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Green Light (Lorde song)

"Green Light"is a song by New Zealand singer-songwriterLorde,released on 2 March 2017 as the lead single from her second studio albumMelodrama(2017). It was written and produced by Lorde andJack Antonoff,with additional writing byJoel Littleand production assistance fromFrank Dukes,and was released to radio stations byUniversal.Musically, "Green Light" is anelectropop,dance-pop,andpost-discosong. The lyrics use a "green light" as atraffic lightmetaphor that gives Lorde permission to move on with her life after a breakup.

"Green Light"
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ChromeoRemix artwork
SinglebyLorde
from the albumMelodrama
Released2 March 2017(2017-03-02)
Recorded2016
Studio
Genre
Length
  • 3:54
LabelUniversal New Zealand
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Lordesingles chronology
"Magnets"
(2015) 		"Green Light"
(2017) 		"Perfect Places"
(2017)
Music video
"Green Light"onYouTube

The song received widespread acclaim from critics, many of whom praised its production and Lorde's vocal delivery. It earned the Silver Scroll Award at theNew Zealand APRA Awardsand appeared on various year-end and decade-end lists. In the US, the single peaked at number 19 and received platinum certification from theRecording Industry Association of America(RIAA). "Green Light" also entered the top-ten on charts and received multi-platinum certifications in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.

Grant Singerdirected the music video for "Green Light", which shows Lorde leaving a nightclub and walking through the city streets as she tries to move on from a breakup. Photography took place primarily atMacArthur Parkin Los Angeles. She performed "Green Light" atSaturday Night Liveand at multiple music festivals. A remix of the song by Canadianelectro-funkduoChromeowas released on 19 May 2017. Lorde included the song on the set list for theMelodrama(2017–2018) andSolar Power(2022–2023) concert tours.

Background and release

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"The song is really about those moments kind of immediately after your life changes and about all the silly little things that you gravitate towards. It sounds so happy and then the lyrics are so intense obviously."

—Lorde talking about the song's meaning during aBeats 1interview withZane Lowe.[1]

Prior to the song's release, Lorde told her followers onTwitterthat "Green Light" would be "different, and [kind of] unexpected. Complex and funny and sad and joyous and it'll make you [dance]."[2]Her decision to create an uptempo track was influenced by how calm songs on the radio were for her musical taste. The downtempo and slow atmosphere of those songs made her want to introduce a different style of music back to the radio waves.[1]

In an interview withTavi Gevinson's podcast Rookie, she revealed that the song's piano part was inspired when she went to aFlorence and the Machineconcert withJack Antonoff.The singer's pianist made "big, jangly" piano movements, where "the physicality of that movement [...] became the way Jack played" that part in the song.[3]Lorde also revealed that hersound-to-color synesthesiaplayed a significant factor in the song's title, saying that a "swirling combo of high school and recent and private and public memories" helped to make the title represent a green traffic light.[4]She announced the release of the single and its music video on Twitter on 2 March 2017.[5]

When previewing the track for Swedish producerMax Martin,he did not think the song would become a hit. Martin had an issue with "melodic math — shortening a part." He called the lyrics "incorrect songwriting" and noted the marked key change after the piano sequences.[6]However, Lorde later clarified in a podcast interview withThe Spinoffthat Martin's critiques were made in reference to her 2013 song "Royals".[7]Realizing thattop 40 songsusually have key changes reserved for amplified final choruses, Lorde herself called "Green Light" a "strange piece of music."[6]She acknowledges the "drums [do not] show up on the chorus until halfway through, which creates this other, bizarre part."[6]

Composition and lyrical interpretation

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Jack Antonoff(pictured) co-wrote "Green Light".

"Green Light" was written by Lorde (credited under her birth name Ella Yelich-O'Connor), Antonoff, andJoel Little,with production handled by the former two andFrank Dukes.[1]It was the first track Lorde wrote forMelodrama.Writing took place over an 18-month period.[8]Lorde's first heartbreak inspired the lyrics, leading reviewers to characterise them as being "downbeat" as well as having an "acceptance of longing".[9][10]

Spencer Kornhaber fromThe Atlanticstated that Lorde was singing about the transitional phase of a breakup and obsessing over her ex "misleading" his new partner in the lyrics, "She thinks you love the beach, you're such a damn liar". Kornhaber compared the "loop of bliss" in the last minute of the track toThe Smithssong "How Soon Is Now?"(1984).[11]Pretty Much Amazingwriter Danilo Bortoli noted a change in perspective in Lorde's songwriting compared to herdebut album.He also wrote that she used to portray the "role of master observer" and compared her new view to British singerTracey Thorn.[12]

Musically, "Green Light" was described as anelectropop,[13]dance-pop,[14]andpost-discosong.[15]According to sheet music published at Musicnotes.com bySony/ATV Music Publishing,"Green Light" is set incommon timewith a "driving" tempo of 129 beats per minute. The song is composed in the key ofA major,with Lorde's vocals ranging between the notes of D3and A4.[16]TheBBCdescribed the chorus that follows this section as "euphoric", whileForbesdeemed it aspower pop,[17]featuring hand-claps,[18]bass,[9]and strings.[19]

The track begins with her singing solo with a lone piano playing "slow, steady"power chordsconsisting of a root note and the fifth above.[20]Subsequently, in the first of the song's twopre-choruses,a "throbbing beat" plays amid "tongue-twisting lyrics, eerie background vocals, and bubbling electronic effects." In the second pre-chorus, a "cheery, upbeat piano loop and a kick drum" accompany Lorde as she sings about an "uneasy new reality."[2][21]Here, the titular metaphor comes in the form of a hook: "I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it," leading reviewers to interpret the "green light" as a street signal that gives the singer permission to move on into the future.[11]

Critical reception

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"Green Light" received widespread acclaim frommusic criticsupon its release, with many publications placing the song in their respective year-end lists. Jason Lipshutz ofBillboardcommended the track, highlighting the singer's songwriting in particular, saying, "Lorde makes a good case that her songwriting, above all else, is her strongest asset."[22]In his favorable A review, Nolan Feeney ofEntertainment Weeklypraised the song's production, stating that it sounded "like nothing else on the radio or in yourSpotifyplaylists. "[2]Hugh McIntyre ofForbesnoted Lorde's transition from her previous melancholia production to a "more upbeat feeling". He also praised the singer for being able to create a dance song "without caving into any trend in pop or dance".[17]

NME's Rhian Daly described "Green Light" as "different and unexpected"; Daly also noted Lorde's angry and theatrical vocal delivery, calling her voice "raspier, a touch deeper, still with that elegance and poise she emerged with."[20]Pitchforkawarded it Best New Track, with writer Laura Snapes calling it a "comeback breakup jam" and complimenting the song's "euphoria."[23]Stereogum's James Rettig called it "an incandescent number that feels like a natural progression from the insular pop ofPure Heroine."[24]Patrick Ryan ofUSA Todaysaid the song is "unlike anything she—or frankly, any pop star in recent memory—has put out before", noting its diverse production and "heartfelt lyrics", going on to call the track an "earworm."[25]

Writing forThe Atlantic,Spencer Kornhaber said that at first listen, the track "comes off as an EDM remix" of Lorde's past material, but after several spins "reveals its tricky logic—and drops a payload of emotion." He also mentions how the "dark theatrical vocal delivery in the verses" is what distinguishes a Lorde track fromThe Chainsmokers' guest singers.[11]Pretty Much Amazingwriter Danilo Bortoli called the track "explosive and contagious."[12]In a mixed-positive review, Craig Jenkins ofVulturesaid the song "locates the universality in a very specific experience, as a truly effective pop gem should" but also noted its conventional "radio fare" production, being "too faithful to the style of its predecessors."[26]In an interview write-up,Timeeditor Sam Lansky commended the track for being a "cathartic sing-along that takes an eerie vocal introduction and builds into a thunderous chorus." He felt it is "both unsettled and euphoric like doing jumping jacks in the rain."[27]

Accolades

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"Green Light" appeared on numerous critics' listicles. The song ranked number 6 onTriple J, Hottest 100.[28]

Select critical rankings for "Green Light"
Critic/Organization Time span Rank Published
year
The A.V. Club Year-end 2 2017[29]
Billboard 13 2017[30]
Consequence of Sound 2 2017[31]
Decade-end 26 2019[32]
Decade-end (Pop songs) 8 2019[33]
The Guardian Year-end 1 2017[34]
Insider Decade-end 23 2017[35]
NME Year-end 1 2017[36]
Decade-end 2 2019[37]
Paste Year-end 19 2017[38]
Pitchfork 3 2017[39]
Rolling Stone Decade-end 82 2019[40]
Slant Year-end 2 2017[41]
Decade-end 39 2020[42]
Stereogum Year-end 7 2017[43]
Decade-end 10 2020[44]
The Village Voice Year-end 4 2017[45]
The Times 21st century 4 2022[46]

Commercial performance

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Commercially, "Green Light" achieved success following its release. In the United Kingdom, the song debuted at number 28 on theUK Singles Chart,in the issue dated 16 March 2017.[47]On the week of 20 April, it reached the 20th position after leaping seven spots, becoming her second top 20 entry on the chart, after "Royals".[48]"Green Light" received a Platinum certification by theBritish Phonographic Industry(BPI) on 18 August 2017 for 600,000 sales.[49]In Spain, the song debuted at number 13, becoming Lorde's second top twenty entry in the chart. "Green Light" peaked within the top ten in Canada,[50]Iceland,[51]and Israel.

In the United States, "Green Light" debuted at number 100 onBillboardHot 100based on the song's first roughly half-day streaming and sales, as well as its first three-and-a-half days of airplay.[52]The following week, the song leaped from 100 to number 19, and debuted at number six (52,000 downloads sold) onDigital Songs Sales,and at number 20 (13.6 million U.S. streams) onStreaming Songs,while drawing 20 million in radio airplay audience. It marked Lorde's third top 20 hit, preceded by "Royals" and "Team"(2013).[53]With a leap of 81 spots, "Green Light" became one of several songs to have thebiggest single-week upward movementssinceJeannie C. Riley's "Harper Valley PTA"first accomplished this in 1968.[53]The song performed modestly in otherBillboardmarkets, landing within the top 20 on theMainstream Top 40,and the top ten on the country'sAlternative SongsandRock Airplaycharts. It received a double Platinum certification from theRecording Industry Association of America(RIAA) for over two million shipments.[54]

"Green Light" was successful in Oceania. On the report dated 19 March 2017, the song debuted at number four on the AustralianARIA Singles Chart.In Australia, it received a quadruple Platinum certification for sales of 280,000. The track debuted and peaked at number one on theNew Zealand Top 40 Singleschart on the report dated 13 March 2017, receiving a double Platinum certification by theRecorded Music NZ(RMNZ) for sales of 60,000.[55]

Music video

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Background

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Grant Singerdirected the music video for "Green Light", and shot the visual for Lorde's follow-up single, "Perfect Places"(2017). Lorde contacted Grant a couple of months before the video's release, and the pair later met for dinner in New York City.[56]Struck by Lorde's "passion, sincerity and thoughtfulness," a collaboration between the pair ensued. Having not released a music video of her own in several years, both Lorde and Singer wanted to take a new direction from her earlier works. This led to him choosing16 mm filmto shoot the video, a technique rarely used in modern videos, which generally use35 mm film.[56]Singer explained that the idea of choosing 16 mm film felt timeless and was intentional to make the video feel like it was not made in 2017. When explaining the new direction of her videos in a behind the scenes shoot withVevo,Lorde said:

“I was very aware that this is the first thing that people had seen from me in three years. I was picking up where I had, which was I always had dark lipstick on and in a weird kind of outfit. And this time, I was like, I want to look the way my friends see me. I want to feel like I could be any one of the young people who listen to my music.”[57]

One particular scene where Lorde takes a "payphone off the hook for no reason" was improvised and went unnoticed during the filming process.[56]Singer decided to leave the part in afterwards as it was a "magic moment" and cutting it would have been "criminal."[56]Explaining the location of the video, shot atMacArthur ParkinLos Angeles,Singer said that he did not want to make the area seem specific. He describes the area as a "no man's land between downtown andKoreatown."[56]In an interview withNME,Lorde revealed that the video and song are "symbiotic" saying that she wanted the video to be set at night, just like her "real life." During the video, she wears whiteAdidasshoes, which she says is what she wears when she goes partying at home.[58]

Synopsis

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During this scene, Lorde lifts apayphoneoff its hook. Director Grant Singer specified that the scene was "accidental" and called it a "magic moment" during the filming process.[56]

The video starts with a close up shot of Lorde looking at herself in a mirror in a public restroom. In the next scene, she is dancing slowly in a club, with the silhouettes of other partygoers and flashing lights around her.[59]She then exits the club at night, dressed in a hot pinkGiorgio di Sant'Angelotie-back mini dress and whiteAdidas Originalssuperstars,[60]and steps inside a blackUber.[61]Lorde opens the passenger window and places her head partly outside the window, letting the wind rush by her as the Uber drives through the streets of Los Angeles.[25]In the following scene, she is seen dancing on top of the Uber while red lights shine on her.[62]

Walking the streets alone, Lorde plays aWalkman,puts on earphones, and dances joyously.[63]She then takes apayphoneoff its hook. During the pre-chorus, Lorde is inside the bathroom from the first scene with Antonoff playing piano in the background.[58]Several shots of her dancing and moving her hair back and forth are shown, with one particular shot showing her placing her head down on what appears to be a car with flashing green lights. In the last scene, Lorde makes her way through an overpass at sunset, as a green light reflects on her face.[64]

Reception

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Rolling Stonecalled the video "electrifying," describing her as being "swathed in electric pink mesh" and sealing her "kiss-off with a bang".[63]Aimee Cliff fromThe Fadercompared Lorde's dancing toRobynin "Dancing on My Own"(2010).[65]Cliff also compared the video toGrimes' "Oblivion"(2012) where both artists use headphones to symbolize that dancing is for one's own pleasure. Alexandrina Hemsley, from the performance duo Project O, drew a comparison betweenMadonna's "Ray of Light"(1998) andCiara's "Oh"(2005) for featuring dancing on top of a car.[65]Pitchforkranked the video at number 11 on their year-end list, stating that the video documented the singer's "expressive style of modern dance" that was a "glowing vision" of how "romantic" it can feel to be "alone in public".[66]Nate Gross from Exile Edit received a nomination forBest Editingat the2017 MTV Video Music Awards,losing toRyan Staakeand Eric Degliomini's work onYoung Thug's "Wyclef Jean" (2017).[67]

After part of the video was screened on television in New Zealand, a man in the country filed a complaint with theBroadcasting Standards Authority,the national media regulator, claiming a scene in it "encouraged reckless driving". He also claimed that it "breached the Free-to-air TV Code's law and order standard". The authority did not uphold the complaint, saying that Lorde did "not actively encourage viewers to imitate her," and in their view, "her actions did not amount to direct incitement to break the law, nor did they encourage or condone criminal activity."[68]

Live performances and promotion

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Lorde first promoted "Green Light" by posting a link to her Twitter account, which led fans to a website calledimwaitingforit.com.[69]The site featured a short video clip of Lorde sitting in a car while eating fries and drinking from a styrofoam to-go cup as a piano-backed track plays on in the background. The screen then flashes the dates "3.2.17 NYC" and "3.3.17 NZ".[70]According toFactmagazine, the clip was also broadcast on major TV channels in New Zealand.[71]The singer further promoted her first single by broadcasting the location of three mysterious installations, which featured an abandoned car illuminated in green light, a projection lit in green playing a 5-second music video clip and a neon sign with song lyrics. The installations were held in her hometown ofAuckland.[72]

Lorde first performed "Green Light" onSaturday Night Liveon 11 March. The singer wore a sparkle shirt-clad as stage was lit in red with a trio of young sisters serving as backing vocals.[73]Lorde's performance was met with positive reviews by critics, although viewers criticised Lorde's dancing.[74]The singer later responded by saying, "One day I will do a normal dance choreographed by a nice person and I will look more like your other favourite performers but we have not yet reached that day."[75]In an analysis fromThe Fader,the publication defended Lorde's dancing, stating that Western top 40 pop music has centred around "pristine choreography" but the artist's body movements are "more freeform and spontaneous, and it speaks an entirely different expressive language".[65]Entertainment Weeklywrote a positive review, stating that the performance "held true" to Nolan Feeney's 'A' review of the track. The publication described Lorde's dance moves as "delightfully wacky".[76]Pastewriter E.C. Flamming described it as "energetic" and commented on her "patented spastic dance style".[77]Lorde also performed "Green Light" atCoachella Valley Music Festivalin California.[78]

The television showsNew GirlandQuanticoused the track on their soundtracks.[79]"Green Light" was also featured on thethird seasonof the reality television showRuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars,in whichdrag queensKennedy DavenportandBenDeLaCremelip syncedit.[80]

Track listing

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Digital download[81]
No.TitleLength
1."Green Light"3:54
Digital download – Chromeo Remix[82]
No.TitleLength
1."Green Light" (Chromeo Remix)4:07

Credits and personnel

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Credits adapted from the liner notes ofMelodrama.[83]

Recording and management

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Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[131] 4× Platinum 280,000‡
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[132] 2× Platinum 120,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[133] 4× Platinum 320,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[134] Gold 45,000‡
France (SNEP)[135] Gold 100,000‡
Germany (BVMI)[136] Gold 200,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[137] Platinum 50,000‡
Mexico (AMPROFON)[138] Gold 30,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[139] 2× Platinum 60,000‡
Norway (IFPINorway)[140] Gold 20,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[141] Gold 30,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[143] Platinum 830,000[note 1]
United States (RIAA)[54] 2× Platinum 2,000,000‡

‡Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release and radio history

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Region Date Format Version Label Ref.
Various 2 March 2017 Digital download Original Universal Music New Zealand [81]
United Kingdom Contemporary hit radio Virgin EMI [144]
Italy Universal [145]
United States 7 March 2017 Top 40 radio
[146]
Rhythmic radio [147]
Canada 19 May 2018 Digital download Chromeo Remix Universal Music New Zealand [82]

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