The Royal Queen Bee

The preference for the silent E at the end of a word is the young New Zealand giant talent Lorde beside her stage name also reflected in the title of this album. Only that it is used in the latter as a play on words: pure drug vs. real heroine.

Lorde is a Phäomen which is quasi appeared out of nowhere, at least outside of New Zealand -
and now the rest of the world strikes like a bomb. Their music is characterized by its expressive mature voice, accompanied by sluggish electronic rhythms and a certain excess of gloom. Your lyrics have consistently high level, it is not like most other young singers just to love and relationship distress, but Lorde has really something to say and is also critical with social issues apart.

To the already long time ago published grandiose piece Royals everything is probably already been said, but that it has now made this song and No. 1 on the US charts, amazed me, so to speak. Where the Britneys and Miley and the rest of them, located half-naked or now have to make quite naked to attract attention for their music, there now comes a girl on top, which in high-necked blouse only because of their music and her natural charisma, people recognized themselves. From her level she is the aforementioned light years ahead! There are so still, the moments where permeated the artistic quality in the music business, I find that class.

Apart from the over number Royals following pieces are absolutely amazing for me:
Tennis Court, 400 Lux, Team, White Teeth Teens

About the title of 400 lux I have geknobelt as a physicist something because Lux is a physical unit for the illumination of a light source. How does a 16-year-old girl to such a title name? In lyrics they will go to a car ride in the sunrise, when one kills the time out of boredom. 400 Lux light the sun appears to us about 12 minutes after its rising. Whether that has any meaning? Perhaps there is yet another explanation other than this highly scientific ;-)

The quieter at first hearing something and seemingly inconspicuous items like ribs, Buzzcut Season, Glory And Gore, Still Sane, World alone are the true nasty numbers, so to speak, the pills with retard function. Their action unfolds later, all the more sustainable. That's what happened to me anyway.

If Lorde has actually everything written on the present album itself, then it is their first 16 years simply a genius! The total playing time of 37 minutes, I find pieces absolutely fine. I prefer instead to fill a consistently high level with any Lückenbüßern to one hour playing time.