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Mar 9, 2017 · “Liability” is new territory for Lorde: it’s a soft, piano-driven ballad that’s far more personal than her previous work.
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"Liability" is a song recorded by New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde, from her second studio album Melodrama (2017). Lorde co-wrote and co-produced the track with Jack Antonoff. It was released on 10 March 2017, by Lava and Republic Records as the album's first promotional single.
Sep 17, 2023 · Liability, a powerful and introspective song by Lorde, delves into themes of vulnerability, self-awareness, and the challenges of fame. Released as a single from her album “Melodrama” in 2017, this poignant ballad has resonated with millions around the world.
- The six seconds of silence. As if there hasn’t been enough suspense in the four years since Pure Heroine, with fans and critics wondering what kind of reintroduction she’d make after her extended absence, “Liability” begins with six seconds of near-complete silence, as a barely audible male voice (Jack Antonoff?
- The opening piano. The big piano ballad, as far as we knew, was not in Lorde’s arsenal. The most dramatic, introspective lyrics on Pure Heroine were still mostly conveyed in lively mid-tempo, blanketed with synths that sighed and sparkled — there was nothing that could possibly be interpreted as a torch song.
- The lyrical fake-out. Halfway through the first verse, Lorde drops something of a bombshell of a lyric, lamenting, “So I guess I’ll go home, into the arms of the girl that I love/ The only love I haven’t screwed up/ She’s so hard to please, but she’s a forest fire.”
- The chorus. “They say, ‘You’re a little much for me / You’re a liability.'” The piano goes soft for the song’s refrain — as if this is hard enough on her already — and the singer just barely ekes out the impossibly cruel chorus, which she then doubles down on by internalizing and echoing back: “I understand — I’m a liability / Get too wild, make you leave / I’m a little much for everyone.”
Jun 22, 2017 · It was released on March 10th 2017. The track was written and produced by Lorde and Jack Antonoff in Antanoff's apartment with the rest of the album over an 18-month period. The song has been ...
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A heartbreak ballad with just voice and piano, where Lorde sings about feeling like a burden to her lovers. The song was influenced by Rihanna's "Higher" and produced by Jack Antonoff.
