LORDE.

At this point, I may have to change the tagline of my blog to: "Book reviews, music, and maybe some other random crap". Sorry guys. I just can't resist gushing about one of my more recent musical obsessions. Her name is Ella Yelich-O'Connor, but you probably know her as Lorde, the New Zealand goddess who is taking the music world by storm. Her hair is also amazingly voluminously brunette.

If you haven't listened to her album, Pure Heroine, then go pick yourself up a copy. Buy it on iTunes, acquire it suspiciously off the Internet, download it from Youtube, I don't care. Just get your hands on this thing, because you owe it to yourself to give this musical masterpiece a listen. Lorde is both a genius songwriter and a soulful singer, which you probably know already from hearing her song "Royals" on the radio. Let me be the first to assure you that Royals, while catchy, is far from her best song. Every record on this album is full of flowing lyrical quality that acts as a stream of adolescent consciousness. It's poetic, simplistic, and just good listening when compared to some of the dumbed down pop anthems of 2014. Sorry Miley, you're a bit outclassed here.

Then I acquired the Catching Fire Soundtrack for Christmas, and oh Lorde (sorry had to). Her cover of "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is haunting. Lorde's voice offers a more ominous, dark take on this Tears for Fears classic, and I've been listening to it nonstop for days now. Not only does it fit in perfectly with the aesthetic of Catching Fire, but it's a quality cover in its own right. So much to love here.

Basically, I want to be best friends with Lorde. We're the same age, we're both brunettes, and we need to go shopping together. And make snarky comments about life while singing Royals at the top of our lungs.

Peace. Love. Musical inkwells?
~The Inkling.