Claude says:Pure Heroine arrived in 2013 with Lorde's skeletal, echoing take on pop—all minimal production and teenage dread wrapped in synth-pop restraint—and you've returned to it sporadically over a decade, hitting the same core tracks (Royals, Ribs, Tennis Court, 400 Lux) like they're old friends who get what you mean without explanation. There's something about how she made teenage alienation sound like the only intelligent response to the world that clearly stuck with you.