Lorde proves she’s music royalty in Melbourne debut
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Lorde performs at Festival Hall. PIcture: Brendan Francis.
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LORDE is everything that’s right with pop music at the moment.
Literate New Zealander Ella Yelich-O’Connor is proof that square pegs can still prosper in a dumbed-down music industry.
Her sold-out Festival Hall show was full of fans, mainly teenagers like herself, who are justifiably enthralled with how she’s got it so right so early.
Royals may have made Lorde an unlikely accidental global phenomenon, but she’s up to the task of translating her homemade minimal music to the stage.
Lorde’s Festival Hall show was confident but humble.
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There’s also minimal nerves on her first big headline tour — possibly because most of the audience know her album, Pure Heroine, word perfect.
If she’s confident during the songs, she’s humble between them.
And the wall of wails show she’s definitely in pop star territory.
Lorde’s clever mixture of gothic pop and hip-hop beats lets her voice shine on moments like Biting Down, Buzzcut Season and the mantra-like Ribs.
Yelich-O’Connor’s hits Royals, Tennis Court and Team not only raised the IQ of the Top 40 but also offered a welcome antidote to pop stars twice her age still obsessed with dancefloors and popping bottles.
Lorde plays Festival Hall again on Wednesday night.
Originally published as Lorde proves she’s music royalty in Melbourne debut
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