Bonny Reacts to PURE HEROINE by Lorde

[@guillefdeez747]

i loooove the way the first lyric in the album is “dont you think its boring how people talk” and the last one is “let them talk”

[@chatsandreacts]

OMG TEA

[@jacksehl194]

@@chatsandreacts Love u bonny + emily!!! im begging for you to react to holly humberstone's album "paint my bedroom black"... she has really concerning and superior vocals, lyrics, and melodies

[@JanEricLansang]

@@chatsandreacts BUZZ and NICOLE by Niki please

[@lakshyarajsinghtanwar]

why everyone is just appreciating how Bonnie's hair is giving major Lorde 'Pure Heroine' vibes, also while Emily's hair perfectly channels Taylor Swift's '1989' era. It's like they're capturing the essence of that iconic 2014 music scene where both albums absolutely dominated

[@antoineflowers9253]

what a basic ass comment that has been regurgitated under every album reaction for the past 12 years 😂 how original

[@jacksonozinga8256]

Can we talk about how Bonnys hair is lowkey giving Lorde today

[@lavender6428]

It’s sooooo pretty 😭😭😍

[@lakshyarajsinghtanwar]

why everyone is just appreciating bonnie's curls giving Lorde 'Pure Heroine' Vibes while emily's hair also perfectly channels taylor swift 1989 era .its like they are capturing the essence of that iconic 2014 summer when both albums absolutely dominated

[@gustavo12345671000]

people say we’re alike they say we got the same hair

[@nicolevalente3085]

this album has the vibes of that very especific time around 2013 when teen dystopian books and movies started blowing up like te hunger games, divergent, maze runner etc

[@bellaconroy9527]

Ugh an iconic time to be a teen 😭 take me back lol

[@maiaher1824]

ure so right

[@RandyWhite-e6t]

Damn I’m old

[@evawild1771]

YES! I ALWAYS ASSOCIATE IT WITH THAT

[@laramorrison5973]

This album changed pop and is so criminally underrated.

[@smoothshawty5746]

This and BTD.

[@riian0000]

@@laramorrison5973 never heard anyone say this album is bad or whatsoever but ok 😂

[@laramorrison5973]

@@riian0000 didn't say people say it's bad, it's impact just isn't recognised enough

[@riian0000]

@@laramorrison5973 girly have u not heard enough praises ab Lorde and how Royals/pure heroine influences the whole generation already?

[@riian0000]

​@@laramorrison5973 girly have you not heard enough of the public praises ab Lorde herself and especially how Royals/Pure heroine had influenced a whole generation?

[@SophieCarlon]

With 'Tennis Court', Lorde stated at the time she was obsessed with royalty and history, and there's a really pivotal moment in the French Revolution where revolutionaries were locked out of the offical meeting hall so they instead met on a tennis court. So the song can also be referring to that - hey I'm here to rock the music industry, and if you're not going to let me in, we'll just 'go down to the tennis court and talk it up.'

[@lakshyarajsinghtanwar]

thats what i thought when I read French Revolution in history class i was literally singing this song

[@logan4231]

She also mentions how there are kinda dilapidated tennis courts all around NZ and that’s where a lot of students will hang out after school. It’s like lorde and a bunch of other angsty teens who feel like they don’t fit in, meeting up after school to write their own constitution, their own way of living outside of the mainstream

[@bigil9316]

I think this album is the reason why some albums like ultraviolence, reputation, and wwafawdwg (billies debut) exist or did well . She started this melancholic dark-synth sound in pop back in 2012 when every song was bright and fun

[@chatsandreacts]

COMPLETELY agree. Lorde's impact is so underrated, there is soooo much music that is so clearly inspired by her

[@kyle_likes_music]

The dark moody pop girl albums with the black and white covers really did run the early 2010s

[@TryingtoreachsubswithNovideos]

Are you sure lana didn’t start it with born to die it was also dark synth pop I mean look at dark paradise

[@elizabethg2136]

Definitely agreed. Lorde and Lana ushered in a new kind of pop girl sound.

[@user-xv9rf2ll3m]

Lana del rey's AKA lizzy Grant album and Born To Die Paradise edition already had that dark electronic sound to it, Lorde just copied LDR blatantly, not the vice versa.

[@MindfulMya]

Ribs was an awakening listening to this at 18 and 19. It was everything.

[@vanshitasingh9992]

It's also everything at 24.

[@JRay.R]

For reeeeeaaaaalll. The entire album was an awakening though, also Bravado had me in a chokehold I swear.

[@logan4231]

@@JRay.Rbravado is sooo underrated

[@PaigeContorno]

Hearing Tennis Court for the first time in a while is really hardcore throwing me back to angsty tumbler

[@priscillaburgos1074]

Literally same!! 🤌🏽❤️

[@hannahsage8707]

Literally all I could think about the whole time watching this was how I used to listen to this album and scroll tumblr between classes my first semester of college 🥺

[@helengrugett]

SAMEEE something awoke inside of me through revisiting this album with bonny and emily

[@mallorykay1816]

you should 1000% check out The Love Club EP it is SO underrated and really adds to the portrait of this early stage in her career!! the title track kinda extends the narrative of tennis court, but from a slightly later moment where she’s becoming famous and being surrounded by a bunch of social climbers and poking fun at their absurdity and the weird shit they do to be a part of the “love club” of celebrity/fame. just generally so concerning that she wrote these songs at 16 and crazy how they continue to age so well sonically and lyrically

[@honeychild4]

Also, there's a version of Pure Heroine (extended play) and she added the The Love Club EP songs to with. So they definelty live in the Pure Heroine Universe.

[@Blazinmomo]

THIS!!!

[@katealliet]

PLEASE ❤️ even just bravado hehe

[@mallorykay1816]

@ omg YES bravado is so underrated

[@caitlinsmith1932]

Thank you for bringing Lorde back into my life!! I never quite grasped her superiority in my younger years but having you break down her albums has truly made her one of my favourite writers/artists!

[@xJentaa]

no actually every relisten confirms this is one of the best albums of all time and definitely the greatest debut of all time and people should study it for centuries

[@LiMoo02]

The BRAVERY of you two to upload another Lorde video! We are not worthy!❤ BTW, love this concept of one of you knowing the album and the other reacting. Would love more of these.

[@HaleyJeanASMR]

this album RAISED me!!! love to see someone experience it for the first time 🥹

[@helengrugett]

HEY HALEY QUEEN, you are even more iconic for being a chatsandreacts watcher like hello????

[@sofianasaruddin]

This debut album by Lorde is the reason why David Bowie used to say she’s the future of music.

[@deescovery]

the timing of this reaction warms my heart. i just gifted this album to my 15 year old nephew for christmas, who is also getting into taylor and more music in general, because he loves writing and music. the themes that comforted me and that meant so much to lorde (and the world) while she wrote them AT HIS AGE, will live on in the next generation. it's so beautiful and timeless.

[@mitchellhansen4189]

Never getting over the first line being “don’t you think that it’s boring how people talk” and ending with “let them talk” like WHAT she’s a genius!!!

[@missmagic707]

Lorde's is her stage name, she added the letter e to make "Lord" more feminine, she wanted a strong name with grandeur. She grew up reading poetry (her mum is a poet) and was really interested in royalty and aristocracy. She has always been scarily self aware and wise beyond her years

[@honeychild4]

"Why did she name it Pure Heroine?" I think in many ways, the title "Pure Heroine" is apposite to Lorde herself. In the early 2010s, she was a heroine with a pure message - a message of honesty and humanity that resonated with everyone, from fans to her fellow musicians. And "pure" is often used when a drug is good. So I think it's the juxtaposition of pure heroin (drug) and pure heroine, as the female of hero, because she places herself as the “heroine” of her own narrative/of the words she imagines and sings about.

[@blohshx1]

Tennis Court: 5:25 400 Lux: 17:47 Royals: 26:10 Ribs: 33:05 Buzzcut Season: 43:05 Team: 48:20 Glory and Gore: 59:35 Still Sane: 1:08:05 White Teeth Teens: 1:14:50 A World Alone: 1:25:10

[@sebastianchavarria5835]

You are speedy

[@Robertdbd20]

something inside me changed when i heard Ribs for the first time, a spiritual moment 🤩

[@itsbecky_13]

That’s real af

[@VincentSimone-rp1pi]

Ribs is one of my favorite songs of all time. It’s so nostalgic and it just reminds me of when I was little, and how much I wish I was still a kid. It really does feel scary getting old.

[@christalyon6038]

also what’s so illegal that on ribs she says “this dream isn’t feeling sweet” which reminds of teenage dream (by katy) and how everyone when they get older wants to feel like a teenager but it’s never that way when your a teen😭🙏. and after pure heroine came out, pop was never the same bubbly pop everything is ok feeling anymore (like teenage dream was😭) AND OLIVIA SAYS IT TOO IN TEENAGE DREAM UGHH.

[@themotherlake]

as a fellow curly haired girl: bonny the hair is slaying

[@chatsandreacts]

Thank youuuuu I do really appreciate that 🥰

[@lakshyarajsinghtanwar]

why everyone is just appreciating bonnie's curls giving Lorde 'Pure Heroine' Vibes while emily's hair also perfectly channels taylor swift 1989 era .its like they are capturing the essence of that iconic 2014 summer when both albums absolutely dominated

[@_josephlevy]

OMG IVE BEEN IN MY LORDE ERA RECENTLY THIS IS SUCH PERFECT TIMING

[@heddadybvadskog-nebb5603]

I also love how she romanticises HER particular teenagehood. It is not the concept of being a teenager in general and it certainly isn't the portrayal of teenagehood seen in movies at the time. It is her own experience. Both of the mundane like driving and wanting clean teeth, but also the knowledge that her life is about to change and she may miss this then. I love the lyric about loving these roads where the houses don't change, because she is saying she loves the comfort of that, the predictability and she's about to leave those and get on the plane and start to see everything in a different light. Side note: I grew up in Norway and genuinely do not think I've ever seen a street where the houses look similar enough to say they don't change. So when I moved to Australia and saw streets like that, where even though they may not be exact copy paste they all have such a similar vibe, I would get incredibly claustrophobic and once had a full on panic attack because I got so lost in them. I think it is such an odd thing to love, and I don't think you realise you miss something like that until you've left it behind.

[@analuizahenriques1703]

Buzzcut Season also reminds me of the military buzzcut. Like they're getting old, and soon the boys will have to enlist in the army, that also relates to "explosions on TV" and "men up on the news"

[@ambernsh]

this album and tumblr combined have made me who i am today. the year of 2013 was so superior

[@bransenquinn]

The way this album changed me as a teenager. Forever changed the pop landscape.

[@jellyfishlover29]

i have been SOOO obsessed with this album lately, so this reaction was EXACTLY what i needed

[@moony788]

The "never see on screen" thing is also so true for anywhere else in the world! I live in Switzerland and it felt like such a revelation when I started listening to music or watching content that wasn't english speaking or america centric, and instead hearing people sing and talk about the places I know and love???

[@lucas3283]

9:08 I’m a history nerd, so I always thought the Tennis Court was in reference to the Tennis Court Oath of 1789, in France, where the Third Estate - or common folk - basically formed a coalition, which led to the start the French Revolution. She was revolutionary in her own way so this is still real to me lmao 😭💀

[@Lena-fn4xu]

finally got the pure heroine and melodrama vinyls for christmas and now you published this, what perfect timing I LOVEEEE LORDE

[@katharinaweber7604]

I loved this format where one of you knows the album better and the other one is reacting! Please more of that.

[@grizmeara]

The end of YOYOK runs perfectly into 400 Lux! That electronic humming noise is the same. Gives me goosebumps everytime!

[@-.jess.-]

I love this, I recently just went on a lorde marathon and re listened to all of her albums !! Are you guys IN MY WALLS????

[@BrunetteGiant]

Obsessed with this and clicked immediately! But the only correction I would make is that Lorde had definitely written these songs before she released Royals. She had so many songs written before she even got a recording contract. Some of them she wrote at 13 and 14

[@siessdanielle]

i love how much emily loves 400 lux because SAAAAME !!! i also think the “hollow” lyric really points to maybe how they were feeling as teens in that time. like teens are sad lol & feel hollow & helpless a lot of the time. i think AS a teen listening to this album when it came out you can reaaaaaally understand the throwaway thoughts she (and her friends / boys / etc) was having at the time bc it’s just so on brand for teenagers

[@PabloRodRest]

I LOVED this format!!! it's like trying to give your BFF some really good tea. Do more albums like this!

[@Forty2Times]

The fact that this was her DEBUT is still crazy. Like...holy f ❤

[@justlikethemoon_]

This video is the sweetest surprise!!! So excited to see Bonny’s reaction!!! ❤

[@rickylosangels]

I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU REACTED TO PURE HEROINE !!! THIS IS MY FAVORITE ALBUM OF ALL TIME 🖤🖤 OMGGGGGGG I was NOT expecting that

[@zu_fairy]

This album is definitely timeless

[@Josh_Porter11]

People don’t realize that her lyrics are up there with Lana and Taylor

[@Person-yr6td]

The way I literally started crying during your breakdown of ribs...

[@morside7806]

hi Bonny & Emily, I've been watching your reactions (on repeats) to TS albums and really enjoying all of them. I think you guys have the most genuine (and informative) reactions, particularly for those who aren't really familiar with all the "easter eggs" in TS songs. However, I'm also fan of Adele. I think that she's one of the most 'stable' in the music industry (I mean that in terms of staying afloat throughout the years). Your video reactions to her album(s) will be a fantastic thing to watch!

[@mmiicchh00]

I love this album😭 praying this video doesn’t get taken down but watching it immediately in case it does!!!

[@deadfor7yrs246]

OH I LIVE this was one of my first favourite albumss UGH

[@jtw.111]

This album oozes freshman year of college for me. It came out at that time in my life and I had it on repeat. Even just hearing the first few seconds of Royals teleports me back to my dorm room.

[@rya2fly]

that’s interesting because this album reminds me of a much younger time, maybe 15 lol

[@nicussor]

Live, Laugh, Love Lorde! I would love a reaction video for “Preacher’s Daughter”, by Ethel Cain from you! It is a concept album and, in my opinion, one of the best albums ever made.

[@matthewmorrin1974]

Been saying this for a while now! They need to fathom what cannot be fathomed!!!

[@lizziehays1390]

If they reacted to preachers daughter I would DIEEE

[@katadvised]

I need that reaction like I need air!

[@colinloveland6667]

PLEASE I LOVE THIS ALBUM

[@sc1388]

Inception came out in 2010 and the horn in the background of Pure Heroine (2013) makes me think of the "Non, je ne regrette rien" they stretch out in that movie.

[@lucasserafim4229]

how is this EXACTLY what I needed today 😭

[@JoseEduardoRodney]

Hit after hit

[@honeychild4]

Also Bonnie you need to hear the extended version of Pure Heroine 🖤🤍 BRAVADO AND THE LOVE CLUB ARE ILLEGAL.

[@abigailpritchett1486]

I’d really only heard 1 or 2 songs from this album before this video…I’m obsessed. I will be adding this to my library immediately. Thank you!!❤️

[@blohshx1]

Y'ALL ARE GLOWINGGG OMGGG 💕 this made my day fr

[@haleywatts9547]

This album came out when I was 14 and I am so grateful for that. It narrated my teenage experience. It was so deeply relevant to me and my friends. Not just lyrically but sonically, it captured the vibe so perfectly.

[@MathorneWOW]

So I am a quiet viewer, but BABES I have been here since the Lover breakdown that was like what, 4 years ago. I am OBSESSED with you both, and I love you both so much. This is obviously BEYOND late but as someone who has been here BEFORE July 2020. I am an American who LOVES you both!!! Emily btw the hair growing out is GIVING and Bonnie... QUEEN. This gay says MOTHER!

[@eduardojefferson8736]

have you guys seen the definition of 400 lux? - "it refers to a certain amount of light over a given area. it is equivalent to the lighting of a sunrise or sunset on a clear day, creating a warm and soft atmosphere" that is clever in so many ways

[@jmarie1422]

Missed you guys!!! Can’t wait to watch

[@jfw7820]

In buzzcut season when she says “So now we live beside the pool where everything is good” I always took that to be like you keep saying its fine but you were literally on fire, so let’s just live by the pool now where you can keep playing/insisting you’re fine but if you catch fire again the waters here to put you out. And the rest of the song is her talking about how she wishes she could ignore all the problems in the world like he does and how nice it must be to not constantly be afraid of the world around you

[@HaydenSmithElevate]

This is the first album I ever loved front to back and it was such a nice surprise to get this little nugget of a video ✨❤️

[@McsDanhi]

I have always admired Lorde's work since her debut album. It is incredible how a 15/16 year old teenager could write in such a mature and metaphorical way. She truly was a child prodigy! 👏🏻

[@CharlotteM21]

Happy New Year! So glad to see you guys back!

[@warcatfurever101writeroffanfic]

Bonny can SING. I love seeing her sing the lyrics. More singing Bonny please.

[@noahmoose]

i’ve never needed anything more than this

[@malacaimarbas2048]

Whenever I listen to this, I think of my best friend in high school, who I had a crush on. A World Alone is the soundtrack to the memory in my mind of my last day of high school, when she and I laid on the floor at the back of the choir room as a movie played, holding hands and playing with each other’s fingers. I felt like I could kiss her right then. We were so close and it felt like we truly were in a world alone. But now I haven’t talked to her in years. Growing up, I guess. It’s such a bright memory, but brilliantly painful and beautiful. ❤

[@jakalope93]

Ribs and No Better have always been my favourite Lorde songs - it was nothing but nostalgia then, and it's still the same now

[@morganking2364]

Ribs will forever have me in a forever chokehold. Easily one of her BEST songs

[@lakshyarajsinghtanwar]

why everyone is just appreciating bonnie's curls giving Lorde 'Pure Heroine' Vibes while emily's hair also perfectly channels taylor swift 1989 era .its like they are capturing the essence of that iconic 2014 summer when both albums absolutely dominated

[@pawe7315]

I love the fact that you never fake your reaction. I are always so honest with is so lovey of you 😊

[@HOSO13]

Love you bonny but jail for not listening to this superior album all this time

[@soph_222]

can’t believe she was so young when she wrote this it is actually incredible and every time i come back to it i realise just how young she sounds!!

[@katiemclean4086]

So thrilled omg I missed you guys!!

[@stormy32316]

I remember where I was when I heard Royals on the radio for the first time, it was that unique and impactful

[@kerinash8897]

This is so exciting!!! I LOVE the reaction from just one of you, more of that would be great!

[@ribsbylorde3833]

one of my favorite albums of all time. all 10 songs are perfect

[@Felipe-zp8ti]

This was the most "chats & reacts" video from chats & reacts ever

[@tryingthislife]

it think the line pulses would drive from here refers to impulsive decisions, like they got nothing better to do but to listen to their pulses/ feelings guiding and telling them what to do whether it's to kiss relentlessly or hookup or sit in silent or driving around in the tree streets whatever they feel like in that moment it's not them in the stirring wheel but their pulses.

[@laurenannwagner2]

I’ve been so obsessed with listening to this album lately, so I was so excited when I saw this video pop up!!!

[@levi-ee2fo]

This was literally made for me IM SO OBSSESSED WITH THIS ALBUM

[@underdog_fn]

this album is, and forever will be, timeless, superior, wonderful, skybound, amazing, beautiful, lovely, interesting, different, and the BEST. you deserve better luck with your Lorde videos!

[@jacksehl194]

omggg I absolutely LOVE this superior album!

[@julianamartinez9737]

loved this reaction! the only songs i knew prior to watching this reaction were team and royals! i remember team being such a huge song here too, heard it on the radio all the time back then. excited to add some songs to my playlist!

[@sandyschmandy8684]

love love love this format pls keep it going ^^

[@kyle_likes_music]

Seeing Ribs live actually changed me. My favorite part is it’s low key a reverse call-and-response where the crowd leads the back and forth and Lorde responds to everyone yelling the lyrics at her

[@400Lux]

the beat in tennis court also is reminiscent of a ball going back and forth! kinda like in a pong arcade game

[@jennawithers6770]

oh to hear anything on this album for the first time... what a treat

[@Kim_golden13]

I know this isn't Lorde related, but please break down Fleetwood Mac's Rumours album.

[@400Lux]

guys. my @ is literally 400 lux. YOU DON'T KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS TO ME!!!

[@MindfulMya]

Immmm sooo happy and excited. I love lorde. I just miss lorde!

[@dd3056]

White teeth teens is so underrated! I find the outro melody so addictive

[@jjcastilllo]

Happy to see you both reaching again! Hope you both enjoy the holiday. So excited to see new reaction videos for 2025!!

[@brookeberger3078]

I’ve been obsessed with this album for years! So happy you are listening!

[@imbaghappy]

I haven’t listened to this album FOR A WHILE! It was on repeat for me when it came out and so thank you for reminding me how good it is! I really should go back to some old favorites of mine

[@Elvisiscrying]

It’s so crazy I was just thinking about you guys today! So excited to watch!!

[@raimbekturyssov3927]

OMGGG NO WAYYYY

[@janafuller6174]

I seriously forgot how much I love this Album!! Such a fun revisit! Also I love the concept of one of you being more familiar with what your reacting too! There is nothing more I love than sharing a song or album I love with my best friend

[@areebebrahim39]

WELL THIS IS A FUN SURPRISE!! I'm VERY excited!!! THANK YOU GUYS🥳 🥳 🥳

[@tstarmanqaz]

This album and melodrama hold up so well, she’s the most modern songwriter we have by a mile.

[@libraryofjonna]

OMG this is something I didn’t know I needed but now i’m desperate to watch it!!!!