She sings about disappearing into nature, going to deserted islands, sinking into the forest. The most interesting thing Lorde did in the last four years was nothing, and getting to find out just what the nothing was is the biggest reward of waiting for Solar Power. ” On “California,” she sings a farewell to the life she almost said yes to, and confesses that she’s content with her life in her hometown, which is the opposite of anything we’ve been taught to desire. Speaking to the New York Times last year, Lorde dismissed any idea that the album could be a smash, saying that she felt like she “could just chill out and flex a little bit.” Solar Power opens with “The Path,” which sees Lorde turning away from a life that’s been thrust on her: “Teen millionaire having nightmares from the camera flash / now I’m alone on a windswept island.” She seems to smile as she nods to her absence: “Won’t take the call if it’s the label or the radio. The result is Solar Power, a weird, meandering album that is an exercise solely in fulfilling her own desires. Fans had built an idea of what they wanted from Lorde - essentially, a repeat of her last album - that was impossible to reach, so she just didn’t! Good for her! Instead of churning out Melodrama II and riding the inevitable wave of fame and success that could follow, Lorde retreated, focusing not on “Lorde” or the world’s idea of her but instead on Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor. Lorde’s silence ended in May and June this year, when she announced festival appearances and tour dates and dropped a new single, “Solar Power.” The dreamy, sun-glazed ode to chilling on the beach feels like the polar opposite to Melodrama, and as such, it was divisive. After she released her debut, Pure Heroine, when she was just 17 years old, she descended into the shadows, returning only to drop Melodrama. This isn’t a surprise, of course - it’s a pattern. At one point, she even disappeared to Antarctica to learn about the climate crisis.
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While entitled fans begged for more Lorde now, Lorde went offline for so long that her Twitter account was briefly deactivated because of inactivity. For Lorde, following up her 2017 sophomore album, Melodrama, was always going to be an impossible task.
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