, green light and the louvre for me

[@bastyfuenzalida4291]

@@juancamilohenaocastro7170 TASTE

[@frankoceanstanaccount7126]

400 Lux, Ribs and Buzzcut Season being the golden trio of PH

[@bastyfuenzalida4291]

@@frankoceanstanaccount7126 u misspelled Tennis court and G&g but taste

[@writingalias4401]

Ribs is about the passage of time: Thus, the verses repeat, and the second time, they are sung at double time, literally just trying to speed up time in your mind instead of telling a story. You should definitely be afraid of time, it kills us all.

[@kuzokusunoki]

i really love this reaction and your editing is *top tier*

[@dontcaretbh]

*whispers* her best album

[@Danodaniel000]

So.. what kind ok music do you heard through all these years? Literally every iconic album is new for you haha

[@eric0556]

1. white teeth teens - cool/popular kids 2. glory & gore - fame and the price it requires 3. bravado - fake confidence

[@michaelk5205]

Ribs is a masterpiece

[@joaomessias2685]

One of the best debut albums ever PERIODT.

[@neontyler6663]

Lorde was 16 years old in this time I think and was released on 2013, and her music is really ahead of its time, like you cannot hear anything this kind of theme in its era, what a unique and her lyrics is so poetic for her age, she’s so smart then after that she changed modern pop music.

[@ronpotts6385]

During "Team", the line about "I'm really over being told to put my hands up in the air... so there" refers to early rap/hip-hop music. The emcee would say, "Put your hands up in the air, and wave them like you just don't care". She's just being cheeky and rebellious, basically.

[@splicedup7480]

When you kinda miss the entire meaning of the album. Being young and growing up in fame. This album is all about the feeling. The one liners that just evoke childhood, dreams, everyday life, and living in youth. It’s such a fantastic album.

[@rafaelacarvalho7717]

this album was released when lorde was 16 or 17 and the whole album basically is about being a teenager and being scared of growing up and famous people. in my understanding, in glore and gore she talks about fame and the extents that famous people go, in ribs is about being scared of getting old, in a world alone is basically feeling alone, but having this one person you can count, 400 lux is about liking hanging out with someone and feeling warm, white teeth teens is about never fitting in with the popular kids and team is about having your friends there for you and being in the sidelines of everything

[@writingalias4401]

The deep themes of this album are about social revolution, and young people revolting against the patriarchy, yes. Also, this album describes her reality in a way that no other pop artist was attempting to do at the time. She doesn't want to pretend that she owns tigers, she doesn't want to drink crystal in hotel rooms (even though she sort of leans into that lifestyle in her late teens), she doesn't want to hear 'put your hands up!!' at a concert anymore. She wants something new, she's not pleased with this world. she's coming for everyone.

[@XtianJoel]

Buzzcut season is probably in my top 10 songs ever. The whole song just feels bittersweet.

[@JesusMartinez-uy5mr]

My personal opinion (please don’t attack me) on the track Buzzcut Season is that her friend has brain cancer. Where the beginning is her describing the chemotherapy her friend is enduring in hopes of killing the cancer. Some chemo patients describe it as a burning/fiery sensation, where one of the side effects is the friend losing hair. Lorde then consolidates her friend by saying “well you laughed baby, it’s ok. It’s Buzzcut Season anyway.” This points to the premise of the song being about how even tho they’re on “borrowed” time, they’re living this tragic and mundane existence together. This may be so wrong, but I just wanted to add to the discussion 💖

[@saratb01]

PURE HEROINE = CHEF’S KISS

[@SpaghettyBabyNoodleBoy]

I am confussionnnnnn !! ;) 400 Lux, Buzzcut Season and Ribs I think are the best ones in this album.(Buzzcut season is about ignoring reality, I think.)

[@frankoceanstanaccount7126]

I'm happy someone finally agrees in my golden trio💚

[@SpaghettyBabyNoodleBoy]

@@frankoceanstanaccount7126 you are not alone 🥲

[@jasonz31]

Wow and i just finished watching her new 73 questions with vogue

[@BradEvans21]

oh wow, great timing ahah

[@gveyved4685]

me too!!

[@writingalias4401]

Lux is the measurement of light. 400 Lux is the brightness of the sun from Earth during sunrise and sunset. Lorde has synesthesia this song sounds like the sunset... like, this song SOUNDS like the sunset!!!

[@BradEvans21]

LOVE THAT

[@thomasfareth287]

The title «Pure Heroine» is not about the drug, but rather a female hero. Pretty genius title tbh.

[@Lux-ei1jl]

Omgg I just love this guy he is just so cool and hilarious omg! Also I love his reactions sm!!

[@BradEvans21]

thank you so much!!

[@writingalias4401]

Bravado is the first song that she ever performed live. She did it intentionally because she knew she was going to be a forest fire of power in this world.... And thats... pretty wild.

[@literallyricky]

You kill me! I'm dead! 😂🤣 I think sometimes the less you try to work out everything the more you get it. Just let it wash over you. I feel like you got the general vibe though. Tennis Court has one of my all-time fav lyrics "Pretty soon I'll be getting on my first plane / I'll see the veins of my city like they do is space" The imagery is immaculate! Great video! So much fun rediscovering my love of this album with you!

[@inaelgarcia]

Brad, you are me listening the first time Pure Heroin: I lovedddd the production, and yes, you are right, after you learn all the lyrics, you are going to BOP YOUR ASS OFF

[@japhetechavarria2080]

Love the reaction. Thanks for this, Brad!

[@frankoceanstanaccount7126]

You should give Clairo a try. Her album Immunity is so, so good and her growth as an artist is fucking amazing. I'm sure you'd enjoy it a lot!

[@vyronh.5595]

pure heroine was IT for me. melodrama drew me in even further. now i patiently wait for what solar power is gonna do. 🖤

[@BradEvans21]

i’m so excited for solar power

[@sh4dylol]

PH and melodrama are in my top albums of alllll time across all artists…. I grew up on lorde fr

[@fedem14]

i can't believe this album was released 9 years ago feels like yesterday

[@spyrospal1]

Less than 8.

[@user-gd7wr4cx4l]

Stay in school y'all

[@fedem14]

@@spyrospal1 wait it wasn't released in 2012? 💀 edit: well i checked it was 2013 it's still 8

[@spyrospal1]

@@fedem14 Yes, it's turning 8 in September.

[@grase99]

this album got me thru high school pure heroine IS that girl!! top three has to be ribs, bravado, glory and gore... runner ups buzzcut season and a world alone 🥺

[@Bem541]

omg that light, that face, those colors...you look gorgeous af Brad

[@BradEvans21]

thank you so so much!! 🥰

[@writerinthedark.4510]

you made my day again heyyy i love you brad

[@alejandrocambraherrera8242]

Iʼve always wondered how her subsequent albums would have sounded like if she had continued working with Joel Little (the producer of Pure Heroine). Both Melodrama and Solar Power were made alongside Jack Antonoff. I really loved the raw feel of her first album.

[@frankoceanstanaccount7126]

You could try Genius for lyrics and they add notes on the meaning of the song in general and specific lines! Hahaha. It's funny to see you struggle tho

[@BradEvans21]

😂😂😂

[@johnsoto7188]

You missed “No Better” it’s only on Apple Music and YT

[@TheMrheartless]

Theres a nice video here on youtube about how ribs is about holding on or reminiscing about being young , and how "it will never be the same"

[@TheMrheartless]

I would suggest listen to the album again in a dark room and just vibe to the album, i did this and it all made sense xD

[@t.y.l.e.r.]

I spent a good 6 years thinking that she said “I’ll be the beauty queen in Sears” (a department store in America) and not tears 😭 😂

[@hexbxund]

I love pure heroine, I'm glad you were able to enjoy the production even though the lyrics were a little bit confusing lmao. My faves are tennis court, 400 lux and white teeth teens, but I also love bravado, million dollar bills and the love club! In tennis court she talks about fame putting up a front to deal with it and white teeth teens is about rich kids and the stereotypical groups! also, I didn't mention it before, but I really like the new haircut 💜✨

[@davidcopperfield7303]

Check the lyrics explanation on Genius.

[@luislome1172]

Ribs is so repetitive because it is not about heartbrake but about nostalgia. It goes back to some of her childhood memories and how she goes over them over and over again, ending on a cycle of her just really longing to go back to simpler times (very 2013 way of feeling). This nostalgic feeling is also reprrsented through the repetition and cycleness of the music.

[@taint1801]

I'm pretty sure Buzzcut Season is about war

[@LuisLopez-jh6kf]

I think it's about the summer and not caring about nothing. Enjoying the pool with friends, guys who cut their hair. They are having a good time, living in a hologram, while the world falls apart.

[@taint1801]

@@LuisLopez-jh6kf Yeah, I think it's basically escaping the reality of what happens around them (the war) by pretending to be carefree

[@luislome1172]

Team (along with royals) is about rejecting the fakeness and luxury "seen on screen" ans appreciating the simple, real world "not very pretty but we sure know how to rule things". Also "The ruins of the palace inside my dreams" just means that her real life/home is far from being luxurious (a palace) and that is okay since we're all in this together, a team.

[@mariobendeck5842]

She was 15/16 when she wrote the whole album not only ribs

[@owenoshawn]

his one sleeve kills me😭😭

[@stevenbrown2726]

You can find the original version of "Swingin Party" on the 1985 album "Tim" by The Replacements. Paul Westerberg said about his song: "One of the reasons we used to drink so much is that it was scary going up on stage. That's one of the things 'Swingin' Party' is all about on the album ... how it is a little frightening to put yourself on display all the time." Also, a 'swingin' party' in the US could refer to a hanging.

[@jojoelio5537]

Pure Heroine is one of the GOATs.

[@jonatafontela5595]

When I noticed she repeated the lines in "Ribs" I thought it was genius! Haha

[@kikidouloveme3574]

ribs & 400lux are 🔥

[@tantheta2184]

This album changed the sound of pop radio

[@cagkanunlu33]

I'm binge-watching your videos and I just noticed, being a himbo isn't a bad thing love. The smartness being mentioned is like math smart or like conventionally smart. We're just talking abt awkward, goofy energy when we say himbo, I guess. A himbo is a man with immense charisma and also is VERY loveable and desirable who is respectful towards other people and their beings sexually but also they are kinda not sharp haha. Love you so much. Also, I wish we met irl, you seem like a gorgeous person xx!

[@YooooooOoooooOooooi]

This album was my soundtrack when I was 13 ella lit raised me as a pre teenager

[@writingalias4401]

'the pill' in love club is her birth control...

[@adriannpollmann7340]

we win todayyyyy!!

[@homeiswhereukeepurdealdoe]

it'd be sooooooo cool and different if u reacted to the Crystal Castles discography Brad tbh ♥

[@eleanorshellstrop39]

I’m 26 and have been obsessed with this album since HS , your confusion was so annoying just listen and enjoy, himbo

[@denisetewhata8867]

White teeth teens is her version to dezcribe rich kids, Lordes very metaphorical u can't.take her words literally cos she's a poet

[@juancamilohenaocastro7170]

ribs is lordes best song period

[@mehlev]

Great reaction but what outfit did Kaitlyn have on that was such a vibe???!

[@verify7629]

The Pure Heroine Album is about Teen Angst

[@N5262-m3q]

Babe the lyrics can be about whatever you want in your head 💓

[@kristopherkraft7497]

Omg hi bestie

[@BradEvans21]

hiyyaaaaaa

[@Lolek510]

I don't know what changed, but you look gorgeous 😍

[@tonypiazza9173]

also swingin party is a cover

[@writingalias4401]

Million Dollar Bills should be an lgbt pride anthem. We all love it.

[@OceanBlvd5SOS]

Confusion 👀 I really love this album! The dark ass production vibes are so so good lmao. I love all the songs but for me, Glory and Gore is definitely that bitch. And holy crap yes her chest voice in that song...ugh SO GOOD. (Important side note, can we just take a second to acknowledge how pretty Brad is? Cuz like...woah lol)

[@BradEvans21]

i completely agree!! i think glory and gore is my fave!! omg thank you so much 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@OceanBlvd5SOS]

@@BradEvans21 Yesss Glory and Gore crew 😅 You're welcome! It's the total truth.🥰 also I've noticed lately that every time I watch one of your videos I say "hi!" with you during the intro and I can't stop doing it lol

[@BradEvans21]

@@OceanBlvd5SOS omg i love that you say hi!!!!!

[@OceanBlvd5SOS]

@@BradEvans21 aww well I can't not do it at this point honestly haha. You just have one of those awesome intros. 🙃 This is easily one of my favorite KZbin channels btw!

[@sinelizwimsengana5908]

There are songs in pure heroine that I never understood for 8 years, now with music analysis channels I finally get what buzzcut season and White teeth teens means..and no offence but I never liked the extended version

[@homeiswhereukeepurdealdoe]

the repeating of the lines in ribs has a purpose.. routine, thinking ahead, the getting old.

[@christopher7804]

Swinging party is a cover

[@tantheta2184]

Since we have now listened to both the album , there are only like 3-4 other separate singles that you should check out so you can be familiar with all of lorde's discography. I mean taylor released more songs in 2020 than lorde's whole discography 😒.

[@TheGayPrince]

Glory & Gore is so underrated, my favorite.

[@Littlegreen42]

You filmed this during the heatwave, right? ha

[@BradEvans21]

yesssss

[@Charlie-jl3ur]

Please, react to Tove Lo's debut album Queen of The Clouds - it takes some inspiration from Lorde's debut, but it also takes some notes from mainstream music!

[@drewwhite3662]

A Tove discography run would be 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻🔥🔥🔥

[@Charlie-jl3ur]

@@drewwhite3662 yeees! I can see him having a blast while doing so

[@drewwhite3662]

@@Charlie-jl3ur definetly, ho should also check out the short films or at least te Disco Tits MV lmao

[@Charlie-jl3ur]

@@drewwhite3662 omfg, he will Love IT, i'm 100% sure

[@Gabriella-vm9fz]

If you haven't heard it yet, listen to her song Magnets, I think you'll love it and there's an MV which is also iconic :-) Take care 😊❤️

[@blvdyes]

1:25

[@eyeorigins77]

buzzcut season is about the summer lol..

[@Wayspears]

I'd love to see you reacting to Bjork vespertine

[@eyeorigins77]

apparently heroine and heroin is different...

[@december3305]

Confusion... I haven't actually listened to the whole album, will go do that now 😀 You definitely don't come across as stupid, you just tend to look for literal interpretations which is harder with lyrics like these 😊 at least you actually listen to the lyrics!

[@martykimp7751]

you don’t have to keep saying you’re lost. we know.

[@rubengloria8245]

Do Shakiras new single Don't Wait Up

[@flawesomeness]

I think nobody react the first album of queen Charli XCX. You should))

[@MyNameisDC]

Confusion

[@BradEvans21]

AHHHHH!!

[@jasonz31]

Also confusion

[@davidpeters99]

confusion💞❤️‍🔥

[@nicocheecky4106]

hey! can you PLEASE react to 1000 Forms of Fear by Sia? It's her best album💯

[@rodrigoaraujo7194]

react to pabllo vittar babe

[@noursayed1]

Confusion.

[@pietropanebianco5389]

i did click so fast

[@volka.n]

confusion bradford

[@BradEvans21]

🥰🥰🥰

[@lordeslay6816]

ribs is a all time classic

[@Antonio_Figueroa]

omg you're so cute sorry if saying it bothers you

[@BradEvans21]

thank you 😘

Confusion

[@BradEvans21]

🥰🥰🥰