Episode 9 - Lorde's 'Melodrama'

This week, we’re going deep on Lorde’s 'Melodrama'. The Kiwi’s second album came after her huge breakout with ‘Pure Heroine’. After Grammys and hits, she returned with a pulsating, dizzying seconds album made entirely with Jack Antonoff. It was a rousing, poignant coming of age that earned her universal praise but its charts hits were few and far between. In this episode, we explore why it didn’t hit commercially and why it’s a landmark album for pop music.