Lorde’s “Leader of a New Regime” is related in concept to “Fallen Fruit“, another track featured a bit earlier on the playlist of Solar Power. That is to say that they are both based on this concept...
“Fallen Fruit” is one of those cases where it would be best to instantly resort to the artist’s explanation of what the song is about. And Lorde has described this narrative, if you want to refer...
The titular metaphor is based on the vocalist depicting herself as a pine tree, with the addressee, i.e. “the man with the axe”, ‘falling her’. Or put more plainly, this is an individual whom she...
“The path” that Lorde is referring to would be something like the road to mass fulfillment, i.e. your quintessential spiritual journey, if you will, which any dedicated adherent could partake of. And she recognizes that...
As fate would have it, Lorde is currently experiencing something like a midlife crisis, even though at the moment she’s only 24 years of age. And based on her explanation of the sentiment behind this song,...
Lorde’s “Solar Power” is intended to be a summer jam, which is why there is such an overt shoutout to the sun, i.e. “solar power”. Accordingly the narrative is set on a beach, and it...
