Fans react to Lorde's climate-conscious 'Fallen Fruit' music video
Lorde is sending a strong message about respecting the environment in the video for her latest single, 'Fallen Fruit'.
Lorde's fans are calling her new music video "visually stunning and disturbing". The 24-year-old released the video for 'Fallen Fruit' this week. The song is the fifth single off her album, 'Solar Power'.
In keeping with the climate-conscious theme of the album, the video highlights what could happen to nature if humans continue to disrespect the environment.
The beach featured in the video is the same one from her 'Solar Power' music video. The only difference is things are no longer as idyllic.
"In the ‘Solar Power’ video, you were introduced to the island as a lush paradise — glistening water, blue skies, not a grain of sand out of place…" Lorde says.
She adds: "Cut to: humans doing as they do, getting greedy, treating the land with disrespect and stripping it of its beauty. There’ll always [be] another pristine place to start again, right? The fishing boats are busted up and overturned. All that’s left of the peaches are their pits. Amid all that, my character makes a choice.”
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Lorde will be releasing a deluxe version of her 'Solar Power' album, on Friday. The tracklist will include two bonus songs, 'Hold No Grudge' and 'Helen of Troy'.
The 'Royals' hitmaker continues to set the charts on fire with her new songs. 'Mood Ring' is currently at number four on the East Coast Radio Top 40.
The Fallen Fruit MV of Lorde is visually stunning and disturbing. 🤩😵💫
— Third (@3rdevangelista_) November 3, 2021
the contrasting shots between serenity and destruction. the way ella stays, but lorde gets to leave. ugh, fallen fruit is a masterpiece. pic.twitter.com/nyE9wMe7kb
— tulsa jesus freak (@letthebliss) November 2, 2021
releasing the MV for Fallen Fruit during #COP26 coincidence? don’t think so 😗 thank you @lorde for the astonishing & thought-provoking visuals 🖤 pic.twitter.com/F9IAwR4Ff9
— Ayip Fahmi (@ayipfahmi) November 3, 2021
fallen fruit mv is absolutely a class privilege commentry.
— Ash 🧣//living for RED TV only (@userListeningTS) November 2, 2021
as the island crumbles due to climate change, the inhabitants are forced to run for their lives on their own.
the rich and powerful get to flee. like lorde does, a car, the thing that led to this catastrophe. pic.twitter.com/a1gPZlRis2
i'm speechless. lorde's concept for solar power is beautiful, but fallen fruit's mv visuals are stunning. i can't stop watching, i want to kiss this woman's brain 😭 pic.twitter.com/d2MDSTCi42
— karley (@gressthief) November 2, 2021