Lorde’s ‘Green Light’ Has Been Painstakingly Recreated With A Life-Size Cardboard Cut-Out
We're telling you this is melodrama.
While we patiently await Lorde’s follow-up to 2017 sophomore album Melodrama, fans are finding new ways to fall in love with the singer’s existing hits, including re-enacting ‘Green Light’ with a cardboard cut-out of Lorde.
Over on TikTok, user @kandlemayo spend the better half of August uploading short videos of a cardboard cut-out of Lorde acting out ‘Green Light’ — now they’re complete, and we’ve got a full story which includes baseball bats, sharks, drones and dying roses. There’s nothing quite as good as seeing a glammed up cardboard cut-out of Lorde twirl through the sky while tied to a drone. That’s freedom.
Watch a collation of the videos below, and follow along with @kandlemayo on TikTok, where they’ve recently started teasing a sequel with ‘Liability’.
As for an update from Lorde herself, the singer sent out an email to fans back in May saying her third album is on the way, with Melodrama producer Jack Atonoff working on this record too.
“A thing started to take shape,” she wrote. “And then, of course, the world shut down. We’re still working away — Jack and I FaceTimed for over an hour this morning going over everything. But it’ll take a while longer.”
She promised it’d be worth the wait.
“In my opinion, the greatest treat I can give you is work that will last ten, twenty, thirty years. And that kind of work takes time. So if you can, I’d like for you to try tuning in to the time spent waiting for something of the highest quality to arrive. Enjoy the sensation as it builds. When the moment comes, our wave will crest super f—ing high. I can tell you, this new thing, it’s got its own colours now. If you know anything about my work, you’ll know what that means.”
“The work is so f—ing good, my friend. I am truly jazzed for you to hear it.”
Watch @kandlemayo’s stunning creation below, and revisit the original music video, too.
The power of the internet and Lorde NEVER ceases to amaze me pic.twitter.com/ujSvF8GEFU
— Andy Lalwani (@AndyLalwani) August 23, 2020