MUSIC

Will Pop Music Get Happier in 2020?

How did we get from Lorde's dystopia to Lizzo's exultation?

Lizzo at the 63rd Grammys

Photo by Jordan Strauss-AP-Shutterstock

"In the current pop firmament, Lorde is a black hole," goes the opening line of Pitchfork's review of Pure Heroine, the debut album from a then-16-year-old kiwi named Ella Yelich-O'Connor.

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