{"id":18796,"date":"2013-10-03T11:21:52","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T19:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=18796"},"modified":"2013-10-03T11:21:52","modified_gmt":"2013-10-03T19:21:52","slug":"the-rare-teenager-receiving-critical-acclaim-watch-lorde-on-jimmy-fallon-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2013-10\/the-rare-teenager-receiving-critical-acclaim-watch-lorde-on-jimmy-fallon-show\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rare Teenager Receiving (Critical) Acclaim: Watch Lorde on Jimmy Fallon Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A teenager introduced us awhile back to the ubiquitous song Royals<\/strong><\/em> by the New Zealand teenager known as Lorde <\/strong><\/a>(Ella Yelich-O’Connor<\/b> her given name).\u00a0 From the get-go, it was hard to deny the charm of Royals<\/strong><\/em>, with its spare, but beautiful, melody and provocative (in a decent way) lyrics. Without knowing more, we surmised the 16-year old Lorde<\/strong> would be yet another young, juvenile artist left to be exposed and plundered by the critics.\u00a0 Well we surmised wrong.\u00a0 Lorde<\/strong> and her new album Pure Heroine<\/strong><\/em> have received near-universal praise from critics (including one of our favorites, the highly-respected and exacting Kitty Empire<\/strong><\/a> of the Guardian<\/strong>), with the album receiving an admirable 78 score<\/strong> on Metacritic<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 And of those that haven’t fallen in line, they are mostly dismissible (the oft-ridiculous Spin<\/strong> amongst them).<\/p>\n

Having heard a few more Lorde<\/strong><\/em> songs, we are generally impressed (Tennis Court<\/strong><\/em> is another gem).\u00a0 We like the spare production (not unlike The xx<\/strong>), melodies, vocals and (surprisingly) lyrics.\u00a0 As to the lyrics, the positive influence of her poet mother, Sonja Yelich<\/strong>, is clear.\u00a0 Thought and care has been taken in crafting the lyrics, which hold up reasonably well to closer scrutiny.<\/p>\n

Tuesday night Lorde<\/strong> made her national TV debut on the Jimmy Fallon Show<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 We think she acquitted herself quite well (despite the Milli-Vanilli<\/strong> virtual-choir accompaniment–she should have borrowed Moby’s gang<\/strong>).\u00a0 Watch below as Lorde<\/strong> performed Royals<\/em><\/strong> and then White Teeth<\/strong> Teens<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 What say you?<\/p>\n