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Melodrama
Pop · 2017 · 11 tracks · 41m

Melodrama

Lorde

A fluorescent, high-stakes concept album tracking the arc of a single house party. Intimate piano ballads meet maximalist synth-pop explosions.

June 16, 2017 · Republic Records

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A high-drama collision of party-fueled euphoria and the crushing solitude of a breakup.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 41m
01
Green Light
3:55
02
Sober
3:17
03
Homemade Dynamite
3:10
04
The Louvre
4:31
05
Liability
2:52
06
Hard Feelings/Loveless
6:07
07
Sober II (Melodrama)
2:59
08
Writer in the Dark
3:37
09
Supercut
4:38
10
Liability (reprise)
2:16
11
Perfect Places
3:42
Moments Worth Listening For
The explosive piano chords and drum release in the final chorus of Green Light.
The sudden, stark transition from the industrial grind of Hard Feelings into the bubblegum taunts of Loveless.
The way the production mimics a muffled party through a wall during the bridge of The Louvre.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Melodrama sound next to the rest of Lorde's catalogue?

Love Lost+4.0σ

The writing leans far further into love lost than the rest of the catalogue.

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