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    Lorde Joyfully Crashes Into Her Next Chapter

    “Green Light,” the comeback single for the inventive pop star, is an upbeat announcement of change.
    by Spencer Kornhaber Mar 02, 2017 2 minutes
    Source: Universal Music New Zealand Limited

    Halt, English students! Lorde’s “Green Light” is not about The Great Gatsby, probably. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s green light represented the unreachable wonderful past; Lorde’s is a street signal granting permission to zip ahead to the future.

    People have been waiting for Lorde’s future for, announced the then-16-year-old New Zealander as one of the most fascinating new names in pop with sleek, skeletal arrangements, a raspy voice, and a young-and-hungry-but-wise lyrical sensibility. The routine that won her a No. 1 hit with “Royals” has been swiped by other singers in recent years, but the imitators seem lightweight, fake, next to her.

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