This is definitely better than the live version. I don’t know if I’m really getting the same specific “multiple albums mixture” thing that some of you are saying, outside of the lyrical winks to Lights and Delirium.
If anything, its structure and production almost makes this feel slightly more OST-y in vibes to me with how it’s trying to be this lyrically bittersweet but euphoric sounding moment.
Anyway, any new song that has her paired with piano and violin is overall a good thing, and this is her best era starter since Flux for that reason (ignoring if Close To Me technically counts).
Honestly, its existence really makes me wish they’d not bother to release Destiny as a whole ass single and just stuck it on a Clevatess album, instead, as I’d noticed a lot of people (and both ex and non-fans) enjoy its unexpected shoegaze direction and I assume they’re likely to be tuning out of the rest of this new stuff.
It is driving me crazy, the verses are reminding me of another song but I can’t put my finger on it…the part where she sings ‘I’m trying to be a Hollywood baby, cause you made me think London hates me’. This sounds exactly the same as another song…
It’s a good song. Need to give it some more listens. It’s not an immediate hit for me, but I think it’ll grow on me. I do agree Destiny is the better song.
This is very Lorde goes to Eurovision. I don’t think this is the kind of music that’s in the charts right now, which gives me hope that she’s following her own instincts for once, and possibly intentionally studying her back catalogue for inspiration. It’s tacky in a 2010s Tumblr, endearing way and feels a lot more like her than whatever she’s tried to be in the last decade.
