Melodrama has always been a potent tool in storytelling, and The Summer I Turned Pretty employs it effectively to resonate with its audience. The series revolves around Isabel "Belly" Conklin, a ...

But with her second album, Melodrama, Lorde would probably be the first one to jump into the pool. In interviews, she’s described the LP as a loose story about a single house party. Now 20 ...

But Melodrama is most impressive not for what Antonoff brings to the table, but for Lorde’s own coming-of-age narrative, which she relays with the kind of grace only Lorde possesses.

On Lorde's second album, the pressure doesn't seem show on this composed but slightly chaotic set of anthems. Get the NME verdict.

On Melodrama, Lorde’s glittering electropop triumph, the New Zealand singer-songwriter finds herself immersed in exhilarating, champagne-soaked parties and soul-crushing one-night stands, and ...

Pure Heroine documented feelings of teenage ennui in a way that was both self-reflective and universal; Melodrama takes a similar approach to the early years of adulthood ...

In 18th-century gothic, music was a light melodic release from dramatic scares. But with the arrival of melodrama in the 19th century, gothic music became much darker.

Lorde has risen with her followup album Melodrama, and it's no sophomore slump. By Margaret Farrell Almost four years after releasing debut album Pure Heroine, Lorde has risen with her followup ...