{"id":32678,"date":"2021-08-20T20:27:32","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T20:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=32678"},"modified":"2021-08-20T20:27:32","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T20:27:32","slug":"lorde-solar-power-album","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/lorde-solar-power-album\/","title":{"rendered":"With \u2018Solar Power,\u2019 Lorde Retreats From the Pressures of Pop Stardom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32683\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32683\" style=\"width: 711px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32683\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/08\/78EB5A42-73F2-4044-BDA4-4BEC4F0E5CD1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"711\" height=\"522\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32683\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy Ophelia Mikkelson Jones<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Living up to its title, Lorde\u2019s\u00a0newly-released\u00a0<em>Solar Power\u00a0<\/em>is sonically effervescent, decadent and a stark contrast to her 2017\u00a0<em>Melodrama\u00a0<\/em>project. It\u2019s particularly crossing the threshold into a new era for the artist with symbolic nods to a harmonious balance with nature and life, along with a new drift into an heightened anti-commercial perspective towards her craft. In tandem with the premiere of her long-awaited opus, Lorde is rightfully declaring that she is no longer ascribing to the traditional aspects of the pop star mold.<\/p>\n<p>This retreat from the ultra-spotlight centers a new focus on an intimate relationship with her supporters. Downsizing from her previous tour, which include\u00a0two roughly 19,000-capacity venues in the New York area, the concert tour for\u00a0<em>Solar Power<\/em>\u00a0will be housed in small venues.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s exactly where I want to be,\u201d the 24-year-old, who first launched into unparalleled stardom with her 2013 smash hit \u201cRoyals,\u201d told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/lorde-doesnt-want-to-be-pop-royalty-anymore-11629118800?redirect=amp#click=https:\/\/t.co\/LL7pVAg8MY\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a>. \u201cI would much rather have a room with 5,000 people in it who know every word to every song and are passionate about me as an institution\u2014than have 18,000 people who heard two songs on the radio and liked them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With cheeky album cover art, <em>Solar Power<\/em> is a return after a four-year break; fans of the singer surmised that the album would encompass a change of sorts. In her opening track, \u201cThe Path,\u201d guides listeners through her reckoning with the unwieldy platform of being idolized \u2014 a culture that celebrities as of late have been increasingly transparent about.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A\u00a0lot of people look to people like me for spiritual guidance, and starting the album like that was my way of saying, &#8216;I&#8217;m just as (messed) up as you are. Don&#8217;t look at me. But if we all look up here, maybe we&#8217;ll find out something interesting about ourselves,\u2019\u201d Lorde continued to\u00a0<em>WSJ.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":29094,"featured_media":32683,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[38,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>With \u2018Solar Power,\u2019 Lorde Retreats From Pressures of Pop Stardom - Grazia USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In tandem with the premiere of her long-awaited opus, Lorde is rightfully declaring that she is no longer ascribing to the traditional aspects of the pop star mold.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/lorde-solar-power-album\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"With \u2018Solar Power,\u2019 Lorde Retreats From the Pressures of Pop Stardom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In tandem with the premiere of her long-awaited opus, Lorde is rightfully declaring that she is no longer ascribing to the traditional aspects of the pop star mold.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/lorde-solar-power-album\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Grazia USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/08\/78EB5A42-73F2-4044-BDA4-4BEC4F0E5CD1.jpeg?fit=711%2C522\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"711\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"522\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/lorde-solar-power-album\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/lorde-solar-power-album\/\",\"name\":\"With \u2018Solar Power,\u2019 Lorde Retreats From Pressures of Pop Stardom - 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