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I wish I could listen to Melodrama for the first time once more

*Lorde singing really sad lyrics* Blake: “hear that one guitar string in the back?”

mentioning halsey and billie eilish-lorde was the BLUEPRINT

I'll be honest, I just came here to listen to Melodrama again but with someone. The feeling of sharing the wonderful experience that is Lorde just makes me happy

⭐️TIME STAMPS!! ⭐️ 1:16 Green Light 7:07 Sober 12:06 Homemade Dynamite 16:54 The Louvre 25:33 Liability 30:16 Hard Feelings/Loveless 38:17 Sober II (Melodrama) 41:56 Writer in the Dark 46:50 Supercut 53:25 Liability (Reprise) 56:15 Perfect Places 1:01:23 Homemade Dynamite Remix

This should have won album of the year. Lorde was robbed. Also Lorde has synesthesia so she associates color with sound. When she commissioned the album art she asked the artist to include the colors that she associated with the album.

MELODRAMA really is aging like the finest wine because the lyrics and the experimental production/sound really is so fucking fresh and real and raw. She really let GO and so did I when I first heard it fully. The music and lyrics really soared within this album. I often revisit it and am reminded how much I miss and appreciate her music.

He keeps mentioning the music of other artists she's literally influenced this decade lol

If you don't listen to Lorde's albums while pretending you're in a coming of age movie, are you really a fan?

Ella called Melodrama “An ode to her teenage years.” She was twenty when the album came out, meaning she was 16-19 during most of the writing and recording, if not all of it. The. Absolute. Fucking. Talent. Wow.

I’m still upset that melodrama didn’t win the grammy

Not this man comparing Lorde to people she gave birth to...Please!

That “Broadcast the boom boom boom boom and make them all dance to it.” Its the sound of her heart thats why the bass doing the sound of her heartbeat. That’s Genius

you don’t know how much i’ve been wanting this omg

lorde: s- blake: she really opens up the space in this chorus

"i need to check what she looks like" the album cover: am i a joke to you

I'll never get tired of people listening to the "explosion" in homemade dynamite for the first time. It's just pure magic.

fun fact: lorde has synthesisia and she's said that each song has its own "aura" and the cover art is a culmination of all the songs' colors

Something that honestly irritates me is when people start listening to this album today, and they start saying "This is reminding me of Billie Eilish". Bruhh, Lorde has been that bitch way before Billie was. I swear to god if ya'll let Lorde's new album flop I'm gonna be pissed 😑

Funny how melodrama is still relevant until this day but that 24k doesn't

If you don’t think that this is one of the best albums of all time, I’m not acknowledging you

I think Lorde was focused on being minimalist but not lacking because she wanted to showcase her songwriting to let it speak for itself. She's one of the greatest lyricist of our time. She just needs a little help from her production and both of them combined, you'll create this unique sound wherein it can't be replicated.

I played Hard Feelings/LOVELESS for my mom and she’s a doctor so she pointed out that the beat in LOVELESS is actually a human heartbeat

I'm one of the commentors who suggested Melodrama, dude, this Album is one of the 'no skip' play for me, and let's be honest Lorde's lyrics in this record is emotional, deep and melancholy, like, when she sings from 'I care for myself the way I used to care about you', to 'The truth is I am a toy that people enjoy, 'Til all of the tricks don't work anymore'. I mean c'mon!! All thee emotions.

the fact that he didnt look hurted with the chorus of liability HOW

When you realise Melodrama was before reputation. So everytime he said this screams reputation, it's really the other way around.

Does anyone else think that more and more "pop" artists are staring to create music that's not meat to be played "on the radio" or be "pop hits" but just music that they actually want to create? I think that the popularity of streaming platforms like Spotify and iTunes has allowed that, and I LOVE IT!

Jack Antonoff used the same melody in "Writer In The Dark" by Lorde (2017) and "Venice Bitch" by Lana Del Rey (2019). And those two songs have kind of a similar theme. I love noticing those little references 🖤

Melodrama is the type of album to make you feel nostalgic over something you've never experienced

First off, Melodrama absolutely the most incredible piece of music Jack Antonoff has produced and also Lorde is insanely creative. The metallic swaying sound at the end of Hard Feelings sounds just like a swing on a playground that’s a little rusted! I’d kill to see the behind the scenes on this album. There’s a podcast that Lorde was featured on and she explained the making of Sober. It’s called Song Exploder

THE FACT THAT 24K MAGIC WON AOTY AND NOT THIS OR DAMN. TRAGIC

Melodrama made reputation and Halsey's album, that album set new standards for pop music production since it's been released, so it's not like Lorde sounds like Taylor, Halsey or Billie but they were straight up influenced by Lorde's music.

The line "they'll hang us in the Louvre, down the back, but who cares, still the Louvre" has actually a double meaning because in the back was where they used to hang people to kill them. This gives the line a whole new perspective. Love from Argentina!

OMG FINALLY, MELODRAMA IS THE NEW TESTAMENT

Lorde: -we'll end up painted on the road Blake: -that's nice :)

Her lyrics in Homemade Dynamite, “Might get your friend to drive, but he can hardly see We'll end up painted on the road Red and chrome All the broken glass sparkling I guess we're partying” is one of my favorite lyrics even to this day. Something about how she sings it creates such a detailed picture of a car crash. A very dark lyric but very real.

The horns: hi-... Blake: call and response

why did he google what she looked like she's LITerALLY on the album cover 😭😭😭

I feel like I didn’t appreciate melodrama enough the first time I listened to it. Cause I was just starting to get into lorde, so instead of appreciating it i just listened through it. L3s gonna be an experience bro

POV: your trying to sing along to the songs when he keeps pausing it to talk

yes finally! but also I feel like Taylor takes a lot of inspiration from Lorde. Lorde always had this sound to her. Taylor started using this darker vibe in Reputation and a little in Lover, while Jack Antanoff and Lorde have a sort of magic partnership like Elton John and Bernie.

the boom boom boom in the Louvre is her heartbeat. literally

I'm a diehard Swiftie, but Taylor's been inspired to Lorde since Pure Heroine, so I'd give Lorde that credit. :)

Not him saying he hears reputation in the album even tho melo came out before rep😩😩

JUST SAYING MELODRAMA CAME OUT BEFORE REPUTATION!!!

When someone will understand the meaning behind those lyrics,will also be able to understand why they made this production to look so minimalistic

the louvre used to be a execution location in middle ages, so... "they'll hang us in the louvre" could be also refering to that?

When he wants to tell us what comes next in the song based on his experience with music and then the song takes another direction because lorde's not like every other pop musician hahaha

Do Pure Heroine Lorde's first album pleaseeeee

the way she coproduced this along with Jack Antonoff... this album never fails to blow my mind

THE FIRST personwho realizes that the Artwork is SICK. It lines up with the album's vibe perfectly

In The Louvre, the steady beat you hear is supposed to represent Lorde's heartbeat, that's the boom boom boom booom she's talking about broadcasting, her heart through her songs ("megaphone to my chest, broadcast the boom boom boom boom and make 'em all dance to it").

The album is a week from turning three years old, and time has been extremely kind to it.

listen, i've literally been listening to this album for three years on a weekly basis, and i never would've connected that it sounded similar to taylor's reputation, which only came out 4 months after this album. usually i'm pretty good at noticing details like that in music, but that totally flew by me, and *that's* why i like your reactions. you always give a detailed narrative that only someone like yourself can do, being so involved in the music crowd and industry. because there’s really only a small handful of other good music reaction channels on youtube, such as ajay, ashley ippolito, zach campbel & kioshiwarrior (and dylan will not participate, but he stopped), that give insightful and enjoyable reactions, but of course their videos are based more on their opinions and simply how they react to the song; their personas. you do that, *and* talk about the music itself in a really informing, yet entertaining way. AND, you leave in everything, which is awesome. also i love your shirts and zebra mug, they're rad.

are you telling me that he’s never heard “green light” ?????

Me waiting for him to hear the trumpets in Sober 🎺🎺🎺

this album is an experience ...Bowie was right when he said she's the future of music!!! lorde's creativity is amazing ...!! great reaction ! Please do Pure Heroine by Lorde and Pang by Caroline Polachek (i think this one is very similar with melodrama -- it gives you the vibes of an experience )

I wanted to add some comments on your interpretations from the album's production. On Green Light, the vocal distortion at the end is actually the use of an electric guitar. Despite the minimalist sound of Sober, the song uses a combination of bongos, trumpets, and saxophones; Lorde actually hid the sound of a tiger's roar before the start of the bridge. You are correct on Liability - those are guitar strums you hear in the background. The Placebo song you referenced on The Louvre is actually a cover. The original artist is Kate Bush and she served as melodic and vocal inspiration for the album, especially on Writer in the Dark. I also want to note that reputation dropped 5 months after Melodrama. I highly recommend you to react to Pure Heroine. She wrote the entire album by herself and one co-writer (Joel Little) between the ages of 14 and 16. A lot of Melodrama, in turn, was written when she was 18 and 20.

this reminds me of people reacting to bowie's albuns and saying "oh, sounds like x and y artist" ... Melodrama influenced the whole pop scene that we have today but still underrated...how? and i really hope that LORDE'S next project doesnt flop for people thinking that she sounds like everybody else when everybody who sounds like her

Lorde is such an album artist and it’s beautiful. Every single song in an album of her has a purpose and a meaning which a lot of artists don’t often do

Hearing this album in headphones is a killer Specially The Louvre

I love how you can notice all the diferent sounds without earphones

An extra thing about the Homemade dynamite remix: if you're familiar with all the featured artists there, Khalid, Sza and Post Malone, you're gonna notice that they are not just singing on someone else's song but they're actually putting their own style and spin on it. Khalid's verse feels like something out of 'American Teen', his album, For Sza's verse, you can definitely tell that's Sza, that's her whole vibe & style and Post Malone's verse, I don't even have to say anything haha It's just a perfect combination! 😭 It's fresh, it's rare, it's a masterpiece!

okay but like when he said “that’s a change” and then the lighting changed to a small tint of green I screamed

Badlands, hopeless fountain kingdom, Born to Die, and Lorde's first album. You're awesome and talented :-)

react to lana del rey "Norman F*cking Rockwell", its produced by jack antonoff also.

The ending of supercut still gets me what a perfect song

Video recap: " Oh, that was very cool". "Call and response". "Tikitikitiki".

This is one of my all time favourite albums and whenever I recommend this to someone, no matter what they usually listen to, they enjoy it. This album is gorgeous. It's so crazy how you point out several things and even though I've listened to this album countless times, I find something new. Just how artistic this album is. Love the video

I swear Melodrama should’ve won the Grammys on that year.. it was snobbed! Can’t wait for Lorde’s 3rd album.

i cant believe youve finished listen the whole album without crying.

Fun fact for you: Running Up That Hill is originally a Kate Bush song, who Lorde loves! And she chose the song to play right before she comes onstage during her Melodrama World Tour.

I feel like the long fadeout of supercut really ties the song together. The lyrics are all about remembering the good times from a past relationship (the supercut of it), and the long fadeout feels like a time where you can reminisce with her. Pure Heroine and Melodrama are both masterpieces.

The fact that it reminds you of Running Up That Hill is insane. She talks about this song a lot. If you went to the Melodrama tour, the last song before her show started was always Running Up That Hill. This song is so special for us Lorde fans haha

When he said Melodrama reminded him of Reputation, he meant the same producer duh. He's a producer, of course he's going to focus on the musical aspect and the production instead of the lyrical content or else the video would be like 3 hours. Yall getting super defensive for nothing lol

Imagine being able to listen to this album for the first time again. An absolute modern masterpiece.

this album actually follows the feelings of a party that's why you would feel the very specific moods from each song

You might like the homemade dynamite remix! Also, I'd love to hear your thoughts on her first album pure heroine; in particular, the song ribs has become my generation's (for lack of a better phrase) cult classic song. It's very ethereal. So I think it'd be rad to hear your perspective on it!

I love that he says "let's go to perfect places" right before playing the song :')))))))))

A "rainy day album"...... some of us have "rainy days" every day, Blake!

This album didn't win the album of the year that's why it's called scammys and one of the producers is Jack Antonoff who worked with Taylor in 1989, Reputation and Lover, you need to react to Pure heroine her first album

I love this album and think it’s a masterpiece. I listened to it a full two years at least. Still sprinkle in Lorde on my playlist all the time. I just read she’s working on L3.

I'll be honest... i just clicked cos I love me some lorde and this guy looked cute BUTTT the tips and tidbits he gives about everything is so insightful. Thanks for sharing :D

Well now you just have to do Norman Fucking Rockwell

The beat drop in “the louvre” is her heartbeat btw😂

Could you react to her other album, Pure Heroine? It's such a good album

also that song you mentioned "running up that hill" is originally by an artist called kate bush, she was one of the greatest singer/songwriters/artists of her time if i'm honest, that part in writer in the dark where you mentioned the creepy element, i'd refer to that as a histerical voice, which kate bush also liked to do sometimes, honestly you should react to one or 2 of kate bush's albumns, i think you'd find them interesting for sure.

That placebo “running up that hill” track you referenced is actually a cover of Kate Bush who originally did the track, and I think you’d dig the similarities between Lorde and Kate as well. Bush is definitely a huge influence on Lourdes sound. It’s so interesting that you picked up that vibe!

Fun fact: The drums used at the beginning of "Loveless" is a sample of "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins (one of the most famous drum sequences; I've listened to this album 50+ times and just found out last week)

Please react to her first album Pure Heroine! She swept the Grammy's with that as a teen and that's how the world fell in love with her music.

The louvre is my favorite music. And the guitar at the end almost make me cry.

1:16 Green Light 7:07 Sober 12:06 Homemade Dynamite 16:54 The Louvre 25:33 Liability 30:16 Hard Feelings/Loveless 38:17 Sober II (Melodrama) 41:56 Writer in the Dark 46:50 Supercut 53:25 Liability (Reprise) 56:15 Perfect Places 1:01:23 Homemade Dynamite Remix

nobody is gonna talk about how its a concept album where each song represents an hour of a party that lorde is at? ok.

i can't stop overthinking about when L3 comes out aagh, lorde please come back 👀

Am I crazy, or does Blake look like he could be a Jonas Brother?

every time lorde releases an album pop music shifts

MELODRAMA IS THE GREATEST ALBUM OF ALL TIME ! NO DOUBT ! 🤷‍♂️

This album deserves 1000 Grammys... Lorde is like Halsey but with more surprises in her music. So artistic. Also if you're into jack antonoff stuff you should listen to norman fucking Rockwell. That's a greatttt album and the production is amazing.

To me this is a pre-thunderstorm summer day album. You know, when the air is heavy and it’s humid. That’s when I love to listen to it. Very specific, but I love it.