So, New Zealand pop star Lorde has released a catchy hit song called "Royals".

 

The music video can be seen

.

 

Some people, namely Spin Magazine, has taken issue with some of the lyrics, particularly:

 

"But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom

Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room,

We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams.

But everybody's like Cristal*, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece.

Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash.

We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair."

 

 

Do you see this as a fair or unfair criticism of rap music and/or witty lyrics from a foreign pop group that aren't necessarily meant to take shots at the rap and hip hop industries and audiences?

 

Personally I think it's at worst witty lyricism that pokes fun at the materialism of gold chains, bottle pippin' and expensive cars that are found in a good number of rap lyrics, song titles, and albums, and at best an original existentialist-type mantra about their upbringing and lifestyle even in face of their relatively modest success.

I can see it as both...and love singing along when it's on the radio. There's also a country recording of the song out there.

She fully admits to being bothered by the excess of hip-hop and at the same time being a fan of it and now getting to live in excess.

 

Interesting sound. I like the song.

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I think it is a great song, she has a cool voice, and I like the lyrics.

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I think it is a great song, she has a cool voice, and I like the lyrics.

 

She's unusual in many ways. Mom is a famous poet in her home country. She's sort of an introvert. Big reader. Writers her own stuff.

She's unusual in many ways. Mom is a famous poet in her home country. She's sort of an introvert. Big reader. Writers her own stuff.

 

Thanks, great info. I don't get the in-depth music information I used to be able to gather. :thumb:

I can see it as both...and love singing along when it's on the radio. There's also a country recording of the song out there.

 

Didn't know about the country version, but had read an article online about Rick Ross doing a verse on a re-mix.

Thanks, great info. I don't get the in-depth music information I used to be able to gather. :thumb:

 

Same. But no worries. We have Clyde for that.

So, New Zealand pop star Lorde has released a catchy hit song called "Royals".

 

The music video can be seen

.

 

Some people, namely Spin Magazine, has taken issue with some of the lyrics, particularly:

 

"But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom

Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room,

We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams.

But everybody's like Cristal*, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece.

Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash.

We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair."

 

 

Do you see this as a fair or unfair criticism of rap music and/or witty lyrics from a foreign pop group that aren't necessarily meant to take shots at the rap and hip hop industries and audiences?

 

Personally I think it's at worst witty lyricism that pokes fun at the materialism of gold chains, bottle pippin' and expensive cars that are found in a good number of rap lyrics, song titles, and albums, and at best an original existentialist-type mantra about their upbringing and lifestyle even in face of their relatively modest success.

 

I don't understand the beef. I've found the over-abundance of essentially boilerplate hip-hop, rap, and r&b lyrics about "living large" to be an un-original, un-creative bore for years. Personally, I appreciate the fact that a 16 year old is writing lyrics to call out much of the American music scene at large. If hip-hop/rap/r&b artists and fans are taking offense, maybe it's because they hate to admit it, but they see that the commentary is fairly accurate.

 

I love in the Spin article where the writer says "There's a rubbing-your-face-in-it quality to the song, and along with Macklemore's “Thrift Shop,” it marks the second time this year that a white pop song has appeared on hip-hop radio while framing its anti-materialism message around a critique of hip-hop signifiers." Like anti-materialism is a BAD thing. Then the author goes on to allege that the lyrics could be considered racist??? What an idiot and a d-bag.

Country/bluegrass version. Well done.

 

Country Cover of Lorde's 'Royals' Is a Twangy Masterpiece [VIDEO]

 

Toe tapper.

Great country version of Miley Cyrus "Wrecking Ball."

 

Listen to This Country-Western Cover of Miley Cyrus' 'Wrecking Ball' [VIDEO]

I don't know about the meaning of the lyrics, but I find the song nearly unlistenable.

Great country version of Miley Cyrus "Wrecking Ball."

 

Listen to This Country-Western Cover of Miley Cyrus' 'Wrecking Ball' [VIDEO]

 

Great? I'll stick with the original.

Great? I'll stick with the original.

 

Expand your mind, holmes.

 

Loved it.

Great? I'll stick with the original.

 

And don't tell me you weren't tapping your toes to the twangy version of "Royals."