Music Tuesdays - Royals by Lorde



This song by a New Zealand teenager is currently tearing up the radio.  I enjoy the song, and I'm a MASSIVE fan of this video.  I'm guessing it's set in New Zealand (Auckland, where Lorde is from?), but it could be any suburb full of monotonous teenage life.

The shot at 2:00, of the kid just staring up at a dilapidated basketball net, slays me.  Really every image of non-glamour is gorgeously framed.  Captures the spirit of the song perfectly.

By the way - between Lorde, the Naked and Famous, and Kimbra, are we seeing something of a New Zealand music invasion?  That seems like a solid number of hit bands for a relatively small country.  NZ is punching above their weight in the music world at the moment.
Posted by Royce at 8/06/2013 10:41:00 AM
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  1. RoyceAugust 6, 2013 at 11:03 AM

    Also apparently Lorde's publisher bought up all the advertising on YouTube lately. So she's got that going for her. Which is nice.

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  2. RoyceAugust 9, 2013 at 12:03 PM

    The fact that Lorde was born in 1996 makes me feel really, really old. Like preposterously old.

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  3. ScottSeptember 5, 2013 at 8:36 PM

    Song >>>> Video

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  4. RoyceSeptember 6, 2013 at 11:04 AM

    This song is absolutely blowing up on local radio in Los Angeles right now, I hear it constantly

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  5. ScottSeptember 6, 2013 at 11:09 AM

    Same here - fantastic song. The video is depressing, which I don't get from the song. To me the song is more about not wanting to be Roayls, and enjoying life as you have it. No?

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