Essay On Song Analysis Of Royals By Lorde

Many people in the society today love music depending on how it relates to them. There are songs that explain what is going on in the society and some that talk about people’s hopes and dreams. In the twenty first century, the songs still have the same purpose, and many of them are about what is going on in the society today. An example of a 21st century song is Royals by Lorde. The song talks about the way the people today focus on material things. It is an interesting song, slow, with good instrumentals that make the song soothing and easy to understand. It represents the revolution that continues on to the 21st century that urges people to find meaning in life other than material things. Lorde’s song Royals is a song that relates to young adults with its use of thought provoking lyrics.
The artist of the song, Lorde, is from New Zealand, and she sang Royals at the age of seventeen. Her name, Lorde, resembles the word Lord, which is the title given to the royals. It is an interesting piece since the name of the artist resembles the title of the song. It can help the audience understand the artist and the purpose of the song. One can clearly see that she has an interest with the royals and their livelihood that led her to write a song titled Royals. Royals are privileged people, but their relevance is losing grip in the society today. In the few areas that they are relevant, royals are sometimes oblivious of the troubles of other people. Lorde explains that people focus on getting material things that are abundant to the royals. It is arguable that Lorde has great admiration for the royals, but dislikes people who are overly materialistic.
Young adults can relate to this song since it talks about the life that most of them want. Most of the young adults today want to make a life for themselves and acquire the material things that life offers. There is also a group of young adults that think conservatively and they, just like the song describes, find little meaning in material things. The song starts by describing a broke person that comes from a poor background with no access to luxuries such as diamonds. Young adults can relate to this first verse of the song because most of them are learning independence and finding life difficult. As a young adult living in tough times, it is easy to relate to this song; the lack of finance described and the hopes and dreams. It is a time when, as a young adult, there are fantasies on how life should be, and this song represents this point.
The lyrics of the song are carefully thought, easy to memorize, and at some controversial point. In the first verse of the song, there is the line “am not proud of my address, it’s in a torn up town, no postcode envy”. It is a symbol of poverty and shame because of coming from coming from a place where there are poor people. The lyrics of the song, then go on to describe the values that people have on material things. In the song Lorde says that people are focused on a shallow life and that she does not care for the material things. The chorus of the song has lyrics that say that people can never be royals as much as they try to, and that they should care for other things other than money. Lyrics in the song after the chorus have the meaning that people did not come from money, and this should mean that obtaining money is not the purpose of humanity. There is the line “we are fine with this, we didn’t come from money”. The lyrics of the song generally describe people who are not well off, and how they despise people who only value material things. It is also a call for people to stop putting monetary value on life.
The songs form an important part of today’s society and also people’s personal lives. The song Royals by Lorde is a 21st century song with interesting lyrics. It tries to change the opinion in today’s society where people put a lot of value on money. The song gives the message that material things are not important; meaning that there is more to life than acquisition. The analysis of this song shows that there is a group of rebellious people who do not care for idols, and that a person is valuable without the material possession. The song can also be viewed as a message to the rich, that people are still valuable even without affluence.