Best Songs of 2013: Lorde - Royals

Lorde adalah nama baru di dunia musik internasional. Masih muda dan selera musiknya tinggi. Lagu-lagunya yang ngga mainstream tapi tetep catchy. Salah satu lagunya yang bikin namanya melejit adalah "Royals". Lagu yang emang agak berat dan awalnya susah untuk diterima tapi bener-bener asik kalo udah nyantol di telinga.

Ella Yelich-O'Connor (Lorde)

Tbh, pertama kalinya gua denger lagu ini gua sangat-sangat tidak nyaman dengan lagunya. Pengen buru-buru lagunya abis. Udah tuh kan. Terus beberapa hari gua ga denger lagu ini tetiba terbersit sedikit melodi dari lagu ini yang keulang-ulang di memori gua. gila bahasa gua tinggi amat... Bodohnya, gua bingung: "itu lagu apa, ya". Hahaha. Akhirnya gua inget itu "Royals". Semenjak itu gua jadi suka sama lagu ini.

Lagu ini sebetulnya sederhana, tapi kesederhanaan itu yang bikin lagu ini spesial. Ngga terlalu heboh sana-sini, dan ngga meledak-ledak. Beat yang catchy dan kemampuan story-telling-nya Lorde yang lumayan hebat jadi senjata andalah lagu ini. Btw, Lorde usianya baru 17 tahun loh, guys. Okay. Gua akuin, untuk ukuran anak lahiran taun 1996, Lorde punya kemampuan yang luar biasa. 

Yang bikin lagu ini makin sensasional adalah maknanya. Lagu ini kaya sindiran buat kehidupan jaman sekarang. Pengennya yang mewah. Pengen kelihatan lux. Tapi Lorde dateng dan mementahkan semua itu. Dia mengkritisi kehidupan yang penuh sandiwara, sok kaya, dan sebagainya. 

Chorusnya yang catchy punya makna yang dalem. 

And we'll never be royals (royals).
It don't run in our blood
That kind of luxe just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz.
Let me be your ruler (ruler),
You can call me queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.

Artinya gini: "Kita ngga akan pernah hura-hura, kaya gitu tuh bukan kita banget, yang mewah-mewah ngga cocok buat kita. Lorde disini pengen jadi contoh (queen bee) untuk orang-orang. Dia mau kehidupan yang sederhana, damai, ngga neko-neko, ya biasa-biasa aja."

  

Royals Lyrics:

"Royals"
[Verse 1]
I've never seen a diamond in the flesh
I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies
And I'm not proud of my address,
In a torn-up town, no postcode envy

But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom
Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room,
We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams.
But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece.
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash.
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair.

And we'll never be royals (royals).
It don't run in our blood,
That kind of luxe just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz.
Let me be your ruler (ruler),
You can call me queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.

[Verse 2]
My friends and I—we've cracked the code.
We count our dollars on the train to the party.
And everyone who knows us knows that we're fine with this,
We didn't come for money.

But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom.
Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room,
We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams.
But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece.
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair

And we'll never be royals (royals).
It don't run in our blood
That kind of luxe just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz.
Let me be your ruler (ruler),
You can call me queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.

Ooh ooh oh
We're bigger than we ever dreamed,
And I'm in love with being queen.
Ooh ooh oh
Life is great without a care
We aren't caught up in your love affair.

And we'll never be royals (royals).
It don't run in our blood
That kind of luxe just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz
Let me be your ruler (ruler),
You can call me queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.

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Dengan kualitas lagu yang emang bagus dan makna yang sensasional, lagu ini mampu jadi nomor #1 di U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Eits. Bukan cuman seminggu-dua minggu. tapi 9 minggu. Sembilan Minggu. Hahaha. Download lagunya di sini. Okay, sekali lagi hidup tuh sederhana aja, gausah mikirin materi mulu. Capek. Inget, We didn't come for money.