Have you heard of the music artist LORDE? She has a great sound, and I love her placement of commas. Which might seem to be a weird thing to say about a singer/songwriter, but if you take the time to listen to some great ones, they place their pauses in interesting places. So I purchased this album by Lorde, and I actually wondered for days why she would title it after a drug. But as I listened and listened to her smart and intentional lyrics, I looked again at the album title and realized it says, "HEROINE" as in a brave woman - not a drug. The addictive narcotic is spelled heroin.
So are you smarter than me?
Did you look at that black album cover and know she was making a play on words?
Do you listen to the lyrics of music and find yourself mesmerized by them?
Here's a short interview with the sixteen-year-old musician known as Lorde. (Her real name is Ella Yelich-O'Connor, born and raised on Auckland’s North Shore.)
I like her even more after watching this video about her influences and writing short fiction! Songwriters amaze me.
Totally unknown to me. Will listen to the video again!
ReplyDeleteI know this is late coming, but thanks for introducing me to her. It's funny, suddenly a couple other people I listen to decided to do covers of her Royals song (the one playing in the background of the video) and I actually knew who they were referring to! Check out Walk Off The Earth's music video of Royals on You tube. It's awesome.
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