glowing single off the long-awaited L3 – ‘Solar Power’. An ironically warm tune considering the time Ella spent in Antarctica in the process of making this album, ‘Solar Power’ summons us into a world of limitless summer afternoons, endless beaches, and glistening seas. As fans on Twitter have speculated, reading between the lines of the music video points to a less than joyous scene, while the song itself excitingly invites us to “come on and let the bliss begin”. In an email sent shortly after the single’s official release (perfectly timed, despite leaks and rumours, to be on the night of this year’s only solar eclipse), Ella announced that L3 also has a name, also titled Solar power, and a release date sometime this summer, tied to the ‘natural calendar’. Continue reading Single Review: Solar Power by Lorde