The Louvre (song)

The lyrics talk about Lorde's honest, lightly-manic analysis of a newly-sparked romance comparing it to a painting hung behind the quintessential works of the Louvre.

Its guitar riff was compared to Bruce Springsteen's song "Born to Run" (1975), and the sound to Taylor Swift's album 1989 (2014).

[1] Lorde performed "The Louvre", with five other songs, as part of a re-imagined Vevo series at the Electric Lady Studios where she recorded most of her album, and at the 2017 Glastonbury Festival.

[6] According to Nolan Feeley of Entertainment Weekly, "The Louvre" describes the early stages of a casual relationship "doomed to fail".

[8] Newsweek noted Phil Collins' influence on the track,[9] while its guitar riff was compared to Bruce Springsteen's song "Born to Run" (1975) and the production on Taylor Swift's album 1989 (2014).

[15] Kitty Empire of The Guardian called it a "dazzling synthesis of pro-dramatics and originality",[16] while Pitchfork's Stacey Anderson noted the song captured a "shared frequency of love just as irrepressibly grandiose as its sound".

[18] On their year-end list, Vice editor Larry Fitzmaurice ranked the song at number 47, calling it one of the album's "weirdest moments".

[19] On Spin's year-end list, "The Louvre" was ranked at number nine, with the publication calling it one of Lorde's "strongest [songs] to date".

"[27] The performance received acclaim from critics, with The Independent giving it a four out of five-star review, calling it a "bold and brilliant" debut.

A reviewer for the London Evening Standard described the videos as "art and music merged into a cohesive exploration of love, loss and loneliness.

After the clips, Lorde returned to the stage wearing a white gown, a different look from the black chiffon dress she wore earlier.