Girl, so inspiring! Lorde’s 20 best songs – ranked

As she releases euphoric new single What Was That, we assess the New Zealand singer-songwriter’s intense, irreverent oeuvreIf you wanted to take Lorde’s third album, Solar Power, as a farewell to chasing mainstream stardom, closer Oceanic Feeling was strong evidence: her trademark “cherry black lipstick” was “gathering dust in a drawer / I don’t need her any more.” Instead, she offered a beautiful, sun-kissed paean to stepping off the treadmill: “I just had to breathe,” she explains. Continue reading...

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