Listen to Lordes StrippedDown New Ballad Liability
After bursting back onto the scene with the heartbreak-recovery anthem "Green Light" last week, Lorde subtly released the second single off her upcoming album Melodrama on Thursdayand it's quite a switch-up. "Liability" is a dark, somber consideration of the relationships we accidentally mess up for Lorde, who has faced the stress of fame at a young age, there's a personal edge to the story. In the stripped-down track, only a haunting piano melody accompanies her voice, which finds a huskiness in its strain, seemingly pushing up against the brink of tears. "The truth is I am a toy that people enjoy/ Til all of the tricks don't work anymore, and then they are bored of me," she sings, modulating her voice to convey a certain despair. "I understand, I'm a liability. Get you wild, make you leave.", Melodrama won't be out in its entirety until June 16. Until then, we can toggle between Lorde's two new opposing musical moods the upbeat power of "Green Light" and the loneliness of "Liability."