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"The Path" is a striking portrait of an artist in flux.Īs Lorde moves into the real crux of the song, she introduces the album's dominant theme: her devotion to the sun. (Skip to the end to see the only songs worth listening to and the album's final score.) Here is what we thought of each song on "Solar Power" upon first listen. Insider's music team (reporter Callie Ahlgrim and celebrity and music editor Courteney Larocca) listened to the new album on our own, jotting down our initial thoughts track by track. She has described it as "one of my great weed albums," as well as "a celebration of the natural world." Her long-anticipated follow-up was coproduced by Jack Antonoff and largely inspired by sun-soaked summers in New Zealand during Lorde's time away from the spotlight. The 24-year-old singer-songwriter has been extremely elusive since 2017's "Melodrama," which was nominated for album of the year at the Grammy Awards and ranked the eighth-best album of the decade by Insider. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. The best songs are "Secrets From a Girl (Who's Seen It All)," "The Man With the Axe," and "Mood Ring." It further cements Lorde as a once-in-a-generation lyricist with a talent for earworm melodies. Lorde released her third studio album, " Solar Power," on Friday. Lorde is a 24-year-old singer-songwriter.
