‘Solar Power’ (2021)

Rolling Stone Australia · last updated June 27, 2025 – 4:34 PM

Lorde started her first EP with “Bravado,” a dark, stewing cut that captures everything she’s good: aching vocals, moody production, slow, dramatic build-ups. The lyrics feel almost sharply juxtaposed to the musical brilliance in the song as Lorde sings about finding confidence as an artist: “I want the applause, the approval, the things that make me go ‘oh,’” she declares. Luckily, with an arsenal of tracks as good as “Bravado,” she earned all that and more. —J.L.

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