Actually, that sounds like a great compliment. I agree with you to a certain degree, in that none of Lorde's published material to date matches up well with "what's going on in pop right now." That's a good thing. She transcends the pop realm altogether in my opinion. I hope she never has another "pop" hit again, if…

I find the "Melodrama" album to be too original and far reaching to be generic.I also don't hear it as a pop genre production the way some others evidently do. Yes, it touches pop but it doesn't fully embrace it. Other than perhaps "Green Light" I don't expect any tracks to become pop radio hits. She is firmly still…

Obviously, she is Lorde of The Rings. But not as thin skinned as one would believe.