“Supercut” by Lorde

"Supercut" comes from Melodrama, the second album the New Zealand singer Lorde released in June 2017. She wrote it with Jack Antonoff, and the two produced it with Joel Little, with extra production from Frank Dukes, Jean-Benoît Dunckel and Malay. The title borrows Andy Baio's word for a montage of short video clips all showing the same kind of moment, which is exactly how the song plays out: Lorde flicking back through the happiest scenes of an old relationship until she has to admit the picture isn't real anymore.

It's synth-pop with a disco pulse and a streak of new wave, and critics who loved it kept reaching for Bruce Springsteen and Robyn to describe the production. Laura Sisk engineered, Serban Ghenea mixed, and Lorde has kept it in her set from the Melodrama World Tour through the Solar Power and Ultrasound tours.

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