Melissa Kacar

Last month was the five year anniversary of Lorde 's sophomore release of Melodrama , which has since become one of the most influential albums in my life over that time. Although I have written about this album many times before, I never wrote a full review of it, so this felt like the perfect time to finally do so.  After taking a four year hiatus following her massively successful debut album, Pure Heroine , Lorde came back and better than ever in 2017 with Melodrama . This is a release that since became one of the best albums of the 2010s and also truly solidified her as a once-in-a-generation type of artist - what she did with Melodrama is just so amazing and can never be replicated. In the album's acknowledgements , she wrote "It’s been two years of breathlessness and hunger – a new sound, a new scene; a drink, a drumbeat." In a 2017 interview with The New York Times, she spoke of how she took inspiration from a night at a house party, "With a party, the...

The 2010s are coming to a close and I wanted to take the time to reflect on some of my personal favorite albums of the past 10 years and share why I love them and how they have impacted my life! I've loved so much music over the past decade so it was really difficult to narrow it down to just ten of my favorites, but I made sure this list is only the best of the best! Melodr ama // Lorde // 2017 Lorde's music has impacted my life in a way that no one's music ever has before.  I've listened to Melodrama countless times on repeat since it came out and I still feel all of the same strong emotions towards it like the time I first heard it. Every song on Melodrama encapsulates a different moment in time and cohesively tells such a beautiful and sincere story that any young adult can relate to.  As a songwriter, her talents are truly unparalleled, there's no one else like her . Everything she releases feels very genuine and complete, and not rushed in any ...