This. Is. Real.
Photo: David M. Benett/Getty Images for Soho House
Cool teen turned cool adult Lorde probably has more sophisticated taste in music than you do (she was wearing a Cramps T-shirt on the cover of Rolling Stone at age 17, after all), but she’s not above the appeal of pure bubblegum pop. In a new New York Times profile, she explains her reverence for pop music and discusses, of all things, Katy Perry’s 2010 hit “Teenage Dream.â€
“There’s this sadness about it, where you feel young listening to it, but you feel impermanence at the same time,†Lorde said. “When I put that song on, I’m as moved as I am by anything by David Bowie, by Fleetwood Mac, by Neil Young. It lets you feel something you didn’t know you needed to feel.†She regarded me closely. “There’s something holy about it.â€
The next time you’re at karaoke, keep that in mind while making your song selection.