Juliana, writing for Talkhouse on Lorde's excellent new single Green Light:
I always want music to be a tangible thing that I can wrap my actual arms around (I have hugged my boom box before), but it isn’t. I want what I can’t have. I want to sink my teeth into the sound of that rich, strong, honest voice. I want to drink and drink and gulp it down; that is the magic of a well-built and -performed and -recorded pop song. You get filled up, and sometimes you overflow with cleansing tears and cathartic shouting-along — if only temporarily — until the song is over, and then you play it again. It’s like a drug or a sugar rush. “Green Light” is ear candy.
It's a great read.
talkhouse.com/lordes-green-light-sated-juliana-hatfields-undying-sweet-tooth/
UPDATE Lorde's comments: