I think some of you guys are overthinking the song a bit too much. It's definitely not about war or something crazy like that. Lorde already said that the Buzzcut Season is summer. So I think it's safe to say that the song is all about the joys of summer season and not caring about anything else. My last statement might be oversimplifying it but it kinda sums up what the song is about.
"So now we live beside the pool, where everything is good" and "But it's so easy in this blue, where everything is good" pretty much tells it all.
It's summer season. It's the season where you just lay off, relax and not do anything other than having fun. You don't care about the conflicts or problems that's around you because you already had way too many of that prior to your vacation.
"all the girls with heads inside a dream" and "I live in a hologram with you" shows that she has put herself in an illusion during this time. She wants to pretend that she's in a paradise. She knows all too well that she's not, that her life can be a living hell sometimes, but for the sake of her vacation, she wants all her concerns and conflicts to be put way hidden in her mind where it's temporary invisible to her. All her friends are doing the same thing as well. They all know that when the season ends, they have to go back to their normal lives. So they want to make the best out of this season by prentending to be in heaven.
"And I'll never go home again" shows how she doesn't want this season to end and just wants stay like this for a very long time.
I like this song because it has unique way of telling the story or meaning. It's not a typical summer song where it's all about hitting the beach and showing bikinis. Instead, it's about what's inside your mind during this time of the year. It's goes deeper than just about swimming pool and hot weather, which, in my knowledge, has never been done before by any artist other than Lorde herself.
But while it's summer in New Zealand it's winter on the US and most of Europe. So she could be referring to summer metaphorically, as opposing to winter, that could represent the war. While for her it's "so easy in this blue where everything is good" and she lives "in a hologram", on tv she sees the reality in some place else. So I think she is talking about being divided between feeling happy for being safe and warm and feeling like she is so lucky and doesn't really know what some people's reality is. While it's summer for some,...
But while it's summer in New Zealand it's winter on the US and most of Europe. So she could be referring to summer metaphorically, as opposing to winter, that could represent the war. While for her it's "so easy in this blue where everything is good" and she lives "in a hologram", on tv she sees the reality in some place else. So I think she is talking about being divided between feeling happy for being safe and warm and feeling like she is so lucky and doesn't really know what some people's reality is. While it's summer for some, it's winter for others. That's what I think
I've always assumed this song was about going to war, just given the title and not having listened too closely to the lyrics. But after a more thorough listen, I completely agree with this interpretation.
I've always assumed this song was about going to war, just given the title and not having listened too closely to the lyrics. But after a more thorough listen, I completely agree with this interpretation.
I think it certainly is about repressing tragedy, whether it's the landscape around her or something worse. I had the passing idea that perhaps she did lose a friend to war, and now their spirit follows her through this summer where she tries to forget.
I think it certainly is about repressing tragedy, whether it's the landscape around her or something worse. I had the passing idea that perhaps she did lose a friend to war, and now their spirit follows her through this summer where she tries to forget.
Bittersweet and beautiful. I love this song, whatever the interpretation.
Bittersweet and beautiful. I love this song, whatever the interpretation.
I admit, the message is very subtile, but there is a significant clue in the beginning:
"I remember when your head caught flame. It kissed your scalp and caressed your brain. Well you laughed, baby it's okay. It's buzz cut season anyway."
I admit, the message is very subtile, but there is a significant clue in the beginning:
"I remember when your head caught flame. It kissed your scalp and caressed your brain. Well you laughed, baby it's okay. It's buzz cut season anyway."
Your head caught flame, but it is okay? It's kissing your scalp and caressing your brain. Not how I would describe it, if my head were in flame.
Your head caught flame, but it is okay? It's kissing your scalp and caressing your brain. Not how I would describe it, if my head were in flame.
In my opinion the song reflects the ridiculousness of the modern life. We, who are well-off, live in our own world, which we made...
In my opinion the song reflects the ridiculousness of the modern life. We, who are well-off, live in our own world, which we made up ("I live in a hologram with you"). And in this world "everything is good". In fact, it isn't ("explosions on TV").
@21Minute i think this interpretation works on one level, but lorde has stated over and over that her passion as an artist is "putting words together," so i tend to suspect her lyrics operate on more than one level.
@21Minute i think this interpretation works on one level, but lorde has stated over and over that her passion as an artist is "putting words together," so i tend to suspect her lyrics operate on more than one level.
I think some of you guys are overthinking the song a bit too much. It's definitely not about war or something crazy like that. Lorde already said that the Buzzcut Season is summer. So I think it's safe to say that the song is all about the joys of summer season and not caring about anything else. My last statement might be oversimplifying it but it kinda sums up what the song is about.
"So now we live beside the pool, where everything is good" and "But it's so easy in this blue, where everything is good" pretty much tells it all.
It's summer season. It's the season where you just lay off, relax and not do anything other than having fun. You don't care about the conflicts or problems that's around you because you already had way too many of that prior to your vacation.
"all the girls with heads inside a dream" and "I live in a hologram with you" shows that she has put herself in an illusion during this time. She wants to pretend that she's in a paradise. She knows all too well that she's not, that her life can be a living hell sometimes, but for the sake of her vacation, she wants all her concerns and conflicts to be put way hidden in her mind where it's temporary invisible to her. All her friends are doing the same thing as well. They all know that when the season ends, they have to go back to their normal lives. So they want to make the best out of this season by prentending to be in heaven.
"And I'll never go home again" shows how she doesn't want this season to end and just wants stay like this for a very long time.
I like this song because it has unique way of telling the story or meaning. It's not a typical summer song where it's all about hitting the beach and showing bikinis. Instead, it's about what's inside your mind during this time of the year. It's goes deeper than just about swimming pool and hot weather, which, in my knowledge, has never been done before by any artist other than Lorde herself.
But while it's summer in New Zealand it's winter on the US and most of Europe. So she could be referring to summer metaphorically, as opposing to winter, that could represent the war. While for her it's "so easy in this blue where everything is good" and she lives "in a hologram", on tv she sees the reality in some place else. So I think she is talking about being divided between feeling happy for being safe and warm and feeling like she is so lucky and doesn't really know what some people's reality is. While it's summer for some,...
But while it's summer in New Zealand it's winter on the US and most of Europe. So she could be referring to summer metaphorically, as opposing to winter, that could represent the war. While for her it's "so easy in this blue where everything is good" and she lives "in a hologram", on tv she sees the reality in some place else. So I think she is talking about being divided between feeling happy for being safe and warm and feeling like she is so lucky and doesn't really know what some people's reality is. While it's summer for some, it's winter for others. That's what I think
I disagree completely. If everything is good, why is there explosions and peoples heads catching flame??
I disagree completely. If everything is good, why is there explosions and peoples heads catching flame??
I've always assumed this song was about going to war, just given the title and not having listened too closely to the lyrics. But after a more thorough listen, I completely agree with this interpretation.
I've always assumed this song was about going to war, just given the title and not having listened too closely to the lyrics. But after a more thorough listen, I completely agree with this interpretation.
I think it certainly is about repressing tragedy, whether it's the landscape around her or something worse. I had the passing idea that perhaps she did lose a friend to war, and now their spirit follows her through this summer where she tries to forget.
I think it certainly is about repressing tragedy, whether it's the landscape around her or something worse. I had the passing idea that perhaps she did lose a friend to war, and now their spirit follows her through this summer where she tries to forget.
Bittersweet and beautiful. I love this song, whatever the interpretation.
Bittersweet and beautiful. I love this song, whatever the interpretation.
@21Minute I completely disagree.
@21Minute I completely disagree.
I admit, the message is very subtile, but there is a significant clue in the beginning: "I remember when your head caught flame. It kissed your scalp and caressed your brain. Well you laughed, baby it's okay. It's buzz cut season anyway."
I admit, the message is very subtile, but there is a significant clue in the beginning: "I remember when your head caught flame. It kissed your scalp and caressed your brain. Well you laughed, baby it's okay. It's buzz cut season anyway."
Your head caught flame, but it is okay? It's kissing your scalp and caressing your brain. Not how I would describe it, if my head were in flame.
Your head caught flame, but it is okay? It's kissing your scalp and caressing your brain. Not how I would describe it, if my head were in flame.
In my opinion the song reflects the ridiculousness of the modern life. We, who are well-off, live in our own world, which we made...
In my opinion the song reflects the ridiculousness of the modern life. We, who are well-off, live in our own world, which we made up ("I live in a hologram with you"). And in this world "everything is good". In fact, it isn't ("explosions on TV").
@21Minute i think this interpretation works on one level, but lorde has stated over and over that her passion as an artist is "putting words together," so i tend to suspect her lyrics operate on more than one level.
@21Minute i think this interpretation works on one level, but lorde has stated over and over that her passion as an artist is "putting words together," so i tend to suspect her lyrics operate on more than one level.