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Dec 13, 2013 · We aren’t caught up in your love affair. This refers to them making it big and having the money and power to get everything they want. Even with all of that power they still aren’t focusing on or putting much effort into acquiring all the fancy things. And we’ll never be royals (royals). It don’t run in our blood
- The Lyrics of “Royals”
- Narrator Hates The Rich?
- In Conclusion
- Did Lorde Write “Royals”?
- Inspiration
- Lorde Evolves
- Success of “Royals”
- Even More Success
- Notable Places Where “Royals” Hit #1
- Music Video
And overall Royals does speak to a basic truth that those who patronize such musicians, including the narrator herself, will most likely never experience what said artists are putting forth in song. Or put differently, the music industry has become oversaturated with materialistic content. So on one hand, you will in fact have those listeners who a...
But beyond such a sentiment isn’t a disdain for upper classes, as some analysts have interpreted this piece. Rather what Lorde is putting forth, as metaphorically expounded on in the bridge for instance, is that she and her cohorts are in love with life in general. That is to say that the acquisition of riches is not what floats their boat, nor do ...
So some individuals have adopted “Royals” as being centered on classist struggle or income inequality, etc. Such is indicative of the era in which it was released. But interpreting it in such a manner is more or less stretching its meaning. In other words, the vocalist doesn’t seem to have beef with anyone richer or in a higher class than she is. H...
Lorde wrote this song alongside its producer, Joel Little, who is one of the top behind-the-scenes’ musicians from her homeland. And said homeland would be New Zealand, where the songstress was born in the city of Auckland. In fact since coming out up until and beyond the writing of this post, Lorde is generally considered the most-popular Kiwi art...
One of her inspirations penning the tune actually came from a picture of George Brett. Some readers would recognize Greg as a legendary Major League Baseball player from the late 20thcentury. More specifically, he spent his entire 20 year career playing for the Kansas City Royals. And the aforementioned pic, which was taken circa 1976, was of him w...
As time evolves, Lorde may be coming more reliant on sexualized imagery to sell her music. But initially she burst on the scene as one of the most-trending musicians in the world without relying on such methods. For instance, the music video to Royals only features the songstress, who is the only female in the clip, sparsely and then primarily from...
For example, this song reached number one in at least 12 countries. As expected this includes Lorde’s native New Zealand but also the likes of Israel and Canada. Even more notably, it accomplished this feat on the Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart. And in terms of all the nations it charted in, they are over 30 in number. When this song blew u...
This song has also gone multi-platinum in almost 10 countries. That includes the United States. It should be noted that America perhaps has the most-stringent platinum-certification requirements in the world, as a million copies of a song must be sold just for it to go one-time platinum. But in the case of “Royals”, it has actually been certified d...
Below are the most notable territories where this song rose to number 1: 1. Belgium 2. Canada 3. Ireland 4. Israel 5. Italy 6. New Zealand 7. Scotland 8. United Kingdom 9. United States 10. Venezuela
The music video to this track achieved its own honors, winning Best Music Video at the New Zealand Music Award in 2013. It was also honored with an MTV VMA for Best Rock Videoin 2014. Joel Kefali directed the clip, and as noted earlier it does not feature Lorde at center stage. In fact according to certain sources, due to the storyline it is meant ...
Royals Lyrics & Meanings: I've never seen a diamond in the flesh / I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies / And I'm not proud of my address, in the torn up town / No post code envy / / But every song's like gold teeth, Grey Goose, trippin' in the bathroom / Bloodstains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room / We don't care, we're driving ...
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Original lyrics of Royals song by Lorde. Explore 5 meanings and explanations or write yours. Find more of Lorde lyrics. Watch official video, print or download text in PDF. Comment and share your favourite lyrics.
Songfacts®: Ella Yelich-O'Connor is a New Zealand singer-songwriter. Inspired by her love for such royals as Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI of France, and the last Tsar, Nicholas II of Russia, she adopted the moniker of Lorde (The 'e' is pronounced silently). Yelich-O'Connor was discovered when her now manager, Scott Maclachlan, saw a video of ...
Jun 3, 2013 · Royals is the lead single off Lorde’s 2012 breakout EP The Love Club. It debuted at #1 in New Zealand, and eventually topped the Billboard Hot 100, outranking Katy Perry’s “Roar” and Miley ...
Oct 23, 2013 · Discuss the deeper meaning of Lorde's song Royals. Read and vote on user submitted song interpretations.
