Lorde New Song Sober Meaning Lyrics Dating Relationship

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Lorde is here to tease us with another single off her soon-to-be-released, second album Melodrama.

The 20-year-old artist describes the meaning behind the song as "being a little bit involved with someone and it's magic when you are out — you're just king and queen of the weekend, you own the party," she explained in an interview with USA Today. The syncopated, pop anthem is the fourth song she has shared from the album.

Ella Yelich-O'Connor, or Lorde as we know her, took a moment yesterday to tweet about how the song came into being which she claims first came to her while in the back of an Uber before being finished at the kitchen table of none other than fellow musician, Jack Antonoff, and Lena Dunham. The single centers on relatable moments in romantic relationships and on nights out. "I definitely felt like I had moments where I was like, 'I need to get drunk to tell this person how I feel.' I know a lot of young people feel like that," Lorde told USA Today.

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i wanna tell you about sober
— Lorde (@lorde) June 9, 2017

so the first inklings of sober came to me in the back of an uber, and then properly at jack and lena's kitchen table. i BOLTED to the studio
— Lorde (@lorde) June 9, 2017

i'll never forget writing the first demo it was like a trance i guided jack to the chords almost wordlessly with my hands on his shoulders
— Lorde (@lorde) June 9, 2017

This isn't the first time Lorde has worked with performer and songwriter, Jack Antonoff. She also collaborated with him on the final song of the album, "Perfect Places." The danceable, yet introspective, closer was written last summer in New York according to USA TODAY.

it was this really intense booming slow synth thing with a drum outro for ages then malay came thru on my birthday & cracked the code on it
— Lorde (@lorde) June 9, 2017

came up with the "midnight, lose my mind" pitched sample on a sinfully hot day in palm springs and also started sober II that day as well
— Lorde (@lorde) June 9, 2017

but this song was so important to me because it felt like pop music i hadn't heard before, this sprawling brass & strange vocal syncopation
— Lorde (@lorde) June 9, 2017

"There's a moment in the song where it's like, 'We pretend that we just don't care, but we care,' " she explains in the same interview. "You like someone so much that you pretend it's whatever. That was my moment of being like, 'Ugh, come on! It's so fun, but what's happening?' Because you do care. Everyone always cares when they say they don't."

& that late-saturday-night declaration "WE PRETEND THAT WE JUST DON'T CARE / BUT WE CARE" tasted as fresh & new in my mouth as ice water
— Lorde (@lorde) June 9, 2017

As to why it was called "Sober," the artist explains her title choice to a fan saying that she saw it as "a continuation of a 'sober' evening."

because i saw it as a continuation of the "sober" evening - together they're the full rollercoaster of one night
— Lorde (@lorde) June 9, 2017

Leave it to Lorde to capture a moment that we simultaneously can completely relate to and also want to dance to.

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