FIRST TIME Hearing Pure Heroine in 2021! ~ Songwriter Reacts to LORDE Full Album

[@Luscent]

Who else is excited for Solar Power?!? 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♂️🙋‍♂️ Make sure to come back for my day one reaction! And if you wanna check out my vibes playlist it's here! spoti.fi/3i1AUyu

[@MAidil-sd6xl]

react to yuna - rouge pleaseeeeeeeeee

[@tobeshunned7310]

Shook for upcoming album 🤤

[@dxylightxx9066]

she starts the album with “don’t you think that it’s boring how people talk?” and finishes it with “let ‘em talk” hahah

[@tobeshunned7310]

I knowww😊 love the queen

[@jypyg6530]

Queen shit

[@CycleOfJudges]

Any video vaguely related to this album has this as the top comment. Same person or not, how about just stop please. In my defense this is far and away my favorite female vocalist album of all time. But Lorde fans just obsessively point out the most boring aspect of anything. And it gets upvoted. Anything to say that's potentially cooler than that? Considering 100 people say that exact thing constantly. This is like every fantano video having "you can't just ___ and call it a 10" as 90% of the comments. How about people say something else

[@nem447]

When hearing 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 in a phone booth sized vocal room, a computer and 2 synthesizers. The colorful word pallet is impressive considering she was 16.

[@Luscent]

Yeah that makes a lot of sense she showed so much promise but really mastered it for Melodrama I think! Excited for Solar Power to see what she can do now 4 years on!

[@juanduartec]

I'm the same age as Lorde. And I can confirm that relating to this album is a generational thing in many ways. When this album came out, it marked a before and after in terms of what was portrayed in pop music at the time. That nostalgia feeling for something you didn't even knew you lived, or worse, for something you weren't even sure you were going to be able to experience, it's just crazy. And the idea of being scared of future and growing up in Ribs remains real until today. Many of the lyrics were so relatable, I hold Pure Heroin in a very special place of my heart.

[@juanduartec]

PS. The Internet raised us.

[@petersmith5525]

In New Zealand every school has a tennis court. In the lunch hours some of the kids go down to the tennis court and they stand around talking.

[@Luscent]

Ahh cool I see

[@logan4231]

I’ve also always thought about it in reference to the tennis court oath during the French Revolution. From what I remember, the commoners came together for the first time and discussed a pact to remain United against the monarchy. It makes sense with the royalty and anti-establishment/authority themes

[@PedroSilva-oe9sq]

Many artists are inspired over this game changing project, so it’s very normal that you find references our relatable content

[@PedroSilva-oe9sq]

When listening to pure heroine we have the remember the environment in which it emerges. I remember back then there was no such thing as this kinda dark dream pop… and it was so progressive. We are talking about a 16 yo from New Zealand. Dropping such a project from nothing… the narratives are kinda a mellow and sad but also super ironic and metaphorical. Everything is so representative of all this teenagers who don’t necessarily identify themselves with like Katy Perry and stuff she was so new, raw, pure, dark… ohh gosh i miss those days!!!

[@Luscent]

Yeah it must've been a big deal for those people! Like in Royals she literally says look I don't identify with the current pop landscape and so many must have related to that sentiment

[@Jack-xy3pm]

uh born to die came out a year prior

[@PedroSilva-oe9sq]

@@Jack-xy3pm i was obviously talking about what she inspired, not what she was inspired by. There are many references and Lana was one of them. But even Lana was inspired on something.

[@Cinnamon_gorll]

Here in New Zealand, she was such a big deal!!

[@Jack-xy3pm]

@@PedroSilva-oe9sq "there was no such thing as this kinda dark dream pop"

[@Swiftb00k5]

This is my interpretation - 400 lux is the sunset light and you can actually make a sound out of 400 lux which is that wired horn played, the song itself is about being a in a car at sunset with someone you love “you pick me up then take me home again head out the window again” I didn’t like it at first but it’s one of fav tracks there are so many clever lyrics in it ,also can we appreciate she was 14/15 when she wrote these?!? love the reactions! X

[@Luscent]

Oh cool! Yeah I'm looking forward to hearing them multiple times and seeing if they grow on me

[@grase99]

so excited! ribs is one of my favorite songs of all time it's just so nostalgic and i leaned heavily on this album when i first moved out from my family and lived in a small place with a friend.. this dream isn't feeling sweet, feels so scary getting old, you're the only friend i need, sharing beds like little kids 🥺

[@evan_sunprince]

Legit, the drone that starts 'ribs' just transports me into the best memories I have. Wile also expressing my giant fears of growing up.

[@Luscent]

I love that you guys relate to it so much ♥️ for me it's the most vulnerable song on the album and is all the better for it

[@auzzieguy88]

I agree - this is an album of teenage thoughts and discovery, but I’m all for the sparse and often abrasive production. It was ‘400 Lux’ that blew me away on first listen - so experimental and sonically challenging (in a good way) for a pop song. Everyone’s entitled to their own opinion, but I wouldn’t blame the production or mixing; I’d just put it down to personal taste. Fasten your seatbelt before listening to a Charli XCX record 😉

[@Seabasstard22]

He isn’t ready for charli my first listen was a bit … jarring? Was different

[@Hugo-G]

I'm the same age as Lorde, so when this album came out my relationship with music changed. As a weird kid who always felt like an outcast I found a true connection to her songs, the teenage angst, the insecurity, and the embrace of not being the status quo. Pure Heroine was also literally the first album that made me appreciate albums as one body of work with a uniting central theme. Ironic that Bowie coined her the future of music, because Bowie only became my favorite artist after Lorde made me open to listen to whole incredible albums outside the generic pop world.

[@brandonpadilla5402]

My high-school experience happened while she was rolling out this album so the songs hold really nostalgic memories for me cause I can remember moments in the car with my friends listening to songs like 400 LUX with Nowhere to go because we were minors. Riding around drinking and smoking being reckless high schoolers having water wars, going to parties. Simpler times. Now I have to pay bills 😒

[@Luscent]

Yeah I love how music can take you back to those times

[@takemyhand1988]

Lorde considers ribs as the prequel to supercut. So you got that right

[@Luscent]

Aw awesome!

[@alexandervega5299]

I was obsessed with this album when I was 9!! Such nostalgia.

[@Luscent]

I was 20! 💀

[@rnaefinx]

Such a very very nostalgic album and highlights the time of my life transitioning out of high school to university etc.

[@clarissaschenk]

I have to admit that I listened to this album for the first time this year, too. I can‘t stretch enough how much I would‘ve connected to it when it came out, Lorde and I are the same age! I have to say that it took me a couple listens to appreciate the album the way it deserves to be appreciated in my opinion and now some of the songs are all time favorites for me, especially Buzzcut season, Glory and Gore and 400 lux. And I still can’t wrap my head around how this is a debut album that came out when she was 16 (!!!). Also, I will die on that hill that, Production wise, it was ahead of its time although it sounds maybe a bit off today. If you‘re interested, there’s also an extended edition of the album with 5 extra songs that were her ‚Love Club EP‘ and I think they‘re amazing too!

[@Luscent]

Cool! Yeah I'm looking forward to the songs growing on me definitely!

[@laurie8857]

And how good is the love club ep. I remember seeing the illustration on the cover, having no idea who Lorde was.. and every song needing 1000 listens

[@grase99]

also you should definitely do the tracks on the extended version! the love club and bravado are some of my favorites on the album

[@neontyler6663]

Since Pure Heroine, Lorde already shows how smart and unique she is, like who the hell thought of that album lyrics and theme at a very young age (she wrote like she came from Shakespear’s Era) , and that album already were futuristic back in the day, just listen to pop music at that time, you can tell she’s unique, and after that the pop music changed a lot like her, then melodrama came, it changed the music again like her style. Such a Queen.

[@Luscent]

Yeah I really appreciate how unique and talented she is

[@theodillon3216]

When I heard buzzcut season the first thing I thought of was cancer (other people have also made the connection a lot): « head caught flame » « it kissed your scalp and caressed your blame » is the cancer, and having to shave your head because of treatment coinciding with buzzcut season and summer. And the song is about living in a tiny world of ease and suburban comfort juxtaposed with the grounding and perspective of the sickness

[@Luscent]

Wow that's such a deep interpretation thanks for sharing

[@davidsguarcas]

yayyyyyyyy i've been waiting for this one

[@Luscent]

Hype-ity hype hype hype

[@gatomoirto]

You should watch the video "How Lorde Makes you Feel Nostalgic" by the channel Existential Delight, were he talks about Ribs. This song is truly a masterpiece. Happy you liked this one

[@thomass546]

13:24 yeah it would make sense! conan has said multiple times that lorde and taylor are two of his biggest inspirations (and he's talked about lorde influencing his music several times even before melodrama came out so he definitely did take inspiration from pure heroine). plus i'm pretty sure he's tweeted about ribs at least three times lol he's obsessed with that song

[@Luscent]

That makes sense! His Sunset Season EP gives me similar vibes to Pure Heroine and is similarly under produced you know?

[@mackconnelly]

i always had the theory that tennis court was about the french revolution because of the class clown and beauty queen (king louis’ poor leadership and marie antoinette’s reknown beauty) and then a big event was when the revolutionaries were meeting but were locked out of their usual location so they moved to the tennis court to show that the meetings and revolution couldn’t be stopped. also the beginning lyrics sound like the perception of marie antoinette being bored and rich

[@Chloe-ms8qz]

Ribs is the hitter of that album 10/10

[@Luscent]

Yeah defo

[@juliusnizama7347]

omg to hear ribs for the first time, am I right fellas?

[@cristianandresospinacastan8111]

Actually supercut is the “Little sister” of Ribs! Lorde said it! Her two best songs! ❤️

[@elias3078]

Yessss I'm ready for it!

[@Luscent]

Hype hype hype

[@lanaotep9838]

Glory and Gore its my fav

[@CAM-sf9yy]

Omg yes

[@wolfie7575]

Fo sure I was wondering how it wasn't a hit

[@Cowmilaa]

I love ribs and buzzcut season so much

[@takemyhand1988]

How I rank it from best to worst (It's hard, even the worst is better than half of other popular songs) Glory and gore Buzzcut season Team Tennis court Ribs White teeth teens 400 lux Royals Still sane A world alone

[@HenkHip]

I agree with much of what you said! I think it's good that perhaps 'Pure Heroine' isn't as much relevant for us anymore, as that shows we have grown (up). I remember, at the time, it was transcendent to see all my teenage-thoughts put out there by a teenager, which is also what you mentioned. This sense of community she built, throughout a whole generation of listeners, raised on the internet, dancing in their world alone, hypercritical of consumption and opulence, anti-establishment. Crazy to think about what she achieved, and the stress it must have brought along with it. The one thing I think we differ on is the production being too 'rough' or 'harsh'. Whenever you said that I thought: That's the point. It's supposed to be very contrasting, even sometimes awkward or clunky or not-too-polished. Because that's what your teenage years are. These clunky messes of trial and error, and that's what this album felt like production-wise to me too. And perhaps that's also why Melodrama is more refined. Much like us, she has grown too, and moves on to different topics and sounds, different ways of finding contrast. Those are now more pleasing to us too most likely, growing simultaneously. TL:DR 'Pure Heroine' was a growing pains and coming of age album, that still speaks on relevant topics (finding community, confidence, capitalist critique, etc.). Furthermore, she was one of the trendsetters when it came to introducing new and alternative sounds, and experimenting after a huge hit (Royals). Again, this emphasizes her individuality and her very 'anti-' personality. When she should have gone right, creating a sweet and fun 'pop' album, she went totally left field. Lorde stan forever! (Also my favorite Lorde song is still Ribs, closely followed by Hard Feelings / Loveless). Thanks for reading, and for your reaction :)

[@CAM-sf9yy]

I agree with this on every level and love this breakdown so much.

[@elias3078]

2021 and Pure Heroine still one of my favorites albums

[@alecio85]

“No Better’ is my fave track not on the Spotify album

[@XMagiX21]

No better is so good! So underrated!

[@Dakota13c]

I’ve went down a rabbit hole watching your videos. Love the reactions. You NEED to listen to Alec Benjamin. Such a good story teller and I LOVE his voice.

[@Luscent]

Awesome yeah I'll add him to my list!

[@elizabethemocranberry]

Pure Heroin did represent teenage me 🥲

[@ParecetamolSmile]

I've just watched the first 5 seconds and I'm already like WHAAAAAT

[@phantom9808]

You could try to experiment something different like Brazilians artist like Pabllo Vittar, her album " Não para não" or " 111" Or you could react to Anitta's videoclipe " Gril from Rio " Or Iza with the videoclipe " gueto" I would love to see your reaction haha Love your content 🥰

[@Luscent]

Cool thanks for the recommendations!

[@MultiGreenG]

Oh no "the love club" on this version of the album, I forgot.

[@samnichol482]

I actually yelped “NO!” when you compared Buzzcut Season to a Clean Bandit song 😭 she was the blueprint!!

[@Luscent]

Clean Bandit were formed in 2008 and started releasing stuff like A+E and Mozart's House in 2012 and Royals cane out 2013 so yeah fact checking 💁

[@thomashavard-morgan8181]

Tennis Court, it has been said may be a reference to the Tennis Court Oath, which kick started the French revolution.

[@Luscent]

Oh interesting

[@tobeshunned7310]

Always waiting for more Marina 🙏🙏

[@Luscent]

I will get around to it at some point haha

[@tobeshunned7310]

@@Luscent You're very enjoyable as a commentator, if thats even the right word. Thank you for making KZbin videos hhaha

[@jesspaine3396]

I really enjoy your reactions! (And accent 😍) thanks!

[@Luscent]

Haha glad you enjoyed!

[@morten2001]

Great reaction! Such a good album. Please do Sigrid`s album Sucker Punsh next. It is so good, and would be perfect for a Christmas special:)

[@kevinmedina7039]

I think that 400lux is about how we love when we’re young, the feelings of emptiness that maybe just alcohol and one person can fill in that moment of your life and the relationships that make us feel good, comfortable, basically this song appreciate and romanticize this lifestyle

[@Belbecat]

I reckon all those sounds you don't like over taking the vocals, I believe is Lorde just turning up what she likes because her vocals weren't in her mind the focus of her music until it turns out it was to most people. I also think PH was meant to capture essence and feeling. She understood that this album was hard to dance to and people were captured but not moved, so Melodrama was to get people moving and to move people. Like you said while the world at the time was telling us to get drunk party and do drugs, she let us know it's ok to just enjoy the little things in our simple neighbourhoods and school life, young love. Pop music really changed since then influenced by this realisation that people wanted real stuff not the fake stuff I think.

[@Luscent]

Really cool insight! Interesting that she didn't focus on her vocals that's very un-pop like!

[@laurie8857]

I heard an interview where she said when she toured Pure Heroine, she realised the album didnt have much movement, so she wanted a more kinetic album to follow. I think she achieved this with Melodrama. It also makes sense that in your teens, you are more likely to journal heavy feelings, in 20s you dance them out

[@genm.7117]

So the tennis court reference is how she grew up in New Zealand in private schools and they would go to the tennis court to well play/practice tennis and they would use that time to gossip

[@kimberlywhatevervids3106]

She's looking for deep people but also wants to just stay a kid. I am confusion but so is being a teenager.

[@Luscent]

Yeah I guess it represents that feeling well

[@andygeorge1990]

I'm gonna echo the commenter who suggested you react to Paramore, maybe start with BNE and go forward from there? After Laughter is probably my favourite. And Troye Sivan references Buzzcut Season, as well as Hurts Like Heaven by Coldplay, on I'm So Tired with Lauv.

[@Luscent]

Omg I love that and I love hurts like heaven! Did not clock that haha yeah I'd like to discover a bit more Paramore though o already know After Laughter quite well

[@duolangue96]

your voice is very soothing

[@Luscent]

Thaaaaaankssssssssss

[@venificusmalatia4524]

21:13 More accurately she says only bad people LIVE to see their likeness set in stone Eluding to how throughout history, typically the only leaders who erected statues of themselves while they were still alive were bad people. (Dictators, etc) Whereas, when someone builds a statue of you when you die, typically it was because you did something great for people, and are to be respected Tldr: Statues of someone whos alive are supposed to be feared, Statues of someone whos dead are meant to be respected.

[@chickennugget7965]

You should react to Banks by Banks

[@Jetblackhair1]

You are soo cutee at reacting 😭 im subscribing foh sure

[@TheMrheartless]

Isnt this missing 3 songs? Bravado Swinging party Love club 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@Luscent]

Yeahh I didn't realise there was a deluxe version lol

[@pazuzu6321]

Tennis court, 400 lux, buzzcut season, ribs, glory and gore and team are my bitches 💗🛐

[@mohammadhayek7317]

SAME OMG

[@nicoosuxx]

can you pleeease react to lana's norman fcking rockwell?

[@Luscent]

I'm doing them in order!

[@Mycreepymind]

REACT TO COCOROSIE, OR TO ART ANGELS BY GRIMES, OR NICOLE DOLLANGANGER

[@Luscent]

Thanks for the recommendations!

[@unicornngoddess]

that cowbell type thing in Glory and Gore is all I can hear in that section.. I'm glad it's not in the rest of the song because I love the rest

[@Luscent]

Yeah I know it's kinda badly mixed imo

[@terrencelovesyou4506]

Ribs>>>>>

[@rayanjbrr]

omg bestie you should react to beyonce's album the lion king: the gift

[@Idlestarrr]

Could you please react to paramore I recommend the album ‘brand new eyes’ :)

[@Luscent]

Thanks for the recommendation!

[@laylaong7439]

Ribs is getting my gut af

[@fartpotatoes]

I thought you would have heard Team (It was on the Radio a lot and pretty popular).

[@fartpotatoes]

Oh, and Royals was her first song, which won her a Grammy. I'm not sure what she won the other one on. Also, she was 15 or 16 I think when she made it. Thinking about it, you probably already know this...

[@Luscent]

Maybe I wasn't listening to much radio at the time? I'm UK too so not sure how massive she was over here compared to the US etc

[@christopher7804]

@@fartpotatoes she's from New Zealand

[@fartpotatoes]

@@christopher7804 Oop... I literally knew that. Idk why I said Netherlands. I seriously know she lives in New Zealand.

[@readyset6210]

Please React To Alexandra Savior - The Archer

[@_josephlevy]

I love this reaction !

[@peterruver8458]

React to 1000 forms of fear by Sia

[@Luscent]

I've already heard it many times!!

[@diegomartinez6933]

Never listened to pure heroine 😳 not anymore though 😌

[@Luscent]

Yayy haha

[@MAidil-sd6xl]

react to Yuna - Rouge pleaseeeeeee

[@Luscent]

Thanks for the recommendation!

[@cainvarner]

not u saying meh to most songs 😭

[@Luscent]

😬 I knowww I guess like maybe I would've understood it if I were a teenager listening to it when it first came out you know?

[@camilameza5596]

Not to be rude but you look like Albert from (A monster in Paris)

[@Luscent]

I'll take that hahaha

[@Seabasstard22]

400 lux is one of my least favorites as well

[@Luscent]

Yeah for some reason it doesn't come together for me

[@daipearmain]

Pure Heroine is more intricate and far better than Melodrama and Solar by a mile, and frankly how people find the watered down paint-by-numbers stoner pop of the latter better is beyond me. I'm advising you go get a hearing test.

[@sw47]

You should be ashamed of yourself 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@Luscent]

😭😂

[@bigvee401]

your voice is way louder than the songs, turn it up a bit ok

[@christopher7804]

No ok

[@celo12345100]

🤢

[@dcelian1458]

Hi ! Havent finished the video yet, but i just wanted to say : what’s really cool with this album is that you can interpret it in so many different ways. There is no « proper » way to feel or perceive it, and i think your takes on these songs are just as valid as anyone elses. I even think they’re pretty good ! Anyway ima continue the video, byeee Also in case you didnt notice : the album starts with « dont you think that it’s boring how people talk » and ends with « let them talk » which i find so intrestingly beautiful

[@Luscent]

Yeah someone else mentioned the same thing! Really cool

[@bimbofication9659]

He barley even listened to the songs cus he was talking through all of Them no wonder he disliked the ones he did