On Living Up to Pure Heroine•Author points out how Lorde invented a sound that changed the pop landscape in 2013, and now, shades of "Lorde" are everywhere in new artists which makes her sophomore album more difficult to create
•Says she had a freakout one night after not feeling inspired and thinking she wouldn't be able to create an album as good as
Pure Heroine, and Jack Antonoff(her producer) sent her home from the studio. A month later, she broke up with her boyfriend which inspired her creatively.
•Admits she no longer listens to
Pure Heroine as it feels like being a kid, whereas
Melodrama feels like being a young woman
On Melodrama•Jack says that it was a hard album to make because she's able to notice if you change a breath on a vocal take and she either likes it or hates it. Admits it is a meticulous process with her, and this particular album was an intense journey. But, he thinks that's what it had to be.
•Says she obviously wants people to like the music, but doesn't want to feel like she needs to push the culture forward musically like artists like Drake do
•Says the album isn't a breakup album exactly, but one about the moments that come next, specifically "the party where you have the freedom to cry alone in the bathroom or to explore the contours of someone new."
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