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Lorde “The Love Club”

Lorde is a teenager who sings about being a teenager like an adult. This isn’t just about her voice, it’s about perspective – in a song like “The Love Club,” she’s talking very specifically about the emotional politics of high school cliques, but with some nuance and distance, and perhaps the realization that while you eventually graduate school, these social dynamics are pretty hard to escape in life. Part of the perspective thing has to do with tone – the song feels light and fun, but also emotionally charged. There’s a sense of humor, for sure, but also a sense of real stakes, so the big moments hit and actually mean something rather than just coming off like over-inflated melodrama.

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