New Zealand singer Lorde finally released her highly-anticipated album Solar Power on August 20. While many critics have praised it for its experimental flow and "intimate" lyrics, others have criticized her for its simplicity and "shallowness."
Lorde's latest album was created in collaboration with the famed music producer Jack Antonoff, popular for his work with singers Taylor Swift and Lana Del Ray. Solar Power is her third studio album and features the 24-year-old's most recent singles, "Stoned at the Nail Salon," "Mood Rings," and the title track.
Describing the album, the singer told The New York Times, "Well, I thought I was going to make this big acid record but I don’t think it was an acid album. I had one bad acid experience in this album and was like meh, it’s a weed album. It’s one of my great weed albums.”
While this folksy album has received a generally good reception, fans of the pop star have taken to social media to nitpick some of the controversial statements being made towards the "Green Light" singer. Many have gained up against the music outlet Pitchfork for referring to the "shallowness" demonstrated in the song "Secrets From A Girl (Who's Seen It All). Overall, the writer of the review, Anna Gaca, gave Solar Power a 6.8 out of 10, however fans are not pleased.
Pitchfork shared its review on Twitter, quoting an excerpt from the review. It read, "Shouldn’t an album about climate grief and puppy grief and social grief by one of the best pop songwriters of her generation make you feel something?"
Fans instantly took to threatening the writer of the review. Gaca currently has a private account on Twitter. One fan wrote, "Anna Gaca, watch ur back."
Tweeting the outlet directly, a fan commented, "Pitchfork literally is the worst thing to happen to the music industry since I don’t even know when. Just let people enjoy the music and let artistic enjoy making it!! And now they’ve resorted to mocking the death of Lorde's dog??"
Another wrote, "Pitchfork just won’t accept that she isn’t in the same place she was when she wrote Melodrama.. this album was so fun and refreshing imo [in my opinion]."
A third fan added, "Don't blame Lorde for you not being able to feel anything. Maybe eat a Snickers and you'll feel better."
In contrast, music programmer and writer Ernesto Sanchez agreed with the Pitchfork review. He tweeted, "On a first listen, it didn’t make me feel anything."
The reception of Lorde's Solar Power album may be mixed, but her fans have spoken: It's over for Pitchfork. Although, it may be wise for them to curb their anger and leave the publication's reviewer alone as cyberbullying doesn't align with Lorde's public image.
Solar Power is currently streaming on all major music platforms.