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Lorde, you’ve done it again

By Natalie Swiderski · Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025

Stop the melodramatic, sad-synth indie pop presses, everyone! Lorde is finally back with a delightfully messy but compact collection of synth-heavy reflections in “Virgin.”

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Help! I now own a fish

By Allison Abplanalp · Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025

“Goldfish are famously easy to take care of, but now that I’ve suddenly got little Jimmy’s life in my hands, I’m not so sure I can rise to the occasion.”

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