Melodrama

Good, but I think I’ve aged out of this genre.

Not sure if I like this or Pure Heroine more. Regardless, it’s a very good record.

Enjoyed this.

Talented singer and deep lyrics, but does nothing for me.

I wish I liked this more but it's quite overrated in my eyes. Her lyrics are good, the production is really good, keeps you on your toes and expecting different sounds as the album goes on, but it wore on me eventually, at least felt repetative enough that i through in the towel regarless of Lorde's emotional connection. It's all in the album title I guess.

Green Light

I really liked the vives

Nice pop album.

Third album in a row that sounds like this. It felt like most of the album was the same song. She is clearly talented, just not for me. 2.5/5 Won't listen again

je suis pas forcément fan, j'imagine que ce n'est pas du tout mon style de musique. et pourtant j'ai beaucoup de pop. je suis pas fan des mélodies ni des prod. c'est pas catastrophique pour autant. juste je ne le réécouterai pas

Amazing. Best song: Supercut

An extra star for a measurable reduction in ear bleeding compared to 'Royals'. 'The Louvre' is borderline inoffensive and lulled me into a false sense of complacency before the sudden onslaught of some of the most jarring and caustic notes ever committed in a mainstream pop song. There are moments of decent production and beats, immediately undercut by lazy simile. Nice cover.

Creative and very personal set of songs. Liability in particular, is one of the most beautiful songs I've heard in a while. Great album cover too. Faves: Green Light, Hard Feelings/Loveless, Liability

Some good songs. Many average ones.

Mmmm pues es bueno pero no es muy de mi gusto

Very Lorde.

Pleasant and easy to listen to. Pop but alternative enogh to please me.

Somewhere between cool and lame, heaven and hell. Talent and creativity but maybe I'm just old and bitter and don't like where this type of music took pop culture.

Partially known. Mostly just all sounds the same.

The author of this list wants me to kill myself (complimentary)

I do love drama

Normalize artists telling the crowd to STFU, I ain't paying 100$ to listen to Brittney from Iowa scream-sing Writer in the Dark.

Do I like her voice? Yes...no..yes...no....yes?? There were actually only two songs on this album that I didn't like. The music was great. Really liked the song Supercut.

I wanna meet the guy who’s jacking anton off. A bit boring but a few song like dynamite and green light were good but overall wasn’t that impressive to me.

Good groove, and lyrics. I quite liked Liability. But overall it didn't blow me away. I'd listen again, because of the groove, and the style. But it's not the best example of this style, to me.

Not heard of Lorde before. Great first listen. Loved the album. Easy to listen to and a great many pop hooks in her songs.

I enjoyed this (especially "Liability").

Fine, and I've already completely forgotten it. I would like to hear the justification of why I needed to hear this album.

Favorite Song: Green Light

very good! i enjoyed it a lot. that “pop” sound i imagine.

8/10

Boring pop music. Not my jam.

Not a fan. The late 2010’s was a great time for good pop music, this album doesn’t count.

- i remain obsessed with this album cover - i was already familiar with liability, supercut, perfect places, writer in the dark - i feel like her music is maybe not 100% my style but i do like some of the songs - favorites: green light, supercut - rating: 3/5

seeing this was today's album was like winning the lottery very solid release from lorde although i still prefer her debut project notable: green light, supercut 4/5

the alt pop bible but not the best there is i fear highlights: liability, hard feelings/loveless, supercut 3.75/5

This was pretty hit or miss for me. I enjoyed some of the brighter/bouncier melodies, even while they were paired with sardonic imagery (the piano roll on “Green Light” reminded me of Supertramp while “Loveless” evoked Kate Bush). Some tracks felt, as the title suggests, melodramatic. To my ears, the album does not do well separated from 2010s dance-floors. It feels like a bit of a time capsule only ten years later, even if in all fairness, Lorde is one of the architects of that sound.

Way too much production for my feeble mind....

Very nice album

Me gusta mucho su estilo relajado y a la vez tan caótico, buen álbum.

Man corporate songwriters straight up don’t give a fuck anymore. How is this autotune heavy I’m-so-soulful-about-being-uninteresting vocal on here? This is why I avoid hearing modern pop. Hilariously terrible.

Started well with Green Light, but then seemed to fall into this standard husky voiced dance-lite style that's been popular in the later 2010s and leaves me super uninterested.

Lorde's voice is incredible. Only knew her from Royals but man she vibes.

Shits ass

I enjoyed it. A ton of hype around this album, and it's good and all, but didn't quite live up to everything I've heard.

3.5/5

Im pleasantly surprised. This album is so ahead of its time. Loved it

9.5/10

Like it's not bad bad it's just not for me

Was fine. Nothing that stood out. More of a background music, but pleasant to listen to

No es mi gusto personal

meh, not my style really

Pretty good, I really like Lorde's voice. Stands out against most pop artists.

Amazing

Started strong with green light and kept it fairly well

green light, hard feellings/loveless y the louvre fueron las unicas que me gustaron, me parece que es un disco bien producido pero es todo muy artificial, no me gusta.

Not for me

Really enjoy this album and frequently listen to it. Has the vibe of today's youth with a very catchy and at times upbeat sound.

I really liked her first album but apparently not enough to listen to anything else she's put out. This was very good!

Pretty good

I liked it but I didn't love it; I prefer to keep discovering other albums.

Sounds good.

I love Green Light forever

FIVE STARS FIVE STARS

I liked this, but there were no standout songs for me that would bring me back, so I really struggled on what to rate it. I flipped a coin on whether it would be a 3 or a 4, and it got lucky: 4.

7/10 flojo. Las expectativas quedaron demasiado altas con su debut Pure Heroine.

Me parece un buen álbum pero en general siento que combina y usa la misma fórmula durante todo el álbum y no llega a explayarse en otras capacidades vocales.

It was surprising good! I’ve never really liked any of the lords songs I’ve heard before. But there was something sort of nostalgic about this album

This was a nice listen, but I won’t listen again.

6.0/10

A good vocalist Sabotaging herself Stupid baby talk

2,5

Brilliant, going on my favorites list.

it was goood nostalgic almost

love this album!

i like the instrumentals on a couple tracks in the first half, especially the fucked up drums in parts of "the louvre" and the weird metallic squeals on "hard feelings", but other than that this one just didnt register. i spent most the second half of the album checking the track list like "damn.... theres still this many tracks left?" i've already forgotten everything i didn't mention already. im not sure if it's not for me or if its just not very good,

The lyrics come off like a prose-y teen diary: juvenile, alluding to dynamics and scenes that don't reveal much of a story beyond vague longing, but aside from the first song they do manage to float along without many clunks. Melodrama, yep. None of the songs are bad offenders, I like the production on Hard Feelings/Loveless particularly, but nothing strikes out at me as interesting or engaging. Maybe because I'm not under the age of 23. But Lorde has a strength in making repetition and similar lyrics flow without getting obnoxious, to the point of track partitions not being obvious at times, so it was an easy listen. The final song Perfect Places is where all the energy dripped off the rest of the album roast like a concentrated mid-2010s pop jus. Supercut is the one I might listen to again.

*incorrect buzzer*

With production help from Jack Antonoff, this 2017 album from Lorde is labeled Electropop. Pretty accurate, lot of electronic instruments, however, the vocal style isn’t really something I enjoy, but perhaps it will grow on me. I will say the production and writing are stellar, however. Out of nowhere, turns out I’m kind of a fan of Sober II (Melodrama); I think the trap drum kit really fits the song. Other than that one song, I didn’t particularly enjoy many of the other songs, basically just Sober II and The Louvre.

Wowowowowow nostalgia. What a gift to see this album included. And the first that I’ve seen performed live :) Seattle, 2017, with Jordan and Steven. Her cover of frank ocean destroyed us all. Anyway time to listen. Green Light / I can imagine seeing her dancing for the first time like it was yesterday The mfin Louvre Every single song is so good fuck Liability jfc What a time capsule too. Jack Antonoff wasn’t quite as ubiquitous yet… and Lorde was still such a genuine freak. She’s so FUNNY. “I’m psycho high” Writer in the mfin dark? Jfc. Do I give this a 5/5? It seems wrong when I think I still prefer Pure Heroine. Or do I? Why not both 5/5? “In my headddd” jfc literally zero skips all bangers that concert was so good

“They say, ‘You're a little much for me You're a liability You're a little much for me’ So they pull back, make other plans I understand, I'm a liability” High quality (semi) contemporary Art Pop that cements Lorde as one of the deeper and more talented artists within the genre that my girlfriend and I affectionately refer to as “Girly-pop”. Lorde was doubtless key in laying the foundations of the female dominated pop landscape that exists today and it is interesting listening to this nearly ten years after its release. Sensitive and personal songs speaking on the female experience find increasing commercial success and resonate with fans in a very meaningful way. Lorde is clearly extremely good at delivering exactly these kinds of tracks and this “Melodrama” is a great example of this.

doodoo

не знаю, де я чула деякі пісні звідси... можливо, в «Коли завмирає серце»?? наче якось схоже на те що я чула в тому серіалі.. ААААА це її пісня «Ribs»... ніі...... В будь-якому випадку інді попса - не моє, але дуже можливо що 15річній мені дуже сподобалось. Зараз хочеться шоб оце гітари, барабани оце били, як в старому доброму рок-н-роллі. Шоб від тої музики трясло і серце вистрибувало. А тут цього всього немає, це хіба шо альбом шоб поплакать за підлітковою закоханістю (і то не треба через таке плакати (воно того не варте)). так що, а я знаю? нехай буде 3

I like the album, the best things about it are the singers voice and the vibes of the songs Favs songs - Green Light, Hard Feelings/Loveless, Supercut 4/5

Bad, boring… 2 notes songs… rubbish! C’etait difficile de ne pas zapper…

A record that makes me feel very old. I mean, it's perfectly serviceable pop, but it's just not for me. Granted, most of this list is skewed heavy to the middle-aged white guy, so I'm hardly underrepresented, but I can only like what I like...

2025年の骨盤のジャケットのアルバムしか聞いたことなくてそれは極めて微妙だったけど、このアルバムは良いポップアルバムだと思った。

Feels like basic radio slop on first glance, tho some of the underlying beats being a little weird/silly kinda defeats that. Sadly only a few songs ring that bell and even then they don't really capitalize on that "strong" point. Being a dude how mostly likes songs based on vibes, the only songs I could enjoy were homemade dynamite because it gave a hint of the Y2K Justin Timberlake feel and sober II because that part with the 808ish beat + the strings just tickles my fancy. All in all won't be listening to the whole album again but wouldn't want to end it all when I'd be forced to.

Not sure how I feel about this album I enjoyed it, but not the way that I thought I should It's fine. I'm sure that if I had been in my 20's when this album came out I would have been more into it but my musical taste was solidified in the late 90s.

Cudowna płyta. Chyba niezbyt doceniałam Lorde wcześniej, ale to na pewno się zmieni. Teksty są szczere do bólu, a melodie same zapętlają się w głowie. Tak powinien wyglądać dobry pop. 8.5/10

As a gen Xer that knows little about this sub genre or era, Lorde seems to be a much better songwriter than a lot of the others out there. I liked this album.

Non una pietra miliare, ma ci sono brani davvero sorprendenti come The Louvre o Liability Da riascoltare almeno 1 volta

I dont often like the popish singer types of artists but lorde has some songs that can hit me for some reason. The fact she uses a more instresting soundscape really elevates her sound. I think this album is petfectly between a 3 and a 4 for me.

I find it difficult to form an opinion about this record. The cover is beautiful, Lordes singing equally so and the production is of very high quality. At release it would have probably sounded fresh and a nice departure from pop of the time. I however am listening to it in 2026 and it's sound does not hold up in my opinion. I have heard Jack Antinoffs formulaic enough these past few years as it seems every lady in pop has to make atleast one album with the guy. This is some of his better work, still halfway through a number the formula becomes boring as musically it doesn't do anything exciting. The vocals are good, but in my opinion don't fit really well with the production style. A singer with more energy, more 'oomph' to their voice would fit better. All in all it's a fine album that isn't helped by the fact I don't care for breakup songs

Not my thing, nothing wrong with it, just not terribly interesting for me.

Yummy

Thought I’d like this more - I like her voice and music itself and lots of good hooks but the lyrics are too corny/cringey for me at times and does remind me of Taylor swift in the ways that I don’t like Taylor swift sorry lorde !!!

I dislike this like taylor swift and charli xx on crack

Not that bad but im not that into it

i just dont like any songs this lady makes

Nothing I am particularly fond of, but it was groovy enough and felt as though there was a lot of emotion behind it

She's like young, New Zealand, dance Bjork. I don't get music critics. I like this album but is it better than any other recent pop diva? Chaos Chaos heard this album and knew they wanted to make music for Rick and Morty. She also has kind of a pop Regina Spektor feel too. I like this album more than I thought I ever would. I really like this album.

Green Light

I'm not a fan of modern radio pop but Green Light is a great song. This might grow on me with further listens but unfortunately I'm allergic to the crammed and generic production. Wonder if it sounded better 9 years ago.

Album I would replace this one with: Tame Impala - Innerspeaker (2010) 5/5

I don't understand the popularity. It's kinda boring. Her voice is nice. Not a fan of the synth instead of a band. I'd rather hear her with an actual band behind her. It doesn't even make me want to hear more of her. It's just kinda there. Like she's sleepy. Explains the album cover of her in bed. I guess you can judge this album by the cover.

It was a solid listen and emotionally packed. Realizing as a middle aged white guy that I'm not the intended target of those emotions, I will say I clearly knew it wasn't aimed at me, but it was still a good listen. There wasn't anything real memorable about it, but I'll probably give it another spin.

Ooooh getting drunk on a Wednesday!!!! Yea I mean, this was ok I guess.

It's important in this post-truth world that we be as honest and straightforward about things as we can be. With that in mind, I can say without fear of straying into mendacity that this album is dog shit wrapped in cat shit. She lost me early doors with the lines, "those great whites, they have big teeth, hope they bite you". Carole King she is not.

Pleasant enough without doing anything to particularly excite me.

I remember the hype around this album right before it came out was crazy. First song is great but everything else kind melds into itself.

It's modern pop and I guess not even that modern anymore. It's fine, obviously it's got that standard compelling-pop beat, but it's also forgettable. I guess rather Lorde than almost any of her contemporaries for me. 3/5

Good album from Lorde, but something felt a bit empty on this album. I wanted to give it a 4, but it felt like it was missing something. None the less, good product and solid performance form her.

Jack Antonoff is a phenomenal producer, but there's only so much he can do to offset the esthetics that Lorde top often leans into. Cursive singing, pick me energy, and a particularly mopey writing style, really made this hard for me to like. Jack is the reason it gets more than a 1 for me. His production is always beautiful, even if he has to adapt to suit Lorde's boom clap style of pop. Also you can really tell he cowrote this. Alot of these songs have a particular LDR NFR vibe to them, which he also cowrote.

I have a hard time liking Lorde's vocal style, but it's definitely a me problem — this album is excellent. Gotta listen to more Kiwi musicians I suppose. So much great production and writing.

Some bangers indeed.

Pretty grating. Not for me

fuck yeah.

The Taylor Swift effect 20 years from now we will be able to look back and see the amount of influence Taylor Swift had on music and realize she has- for better or worse- had as much influence as The Clash, Metallica, Led Zeppelin, Eminem, Pearl Jam and on and on. There are now catalogs of music built on her influence and generations of second level acts building off of those foundations. This is a good record. Not my thing.

I went into this album with the thought “Ewwww skylar music” but, I was happily surprised while listening to Lorde. I liked the order of the album I think every song compliments one another and the album flows very well.

This is probably my favorite Lorde album from a sonic stance; I think her voice works best with synths and a more electronic sound. I wouldn’t call it her best lyrical work, but it’s not terrible. My favorite is Hard Feelings/Loveless.

Sorry, but this isn’t my kind of pop. I understand the appeal, but it doesn’t do anything for me. I’m also not a fan of her voice.

Easy 5. Listening to this album feels like being 20 (in all the best and worst ways) for me, and I could listen to it forever.

the people are going to hate this but I was not a fan. Her voice felt whiny and performative, I couldn't really focus on anything that was being said. Music was not doing enough to offset

Not my style or music

I'm good

Started strong with the first 3 songs, but I only really liked 3 other songs. Her singing is quite raw.

Atmospheric, soft, sad and when it needs to be, incredibly vibrant. I've never been big on Lorde outside of a handful of tracks but I understand why this one gets a lot of praise. For some reason it makes me wonder if Olivia Rodrigo is going to make it into the next revision of the book.

Really good album, a nice discovery.

Yay another female artist!! But this is lowkey my least favorite type of music (sorry Lorde).

Excellent album. Great feel. Excellent production. Pop + feeling. Well worth several replays.

Ngl it’s a modern classic

not really my cup of tea but overall pretty ok i suppose 3/5

Some nice production choices. Lyrics fairly interesting. But modern pop not really for me.

Enjoyed this. Probably won’t listen again

Really well produced and enjoyed it more than expected (★★★½)

Aye it's fine. Fair play to her but nothing that really stood out and spoke to me .

Enjoyed this more than I thought I would, some pop bangers, some Kate Bush-esque moments. Can't not think of that video of her shooshing the audience for trying to sing along to Writer In The Dark. Good album, probably a 3.5 but I couldn't possibly give a shoosher more than a 3.

Favorite Tracks: Green Light / Homemade Dynamite / Liability / Supercut Rating: 3.7 Sounds fantastic in Lossless through a good pair of headphones! That Antonoff production value all over this thing; generally just very tight, dynamic, and interesting touches like some kind of melotron flute on Dynamite or the super distorted piano on Supercut. Loses some steam in the middle for me, and the whole depressed-at-an-EDM-show-but-make-it-pop thing isn't really my vibe, but Lorde's voice is really interesting and works well for this. I preferred Pure Heroin overall but even as a 40 something white dude this is a pretty cool album.

Green light- boring Sober- boring Homemade dynamite- had good flow but boring The louvre- “were the greatest, they’ll hang us in the louvre” is a real line Liability- surprised me. So emo. Reminds me of waitress. Hard feelings/loveless- favorite so far. Again, good flow but boring. Interesting transition Sober II- beat was cool Writer in the Dark- hated this one. No instruments during the bridge Supercut- boring Really well produced with nothing new to say. Feel like I’ve heard several of these songs a thousand times before by a thousand artists. Really reminds me of Taylor swift but great voice. Party music for people who are afraid of everything, or good supermarket music.

Fine.

Estuvo bastante bien, pero no acabé de conectar con el álbum.

Haha, before listening to this, I was only really familiar with one Lorde song, and it wasn't on this album. The album was good though!

Day 12 — Lorde — Melodrama (2017) Listened: Mar 7, 2026 Genre: Indie Pop / Art Pop / Electropop Vibe: Heartbreak driven and emotionally raw, empowering, melancholic theatrical pop Highlights: • Green Light • Sober • The Louvre • Hard Feelings/Loveless • Writer in the Dark • Supercut • Perfect Places Impression: Great album from top to bottom. This is my type of pop. Great energy and lyrics. Rating: 3.5/5 Keep songs? Yes Revisit album? Yes

This was a very well done album. I enjoyed it quite a bit, more than I thought I would.

I’m not a big Lorde fella but I don’t mind her

like the lyrics, like the music, i just struggle with her voice

Easy to enjoy, familiar tracks

This album reminds me of someone who used to listen to it a lot, unwanted nostalgia. Though I can see why some songs e.g. Green Light are very successful, I can't help but feel much of the lyrics are very singer songwriter-esque. I realised after listening that its produced by jack antonoff, which explains so much. Like his other work (Sabrina C, Taylor Swift) I find this so flat, tame and and unidimensional. The sounds cape is so simple and repetitive for what is listed as a concept album. I understand a stripped bare production fits the theme of the album, but what little is left is very generic. Giving it a 2 because if how young Lorde was when she made this and I think production is my main objection.

I honestly did not enjoy this album and gave up listening fairly quickly :)

I never got into Lorde when the hype was hype'ing. So far this is fun! Feels a bit Charli XCX.

Stuck for what to say, I went to read the Wikipedia entry, where most of my basic impressions were confirmed. Yes, Melodrama is an appropriate title for a 19 year-old’s fixations on a failed relationship and the hedonistic solution - like Amy Winehouse with a scratch wound. It reaked of loneliness and insularity, but never felt victim to the fatalism of Frank or Back To Black. Lorde just has to get it out of her system. Of course, most of us get it out of our systems in time, so, for a middle-aged man, it is a question of emotional memory rather than emotional resonance. “Don’t worry, you’ll have forgotten about her this time next week,” I tell me son. And he generally does. But he hasn’t made any records about the experiences and doesn’t have to return to old wounds as a professional practice. The Wikipedia page also mentions Lorde’s interest in Bowie and Laurie Anderson on this record. Bowie I had picked up on Liabilities descending All the Young Dudes baseline and Anderson on all the vocoders. Again, what is for the young artist an inspiration, is, for an oul fella like me, a bingo card of musical recognition. And that is the problem, less and less seems startling and revelatory to me. Certainly not as startling and revelatory as it appears to the artist. And, for the experience to work, the artist needs to be a little ahead of you, so they can guide you by the hand. That’s not a problem with Lorde here. Nor a problem with me. It is what it is. I was baffled by the Wikipedia reference to “maximalism” though. Surely this small sounding record is a bedroom production? Thin, pure synth sounds from FruityLoops. Simple keyboard rhythms that feel pieced together on the piano roll - the chord change that comes a little early on Green Light is an interesting choice. Static harmony and arrangements that focus on addition rather than progression - these are the hallmarks of contemporary music, produced on the grid and produced on a laptop. That’s fine. But don’t call it maximal, when it is as lonely, fragile, and small as the author of the record stated it was meant to be. According to Wikipedia. 2 I was going to write a thoughtful bit about the essential irreconcilability of the confessional and the dance floor. Then I thought ‘nah this isn’t worth it, I’ll just do a snippy comment’ - “Ke$ha with feelings”, which I was quite pleased with. Lorde wakes up in the night crying, Ke$ha wakes up in the morning feeling like P.Diddy. That’s the difference. Boom. But THEN I looked up Ke$ha to see what she’s at these days now that ‘Tik Tok’ isn’t played on the radio any more. Well didn’t I feel silly; singer-songwriter Ke$ha has six albums (one just out last year) and is touring with Scissor Sisters. Not only is she still out there making ‘it’ pop in general - she is helping folk get crunk using fresh material. A deeper dive revealed that Ke$ha also, in fact, has feelings; apparently never better confessed than on her Grammy-nominated album ‘Rainbow’ which was released just a couple of months after Lorde’s ‘Melodrama’. So the next question, naturally, is which Ke$ha albums are on this list? Friends, not a fucking one. Now presumably the user list will remedy this if it hasn’t already but in the meantime #JusticeForKe$ha. 1.5/5

I don’t know what she did here, but she somehow does an amazing job of getting you on her level. Her beats are phenomenal.

:)

First song is nice but the whole album sounds a bit the same

Really don’t care for whatever the vibe is here. The exactness with which it emulates (or presages?) the very particular and sometimes cloying sound of Taylor Swift irritated me often.

ugh. it's dance pop, so make of that what you will. it's mostly fine but nothing more. "royals" was a good song. it's not on here

don’t love her style of singing, but besides that this album is so much fun, well written and produced.

I've liked Green Light for a while but I never got around to listening to this album until now. I don't mind Jack Antinoff, but I'm usually not a fan of his work with Taylor Swift and some iof these tracks dip into that sound unfortunately. There are still a lot of fun tracks, and I think it's a well constructed album.

No es mi estilo pero bastante bien

One of the best albums from the 21st century

Enjoyed it - a couple of bangers - and some interesting soundscapes. Vocally its a little bit effected and lyrically makes me feel old :-( Not enough cheese.

Sounds like your average modern pop album. A bit darker to make it cooler. Ticks a box.

- Green light is so fun and will always remind me of 10th grade homecoming. - Sober suffers from the most 2017 percussion - Broadcast the boom boom boom and make them all dance to it -crazy how many small parts of this album i recognize but didn't know it was lorde before - in your car the radio up :0 Favs - Green Light, The Louvre, Writer in the dark, Supercut

I dunno. I think I'm just old. But I'm not that much older than Lorde is... I like her voice, and the stacks of wide ranging harmonies is interesting. Lorde's lyrical content is fine, but boy is the music itself just a bore to me. Played out progressions that I'm sick of hearing over and over again. And even with the former point about lyrics, as the album goes on, I'm getting sick of hearing about another breakup despite how evocatively the entire affair is described. I can only hear so much about one thing before I start asking you to talk about something else, anything else, regardless of how much color you put on it. Listening on youtube and one of the comments on the last track of the album said that it was the most beautiful song they had ever heard. Someone on track 7 said, "This is the hardest shit ever. My fav lorde track. Gangsta af". Gangsta af, they said. Couldn't believe that one. Someone called it neo-soul! More than one thing to unpack with those last two comments. Different worlds for sure. The album isn't meant for me in the slightest, and that's alright. It just did not land.

Me encanta, tengo una de susu canciones en loop

Listened at Albian, great album

Nice, I understand why it is on the list, its pretty good

Booooring. Thought this was from like 2010, but way behind its time. Ok songs i guess, just generic

this was really good, very emotions and some bangers

(5) ok she could be a daughter, but there is something I really love about her lyrics, and musical arrangement… jack antonoff produced this gem. Antonoff is known for producing Taylor swift, St. Vincent, sia, Lana del Rey, 1975, Pink, Nick Cave; the big names have been shaped by Antonoff’s direction. He knows how to create a cohesive album. An album that flows from track to track.

One of My favorurite albums of all time

Pleasant. Not awful, not great. I guess I’m glad I spent some time with this, but there’s nothing that will compel me to listen again.

I’m not the target audience and the lyrics are written so clearly by 21 yr old rich white women- but the production for EDM and the piano songs are solid.

Ok pop.

Album

Thought I'd hate it but I had a fun time.

Breaking up with your boyfriend in a Lowe’s parking lot core.

I liked the album the most at the beginning and then with diminishing results. It was fine for a pop album but wouldn’t be something I return to.

2.7

This one is just not for me.

Favorite tracks: Greenlight, Hard Feelings/Loveless, Supercut Pure charisma in a perfectly produced pop record.

If I'm being brutally honest, I would not have given this album a passing glance if I was twenty years younger. As it stands its not an album I would listen to in full regularly but there are plenty of standout tracks that peaked my interest. Standout Tracks Homemade Dynamite Liability Green Light Supercut

No Royals?

kind of liked it. too pop for me but ok

The things I would do for another album like this.

Classic pop album from Lorde. There is always something about her voice that stands out from others and is so captivating to me. I honestly had not heard this specific album, but only a couple songs, so I’m glad this challenge remedied that for me. Great time! 4.5 / 5

Fine

Great songwriting. Not my genre; sounds a lot like Adele when I was hoping for more of an alternative, Kate Bush feel. 3.5

I found myself dancing along and vibing to this electronic pop album. The music is so infectiously catchy and melodic, even haunting at times. The piano parts are beautiful and the lyrics are cutting and honest. I've never been into newer music or music for my generation (I was 22 when this came out and I'm usually into 90s and 2000s music), but I enjoyed listening to this a lot. "Writer In The Dark" is a personal favorite of mine now.

I AM GEN Z!!!!

Lorde <3

Good, great songs, modern, loved by Tally.

i don’t like how she sings in cursive. it’s kinda pissing me off i don’t think i’m in the right headspace to be able to enjoy this. it’s way too sad

Ratings: 5: I will happily play this album anytime 4: I may occasionally play this album of my own free will 3: I will happily listen to this if someone plays it in the background 2: I will tolerate this if it is playing in the background 1: I will leave the room if someone plays this in the background Just not my thing.

Me gusto mucho, mayoría de las canciones me gustaron por el ritmo o melodía, no le preste mucha atención a las letras

Me re encanto ya lo habia escuchadopero lo volví a escuchar me encantaron! A veces me cuesta conectar con Lorde pero este album es uno de mis favoritas después de Solar Power.

fucking obsessed

a modern one! fun! i had never fully listened to this album and i have historically not been a lorde fan. listening to this all the way through was delightful, i may have to give her other albums another chance <3

Super

Good pop music. But completely unisnspired and bland if youre trying to discover music.

Great fare from a beautiful singer. She has her own style and really shines well in this album. She has a great, understated voice that is really enjoyable to listen to.

absolutely fucking sensational.

ok

> the Beatles Never listened to a full Lorde album. This was great.

spoko muzyka, ale gorsza ocena ze przekaz popularyzujący niekonstruktywne społecznie postawy

Decent, nothing special though.

Lorde, I was not familiar with your game. (To be honest, I only really know her from Royals and that video of her shushing the crowd at one of her gigs when they try to sing along.) This was a revelation.

What makes a pop record good to me? When it doesn’t sound like a pop record, and this is a perfect example.

I love the production on this album: dark, dense, pulsing with moody, almost menacing energy. And Lorde's rasp is the perfect voice to deliver it. An album to listen to when you're depressed but still the coolest bitch in the room. The lyrics don't all land for me, but this is definitely going into my regular rotation. Favorite tracks: I really need to listen more to determine because I like it all but on a first listen - Green Light, The Louvre, Hard Feelings/Loveless, Melodrama (Sober II), Perfect Places.

10/10

I actually think this is easily one of the best pop albums this century has produced. Green Light is a perfect song, a tune that should be even bigger than it is already. It sets a high bar for the album but it’s a great listen throughout.

Solid pop album, highlights are homemade dynamite and liability

I rarely feel the need to write reviews anymore but when it comes to Lorde...I'm sorry its just something different. She released this album when I was 21 and officially had broken the chains off from a toxic relationship and a just as toxic friendship. (I was goibg through it) Her delivery and lyrics were like atomic bombs to me. She has a knack for releasing albums at pivotal moments of my life...I say this because Pure Heroine came out when I was a Senior in highschool and I felt like every song applied to me specifically LMAO Anyway!! Great album, great production love Lorde. yah yah yah

Ok. Not as good as the debut.

euphoric, sentimental, transcendent. classic pop ballads

It was OK. Her style of singing is really not for me.

Couple of good songs, Writer In The Dark especially. Also some I really didn't like Hard feelings/Lovesless.

Ugh I love this album. This might be a bit bias bc I’ve heard so much of it before but what can you do.

Emotional indie album with the right blend of heart-felt slower songs and some louder bangers with some force behind it. Love her voice! Green light is a banger. Supercut and the louvre are great too.

I am absolutely shocked at how much i enjoyed Melodrama. I've never been the biggest fan of Lorde because all i really knew her for was Royals and not much else. So i was shocked to see that this is some of the best contemporary pop i have heard in quite some time. It was insane to see just how textured, deep and melodic all these songs were. I also think that Lorde's vocals were definitely a highlight and some of the best she has sang. The lyrics are also really good here too with them always sounding deep but never overly melodramatic (get it?). Some of the songs toward the end did get a bit forgettable due to not much happening in them but overall, this is a really good album. Best Song: Sober Worst Song: Writer In The Dark

As a musician, I always listen to the music first and the singer second. The issue I have with artist like Taylor Swift and Lorde is that the songs are so bland musically. I can’t overlook that. You can be a great singer and have fantastic, musical songs too. Look at Aretha Franklin, Madonna, Brandi Carlile. These songs are just as exciting as wet cardboard. I understand the themes she was going for here but it’s been done more musically by other artists before. This is unseasoned, bland soup. Remember to add seasoning to your meals and music too.

Really enjoy Lorde's music. Liability and Supercut were already in rotation from this album so it was an enjoyable listen to visit the rest of the tracks here.

She has a fantastic, passionate voice, and the music is well-performed and well-written. Her songs remind me a bit of Joni Mitchell - they often don't have a traditional verse/chorus structure, but are more like free verse. Some of her rhymes don't quite click for me, but otherwise it's a solid album.

can you believe this is my first time listening to this

I am on a worrying run of positivity with our recent albums. I think I listened to this years ago when it was much lauded by critics and it did nothing for me… but I really enjoyed this time. There are obvious Swift comparisons but I found the songs were melodically stronger and topically more interesting than most of Swift’s efforts. As pop albums go, it is up there…

I watched Lorde performing at Glastonbury last year and felt that wave of inevitability wash over me that must happen to us all at some point that ‘I think I’m too old to get this’. She obviously appeals to a large swathe of gen alphas and is the best of a similar bunch, but seems to at least be more authentic than the Lana del reys, billie eilish, and Taylor swifts that seem to be competing for a similar audience. A well produced album that at least has some dynamic contrasts to keep things a little fresh.

Zero notes. Perfection

Probably the best from Lorde

5 stars. Incredible.

This is pretty good. I hadn't listened to any Lorde really, other than Royals. A bit of a stylistic mismatch for me personally, but maybe it would grow on me. I find slower stuff kinda takes more listens for me personally.

This is the true full bias rating for me. I was obsessed with this album while going through a breakup. Some songs are definitely weaker but I think it is just a fantastic album. Green Light, The Louvre, Hard Feelings, Super Cut, and more, LOVE IT

I wasn't a teen when this was released so it just can't mean the same thing to me as it did to Gen Z. But I can see that this was a big album for a lot of younger people and they are SALTY about the olds not liking it, just a sample: "Sorry Boomers/Gen X, I was like 20 when this came out so it's one of the best things to ever happen to me. Sorry it's not King Crimson or whatever."

Equal parts really good and annoying. Confected, high pop production of the late 2010s means you have to work to enjoy what are some decent vocals from a singer with some genuine star power. The simpler, rawer songs are really quite good and there’s an underlying confidence in the music. The hit singles are good in their own right but even for the style you can’t avoid the feeling it’s overdone. This is probably a high water mark in pop of the 2010s so marking accordingly.

This is a flip flop for me (describes my state of mind listening to it). Another aspiring artist that had potential in my eyes down the drain.  I like her deep connecting tone, the emotion, the atmosphere, and potential depth.  The reality is that is an exceptional titillating sound bite of an otherwise jarring pop album. "Homemade dynamite was crap" and any song that states "You got to catch the boom boom boom and make them all dance to it" wont help that's for sure. "Liability" - Got close to my opening brief but it's not a consistent in the album sadly.  "Hard Feelings/Loveless" had an amazing grating section of synth sound.  Again those 2 celebrate what can be great about this album. I just don't get it you have "Hard Feelings/Love" which sounds like K Pop with a fake girly accent.  Its just nasty. Ironically another OK song is "Writer In the Dark" largely due to it being a highly stripped back song which is simply her voice and a dankly played piano. infuriating album quality but ultimately just a standard pop record and not a good one due to the over zelous production.

I can understand why people find this compelling. Lorde performs with more depth and personality than your average pop singer and she has a unique style to her voice and delivery that has a surprising rawness. This is also lyrically quite strong, often darting off in unexpected directions. My issue with this album is that it conforms to all of the clichés of modern pop music production. Moving from early albums on the list to this is quite a jarring experience, there are far too many canned sound effects, quantized drums, and too much vocal processing. It's all too perfect and precise, stripping out all artistry and personality. This sounds like a product, not a performance. The fact that any of Lorde's individuality still shines through this studio "enhancement" is a testament to her strength as an artist. If this was recorded in the seventies, maybe I would be talking about her in the same terms as Sandy Denny or a Joni Mitchell. As it is, I predict that this will not stand the test of time.

What a surprise! I enjoyed most of her songs!

Unfortunately this sounds like so much of the pop coming out in the last 10 years. It has no unique identifier. Happy she found success, but it aint for me.

at least she didn't use that annoying autotune effect

Terrible. Uninteresting gimmicky overproduced teenage girl pop.

I’m biased so I know I’ll be rating this high. Such nostalgic songs for me here :) green light, perfect places

One hit, the rest was background?

Lana Del Rey dreams of writing songs this good. So do I.

I am so glad to live listening to this generation of pop superstars. Lorde continues to produce interesting music for a mass audience. Jack Antonoff's fingerprints are throughout the songs -- but the vocal choices are all Lorde's.

6.5/10

3/3. Probably my favorite album by her. Emotional, danceable, dynamic. Love it.

Pop perfection

NECESITABA este pedazo de álbum uffffff encima de los dias que llevo

Idk, I like this and there are some crackers on it but there is something lacking and it fails to grab me. It’s a bit lacklustre at times somehow. I imagine it’s a grower though. 3.5

Liked this better than when it first came out. Still can’t get over how affected and inauthentic her voice sounds.

I got taken back to like 2015-2018 time of my life when I used to listen to very similar electronic chill music while gaming and I quite enjoyed this album in that sense. Low 4, since I think my 3's so far have been worse, but "nostalgia" carried this.

My only exposure to Lorde has been the South Park parodying, so I didn't really know what to expect from this. Mostly good vocals though not all of it was to my taste. Definitely reminiscent of Kate Bush in places. Even uses the same sound effects in one of the tracks! There's a nice mixture of electronic and acoustic through the album; some tracks are mostly piano and vocals, others use quite a lot of synth. Overall though the sound/tone doesn't vary _massively_. It was all pretty nice, some interest, perfectly good background. Probably not an artist I'm going to rush back to but I enjoyed the listen well enough.

heard this before. Green Light is a peak pop song and my favourite Lorde song by far but the rest is pretty unmemorable

Standouts: Green Light Sober II Perfect Places I think this album has a lot going for it but most of the songs ended up mushing together due to over usage of reverb. I think the standouts managed to land a good balance but ultimately they dropped the ball on the rest The standouts were amazing however so low 3

I need another listen with this, and to really take a deep dive into the lyrics. I can’t tell if this album is just pretty good, or if it’s brilliant. I think it may be brilliant, as Lorde seems to be known for her introspective lyrics. I also really like her voice, it’s unique. Musically, some tracks are better than others, but again I think I need it all to click.

Pretty good. I was surprised!

попсее прикольно

iconic, but not my style

Meh

Loved it surprisingly? Wendy has a pt. 4b despite it sounding soooo 2017

Я пам'ятаю, що дуже високо оцінив цей альбом, коли він вийшов, був десь в десятці за рік. Давно його не слухав і зараз мені здається, що він трошечки втратив з часом. Але зовсім трошечки. Цікавий продакшн (Антонофф тут затащив), Лорд має цікавий вокал, хороший сонгмейкінг, є супер хіти, є танцювальність, що межує з арті настроєм. Впевнена 4.5.

Тоді я не дуже розумів популярність цього альбому, а тим більше зараз для мене Мелодрама звучить якось аутдейтед. Дуже не моє, оця поп-музика 10х, не знаю. 2.5, ближче до 2.

banger

i heard this album before i think...

Decent album

I prefer her more poppy work.

Compared to her contemporary pop-girlies, this is very listenable. Still not my bag.

Saved? ✅ Would listen again? ✅ Would recommend to anyone? ✅ Would buy on Vinyl? ✅

Prior to this, I had already liked the song "Royals" by Lorde. I think this was played on Alternative Rock radio a lot when it first came out (in 2013). That's the only one though, and I never spent any time diving into the rest of her stuff. Thoughts while listening to this... I kept wondering why so many pop singers of the last decade or 2 have such a "breathy" singing style where they pronounce words in a strange, "chopped" / "talky" way. I found out that it's called "Indie Girl Voice" or "Whisper Pop". It's the kind of thing I hear when out and about in stores etc. and I'm always wondering why so many women artists sing like this. I find that it can be a very annoying affectation. Lorde didn't innovate it - it looks like singers like Bjork, Regina Spektor, and Lana Del Ray probably started this and Lorde followed in this tradition and helped popularize it along with others like Selena Gomez. Learn something new every day. I'm sure there's a lot more to this that I am missing. I do like that many of her songs are NOT the standard verse/chorus/verse setup of many pop songs "Writer In The Dark" had a very Tori Amos feel to it. I like the songs that are piano based the most. Ended up liking "Liability", "Hard Feelings/Loveless", "Writer in the Dark", and "The Louvre" I'd probably relate to this more if I was a sad, 20-something girl - but I do respect her artistry. I should add that I can't tell how much of this is her doing or the producer guy who looks like he also co-wrote most of the songs. Liked songs on Spotify: 4/12 Rating: 2/5

I don’t know what it is about this album but it doesn’t resonate with me very much. Like it’s okay but I don’t think I’ll be actively going back for it. Love the cover art though!

oh this is finally my turf of course off the top of my head supercut and green light are top tier cant wait to revisit this album oh and liability too oh tjis album is so good wait how did i forget to mention my goat writer in the dark lowk was my fav off this album i listened to this so much

I don’t know. Lorde’s music isn’t my favorite. As I listened the music seemed overproduced. Each song had some music switch. It got boring after the third or fourth song. She and Jack Antonoff wrote some decent songs but not for me.

Good album with a couple of strong songs. A couple of peaks but mostly valleys on this one.

People always said Lourde was good but never really listened to her stuff. But yeah, she’s pretty good

Surprised by some of the production on this actually. Have never listened outside the ubiquitous tunes. I like Sober! Kind of hard to separate this album from the moment it generated at the time in my mind, but it was alright like 6/10. Like it slightly more than I thought I would

For modern pop, Lorde is alright. Still not my thing but it's okay. Enjoyed "Homemade Dynamite" and the Loveless half of "Hard Feelings/Loveless" the rest of the album isn't bad to me, just didn't grab me at all.

вообще мимо….альбом как будто состоит из тех самых песен, которые включают в масс маркетах…мимо

AGHHHH

I ain’t listenining to ts

This came out when I was in college and it had my corner of twitter and tumblr in an absolute chokehold. Really good and super nostalgic for me.

La verdad que Lorde escribe muy bien pero en algunos momentos es demasiado pop empalagoso para mi 3.8 Favs: The Louvre, Liability, Supercut, Perfect Places

não é muito meu estilo, mas a produção é muito boa

Not exactly my taste, but not bad actually.

Неплохой поп альбом. Он вычешен на максимум и звучит, как и любой другой поп альбом, чисто, больше всего запомнилась песня hard feelings.

As a certified tumblr girl, I love Lorde’s Royals. This album was nice, full of pop bangers, but wasn’t anything special for me. Just didn’t hit the more ironic earnestness I like, instead just pure earnest.

Good album

7/10

Very good.

I don't even need to relisten to this to know it deserves SIX out of five stars. (But I did relisten.) (Because this is her best album.)

not really my taste

pretty okay white girl sad pop

O estilo vocal de Lorde é simplesmente amável. Sua voz sussurrante e as batidas eletrônicas maximalistas são uma combinação explosiva neste disco. Preciso admitir que na verdade eu gosto mais da estréia dela, o álbum Pure Heroine, mas Melodrama é uma continuação brilhante dos temas propostos naquele disco, trocando a palheta minimalista e monocroma por cores saturadas e iridescentes. Se aquele é Pure Heroine, este seria Pure Ecstasy. Canções hinicas com temáticas agridoces à respeito de juventude, mágoas amorosas e sociais, tudo extremamente relatável pra qualquer pessoa minimamente sensível. A produção é maximalista, como eu mencionei, mas ela chega lá de maneira até que simples, não totalmente fora dos padrões de Jack Antonoff, que eu já jurei vontade de matá-lo violentamente em uma review passada. Digo, ele fez muito estrago na indústria pop, mas ele têm seus dotes sim e aqui ele os utiliza muito bem. O resultado é algo até que raro, um álbum pós 2010 que flui verdadeiramente bem, e defino ele como um clássico instantâneo. Um disco que vai indubitavelmente envelhecer perfeitamente bem. Um verdadeiro mistério o porquê dessa lista incluir Melodrama mas não Pure Heroine. Não consigo em sã consciência avaliar este álbum com cinco estrelas sabendo que existe aquele outro. Parece injusto, mas faz sentido em minha mente. 4.5

que padrisimo

screaming crying throwing up

Oooo lorde lorde…. I really enjoyed this album today , i find her voice infectious, it’s not the best voice mind but it works very well. Hints of hip hop,samples, pop, electronic, are pretty good for what she’s doing. I don’t understand why her 2013 album isn’t the album of choice with royals on if I’m honest. ( I don’t really get some album choices) Green light is obviously the banger on here, pop classic, homemade dynamite is well made for me and the Louvre. Other than that it is pretty samey. I really hope she wrote most of her songs or had a hand in it, if so more respect for her. It’s middle of the road for me still but it was a nice change.

Won’t slate it too much , just wasn’t that enamoured with it all in all felt a bit samey to me through most of it

Only thing I know of Lorde is her song Royals which used to play on the radio constantly back in 2013/14 when I worked in a factory so it did my head in.. But I'm entering this with no bias and open ears! Got to track four and all a bit samey so far, nothing standing out and making me pay attention, perhaps the lyrics are those songs saviours? The music writing and production is very minimal and low effort in my opinion. This doesn't seem like art for arts sake but rather a product for radio play. This would fit nicely in the background at any supermarket. I was hoping for something with some dynamics, tempo changes , key changes, textural changes, instruments but no. Every song follows the same minimal electronic style. For me a great album should have variation in some of the above ways and more. Not for me at all.

Lord’s album Melodrama is a sign of the new generation of artist coming up and coming out. I personally liked her album, Pure Heroine and the Love Club EP better, but this album is also solid. I appreciate it, especially that she deviated from the sounds of the first two albums and made this both were more radio friendly and personal. I also think it’s interesting that she has the ability of seeing sounds in colors, because much this album moves in both emotional and lyrical waves. Key songs were me were the club-friendly Green Light, and Supercuts, which has an even better remix not on this album. Though I respect her more recent albums, they don’t have the same power of her freshman and sophomore efforts . Maybe someday she’ll return to it.

Random thoughts: * I think this album is aging really well. I might like it even more than when it came out. * Rarely does the sophomore effort live up to the hype but this one easily does and might even surpass the debut album. * I'm not of Lorde's generation but it feels like she has really tapped into what it is like for people in her generation. I think I'd be okay having Lorde represent for my generation. * This is a much better choice from the 2000s. I think we will look back on this one as a classic and should definitely be included in a list like 1001.

good tunes