Fans have spoken out about the similarity between Lorde‘s new song ‘Liability’ and My Chemical Romance‘s seminal single ‘Welcome To The Black Parade’. Compare the two tracks below.
After revealing lead single ‘Green Light‘ and announcing that her second album ‘Melodrama’ would be released on 16 June, last night saw Lorde unveil another cut from the record with the song ‘Liability’.
However, many fans have called out what they see as a huge similarity in the melody with that of the lead single and title track from My Chemical Romance’s third album:
when someone tells you the new #lorde song sounds like my chemical romance's 'black parade' you can't unhear it. cc: @johnjdabrowski
— amber crisci nagle (@ambercrisci) March 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/ziggyzanotti/status/840189155703316481
was just streaming it actually. It's fabulous (shades of My Chemical Romance – Black Parade). Great song
— Craig (@CraiginKent) March 10, 2017
Doesn’t the Lorde song 'Liability sound like a stripped back version of 'welcome to the black parade' by my chemical romance?
— Chris Geldard (@gooseman00) March 10, 2017
Has anyone mentioned how Lorde's new song sounds like My Chemical Romance? Is it a sample or just coincidence?
— Drew Pearson (@Drew_1981) March 10, 2017
Lorde's liability feels SO MUCH like "Black Parade" by My Chemical Romance…remarkably I am not kidding.
— David Spekter (@DavidSpekter) March 10, 2017
When @lorde rips off My Chemical Romance! I know they've split.. but they should sue!! ?
— Becky Anne Loso (@BeckyAnneLoso) March 10, 2017
too bad that it's a copy of My Chemical Romance's 'Welcome To The Black Parade' ??
— A Legend Is Born (@MaryJHolland_) March 9, 2017
Compare the two tracks below:
In an interview with Zane Lowe, Lorde said of the track: “I love the song so much and it feels so starkly truthful to me. And I think everyone knows what that’s like, to just feel like a fucking liability.”
“I’m really proud of this bit of songwriting. I feel like I got somewhere they hadn’t been before, which is always a nice feeling as a songwriter. It’s interesting because I had this realisation that because of my lifestyle and what I do for work there’s going to be a point with every single person around me where I’m gonna be attacks on them in some way. If it is having to give up a little portion of their privacy or their life becoming more difficult or whatever. It was just this moment of sadness and I remember it so vividly.”
She also revealed that it was influenced by listening to ‘Higher’ by Rihanna: “I had a little cry [listening to it] and I was just like, ‘It’s always going to be this way, at some point with everyone it’s going to be this way.’ But the song kind of ended up turning into a bit of a protective talismans for me. I was like, you know what, I’m always gonna have myself so I have to really nurture this relationship and feel good about hanging out with myself and loving myself. And the tone of the melody, the way it kind of falls around, it’s almost like it’s kind of drunk or it sort of leans around, it’s got this hip-hop cadence to it.”
With a number of world festival appearances confirmed, Lorde remains a strong rumour to play Glastonbury 2017.
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