The Swedish pop sensation has been hitting the music world with such strong statements that it was impossible to miss her during 2017. That’s why Lorde asked her to open her current tour in the US starting in March. Both artists have shared publicly their love for each other and we don’t blame them: they are part of the best pop artists of the last year. About the video for the track, Tove Styrke has stated:

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“Liability” by Tove Styrke and Lorde are out now.

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100. CITY FATHER – “Coquette”

99. BILLIE EILISH – “Bellyache”

98. SABRINA CLAUDIO – “Belong To You”

97. PETRA GLYNT – “Fell In A Hole”

96. HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR + SHARON VAN ETTEN – “Omnion”

95. GIRLI – “Hot Mess”

94. THE SOFT MOON – “Burn”

93. J.I.D – “Never”

92. ACE TEE + KWAM.E – “Bist Du Down?”

91. CRALIAS – “Hope You Are”

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90. CHROMATICS – “Shadow”

89. RUN THE JEWELS – “Legend Has It”

88. CARDI B – “Bodak Yellow”

87. YELLOW DAYS – “Hurt In Love”

86. JFDR – “Airbone”

85. SUSANNE SUNDFØR – “Undercover”

84. TOM TRIPP – “Aurelia”

83. SUPERORGANISM – “Something For Your M.I.N.D.”

82. KAN WAKAN – “Still Feather”

81. NILÜFER YANYA – “Baby Luv”

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80. WAKE CHILD – “In The End”

79. JAJA BU – “Sweetness”

78. ALVVAYS – “Dreams Tonite”

77. KIDÄ – “Bone Mother”

76. HÅN – “The Children”

75. ULYSSE – “Mañana”

74. SHY GIRLS – “You Like The Pain Too”

73. GOURMET – “Delicious”

72. SORCHA RICHARDSON – “4AM”

71. MILLIE TURNER – “Underwater”

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70. NABIHAH IQBAL – “Something More”

69. KEDR LIVANSKIY – “Your Name (имя твоё)”

68. MORGXN – “xx”

67. GRIZZLY BEAR – “Mourning Sound”

66. DANIEL CAESAR + KALI UCHIS – “Get You”

65. DILLON – “2.KIND”

64. COUCOU CHLOE + SEGA BODEGA – “Flip U”

63. THE TRP – “Soda”

62. JAY SOM – “The Bus Song”

61. GFOTY – “Tongue”

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60. SELENA GOMEZ -“Bad Liar”

59. ELA MINUS – “Juan Sant”

58. EMPRESS OF – “Go To Hell”

57. SHE Major – “Please Don’t”

56. VAGABON – “Cold Appartment”

55. NADINE – “Ultra Pink”

54. SONDER – “Feel”

53. RINA SAWAYAMA – “Alterlife”

52. SEGA BODEGA + SHYGIRL – “CC”

51. GOLDLINK + BRENT FAIYAZ – “Crew”

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50. CRATER – “Unearth”

49. QUAY DASH – “Decline Him”

48. YELLE – “Romeo”

47. GABRIEL GARZÓN-MONTANO – “Fruitflies”

46. WESLEE – “Bathwater”

45. FOREST SWORDS – “The Highest Flood”

44. KENDRICK LAMAR + ZACARI – “LOVE.”

43. ALEX CAMERON + ANGEL OLSEN – “Stranger’s Kiss”

42. SMERZ – “Oh My My”

41. SASSY 009 – “Are You Leaving”

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40. CHARLI XCX – “Roll With Me”

39. TESSA DIXSON – “Prayer”

38. TOMMY GENESIS – “Tommy”

37. SSION – “Comeback”

36. PIXX – “Romance”

35. DANNY L HARLE – “1UL”

34. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM – “american dream”

33. LANA DEL REY – “Love”

32. KING KRULE – “Dum Surfer”

31. SAMPHA – “(No One Knows Me) Like The Piano”

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30. MAKTHAVERSKAN – “Vienna”

29. CCFX – “The One To Wait”

28. KLLO – “Downfall”

27. KELLY LEE OWENS + JENNY HVAL – “Anxi.”

26. BLUE HAWAII – “No One Like You”

25. FEVER RAY – “Wanna Sip”

24. JULIEN BAKER – “Turn Out The Lights”

23. LIL PEEP + LIL TRACY – “witchblades”

22. FAKA – “Uyang’khumbula”

21. TR/ST – “Bicep”

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20. SARO – “Eyelids”

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19. BROCKHAMPTON – “Summer”

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18. TYLER, THE CREATOR + KALI UCHIS – “See You Again”

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17. O-SHiN – “A Revelation”

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16. ionnalee – “SAMARITAN”

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15. Vince Staples – “Crabs In A Bucket”

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14. WWWATER – “My Hands”

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13. Björk – “Blissing Me”

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12. Carly Rae Jepsen – “Cut To The Feeling”

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11. Big Thief – “Mythological Beauty”

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10. SZA – “Drew Barrymore”

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9. Frank Ocean – “Chanel”

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8. Wy – “Bathrooms”

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7. SOPHIE – “It’s Okay To Cry”

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6. Moses Sumney – “Doomed”

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5. Kelela – “Onanon”

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4. Arca – “Desafío”

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3. Lorde – “The Louvre”

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2. Perfume Genius – “Slip Away”

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1. Yaeji – “Raingurl”

Listen to the 100 tracks of 2017 according to the HighClouds‘ staff via Spotify, Youtube and Deezer.

20) Gabriel Garzón-Montano – Jardin

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19) Pixx – The Age of Anxiety

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18) Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.

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17) Makthaverskan – III

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16) Fever Ray – Plunge

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15) Vagabon – Infinite Worlds

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14) SZA – Ctrl

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13) Big Thief – Capacity

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12) BROCKHAMPTON – Saturation II

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11) Kelly Lee Owens – Kelly Lee Owens

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10) Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory

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9) Björk – Utopia

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8) wy – Okay

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7) Moses Sumney – Aromanticism

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6) Julien Baker – Turn Out The Light

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5) Kelela – Take Me Apart

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4) Arca – Arca

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3) Perfume Genius – No Shape

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2) BROCKHAMPTON – Saturation

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1) Lorde – Melodrama

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Jack Antonoff is pretty hecking talented, that’s an established fact. He has been busy working on Lorde’s highly anticipated sophomore record for the past while, and in the meantime he’s been working on the sophomore album of his own musical project, Bleachers, as well. I genuinely enjoyed “Strange Desire” (You’re Still A Mystery, anyone?) and I am excited to see what the new album brings.

“Don’t Take the Money” is the first single off the album “Gone Now”. It’s co-written by Lorde one late night in the studio, and she provides vocal support to the track. It’s an explosive track, and bright and earnest and sad in the best way possible. It’s like mid-morning sunshine, kind of delicate with the kind of lightness that permeates through your entire body. He explains in his Instagram post debuting the track, that the song is not really about money, but rather is a metaphor.

Bleachers‘ “Don’t Take The Money” is “about following a light. a gut feeling. not following a deep gut feeling destroys your art and the people around you.” 

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“Don’t Take The Money” is specifically about his relationship and how despite trying to push you and your partner away and trying to break it all away, but it just lands in clarity and heaven. It’s all good, and we need to trust in that.

Being about his relationship, it makes sense that the music video for “Don’t Take The Money” is directed by Antonoff’s long time girlfriend, Lena Dunham. It has Antonoff in an ornate and gilded Napoleon-esque suit getting prepared for a marriage presided by ‘Arrested Development’’s Alia Shawkat. Shawkat starts the video off by expressing her doubts in the marriage to come, but he decides to carry through with it anyway. The wedding is attended by mostly flamingo pink mannequins and the decorations are as bright and shiny as both his uniform and his song. The wedding is interrupted by his bride’s ex-lover and it ends up with Antonoff getting punched a little bit (has anyone noticed Jack keeps getting beat up in his videos). The cute little lesbian lovers end up running off together, leaving Jack sprawled on the floor, bruised and watching them run off (SORRY, probably should’ve mentioned spoiler alert!).

It’s a pretty rad video and the song’s really great. You can honestly tell how genuine Jack Antonoff is and it really translates into his music. Bleachers is a really great band that has music that carries a wide range of emotions and I am really excited to see what the new album has to offer.

New Zealand’s star Lorde is back today with a new single that is set to make you dance. About the track, she said: “It’s very different, and kinda unexpected. It’s complex and funny and sad and joyous and it’ll make you dance”

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Arnaud: So I don’t know if I should talk about the fact that I think that the track is not that good, or if I should discuss the crazy reactions of people that I don’t share myself. Whatever… I prefer to give some credits to the producer of the track by publishing this picture of the producer of the track that was taken during the recording session – if I remember correctly.

Jon:

Artur: I think that “Pure Heroine” was an amazing album, when you take into consideration her age and the fact that it was her debut album. I was expecting her to come up with something different, which she did, but it seems overthought and overdone. It is like she did 3 or 4 songs and then decided to mash them all together. It is not a terrible song but way subpar.

Matias: I’m not a Lorde hater at all. I think she is extremely talented and have done good smart pop. With that being said, “Green Light” is just a mess. As Artur just said it, I also had the impression that she did like 3 songs and put them all in one. It starts with a Sia moment, mixed then with Ellie Goulding to finish with a very Charli XCX chorus. That sounds like a good combination, but it is not.

Here is a quite unexpected collaboration when you know how rare can be Frank Ocean but Calvin Harris did it…It is a bit strange to see that Migos, who did not shine recently for their tolerance, are also featured on the track.

Arnaud: I think the track is not bad but it is not timeless and won’t remain as a classics for any of the artists that participated. Definetly not something to lose too much time on, in my opinion.

Jon: I was a monotheist until I discovered Frank Ocean. In my view, he’s one of the greatest musical talents of our generation, and yet here he is sharing a track with Migos and Calvin Harris just a few months after “Blonde”. “Slide” isn’t a bad track, it’s just so meh, and such a step backwards for Frank.

Artur: I was never a big fan of Migos. After reading the reaction about iLoveMakkonen’s coming out, I began to really hate them. “Blonde” is one of best albums of 2016 and Frank is undoubtedly an enormous talent. It is actually sad to see him collaborating with generic David Guetta 2.0 aka Calvin Harris in such a bland song that could have been sung by any other artist and still sound the same.

Matias: Migos are dead to me. As said in the intro, they recently did some homophobic comments about iLoveMakkonen’s coming out, and even if, they apologised, the harm was done. I’m surprised to see them in a track with Frank Ocean… and I’m surprised to see FO on a Calvin Harris’ track… this is bad… generic… Calvin Harris, please do good music like in your first album…!

“Blood Under My Belt” is the first track taken from The Drums’ 4th album ‘Abysmal Thoughts.’

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Arnaud:

Jon: Nothing wrong with some bright, peppy alt. rock… Nothing astounding about it either, but at least it’s a nice mood booster.

Matias: +1 for Jon’s opinions on this track. Nothing more, nothing less.

Artur:

Sylvan Esso, the duo formed by Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, released a new track and announced the LP “What Now”.

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Matias: I feel stupid but when i saw “Die Young”, my first thought was “is this a Kesha cover? OMG I want to die”.. it wasn’t of course.. but this track is so good, and I’m so excited for the album!

Artur: I only discovered Sylvan Esso during 2016 and became instantly in love. “Die Young” is quite slower than the previous two singles from the upcoming album but it is a pure gem. Just like Matias, I can’t waaaaaaaaaaaait for the album.

Arnaud: This week, I was hesitating so hard between two tracks. JFDR released a video clip for “Instant Patience” but the track was released some months ago. Then, I will choose the latest track from GODMODE‘s signee Yaeji. “Noonside” is an experimental and intelligent dance music track, with a total hypnotic atmosphere. I also really liked her biography too: I can’t wait for the whole “YAEJI EP” that will be released on March 31.
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Jon: JMSN – “Drinkin” // With a new album on the way, JMSN proves here that his soulful chops are still perfectly intact, and that he’s a true competitor in modern R&B. Vintage vibes and a 6/8 groove make this alcoholic anthem a track that demands to be played on repeat.
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Artur: I love Bearoid. I have several of his songs in my working Spotify playlist and everytime any of his songs comes up, I just start to dance in my chair. “At Your Funeral” is a bit darker than his previous releases but it still leaves me in a great mood to leave Tinder and go flirting one-on-one.