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"Buzzcut Season"
Promotional single by Lorde
from the album Pure Heroine
Released23 September 2013
RecordedGolden Age Studios ( Auckland)
Genre Electropop
Length4:06
Label UMG
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Joel Little
  • Ella Yelich-O'Connor
Audio video
"Buzzcut Season" on YouTube

"Buzzcut Season" is a song by New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde, taken from her debut studio album, Pure Heroine (2013). It was released on 23 September 2013 by Universal Music Group (UMG) as a promotional single from the album. Written by Lorde and Joel Little, "Buzzcut Season" is an electropop song that features elements from tropical music and discusses the "ridiculousness of modern life." [1]

Upon its release, "Buzzcut Season" was met with positive reviews from music critics, who praised its production and Lorde's vocal delivery on the track. The song reached number twenty-nine on the US Billboard Hot Rock Songs and number thirty-eight on the ARIA Streaming Tracks. Lorde performed "Buzzcut Season" during a number of shows, including the Late Show with David Letterman.

Background and composition

"Buzzcut Season"
A 24-second sample of "Buzzcut Season", featuring xylophone instrumentation
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"Buzzcut Season" was written by Lorde (credited under her birth-name Ella Yelich-O'Connor) and Joel Little, and was produced and mixed by Little. [2] Similar to other songs from the album Pure Heroine, [3] "Buzzcut Season" was recorded at Golden Age Studios in Auckland. [2] On 23 September 2013, the track was released as a digital download promotional single on iTunes Stores by Universal Music New Zealand. [4]

"Buzzcut Season" is an electropop [5] song that draws inspirations from tropical music, [6] and features percussion snaps and xylophone in its instrumentation. [6] Lyrically, the song talks about the "ridiculousness of modern life." [1] Sammy Maine from the website Drowned in Sound commented that the song was a "heartbreaking comment on our war-driven way of life." [7] She pointed out the lyrics "Explosions on TV and all the girls with heads inside a dream" against M.I.A.'s pop- reggae musical style. [7] Gaby Whitehill from Gigwise website called the song a "melancholy affair" and praised the "epic piano laden beat combined with the 16-year-old's haunting vocals." [8]

Reception and promotion

Jason Lipshutz from Billboard praised the song's production and Lorde's vocal delivery. [9] Writer Michelle Pitiris for Vulture chose "Buzzcut Season" as a highlight from Pure Heroine and compared its sound to French electronic duo Air. [10] Idolator editor Mike Wass labelled it "another twinkling postcard from the streets of Auckland" but felt that it failed to "capture the attention" like "400 Lux" or " Tennis Court", two other songs from the album. [11] "Buzzcut Season" spent five weeks on the Australian ARIA Streaming Tracks chart, peaking at number thirty-eight. [12] It also reached number 29 on the US Hot Rock Songs. [13] In New Zealand, "Buzzcut Season" peaked at number 18 on the New Zealand National Singles chart, which lists the best-performing singles by New Zealand artists in the country. [14]

On 3 October 2013, the singer held a concert at the Warsaw Venue in Brooklyn and performed the song among other tracks from the album. [15] On 12 October 2013, Lorde performed "Buzzcut Season" in Studio Q of CBC. [16] On 13 November 2013, Lorde performed several songs from Pure Heroine during the Late Show with David Letterman to promote the album, including "Buzzcut Season". [17] According to Rolling Stone, the "sparkly-dressed" and "big-haired" singer performed only backed by a drummer and a keyboard player. [18]

In popular culture

Singers Troye Sivan and Lauv reference the title of the song on their track " I'm So Tired..." (2019). [19] Sivan stated in an interview with Paper that he and Lauv decided to include "Buzzcut Season" into the song's lyrics after having a discussion in his backyard about melancholic songs that uplifted the pair's emotions. [20]

Track listing

Digital download [4]
  1. "Buzzcut Season" – 4:06

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States ( RIAA) [23] Platinum 1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ a b Farrier, David (27 September 2013). "Pure Heroine: Track-by-track Review". 3News. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b Pure Heroine (inlay cover). Lorde. Universal Music Group. 2013.{{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)
  3. ^ Jenkin, Lydia (19 September 2013). "Joel Little: Doing the Lorde's work". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Buzzcut Season – Single". Singapore: iTunes Store. Archived from the original on 9 October 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Lorde, 'Pure Heroine': Track-By-Track Review". Billboard. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  6. ^ a b Cospey, Robert (22 October 2013). "Lorde: 'Pure Heroine' album review: 'A startlingly confident debut'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  7. ^ a b Maine, Sammy (24 October 2013). "Album Review: Lorde – Pure Heroine". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  8. ^ Whitehill, Gaby (27 September 2013). "Lorde new track 'Buzzcut Season' from Pure Heroine". Gigwise. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  9. ^ Lipshutz, Jason. "Lorde: 'Pure Heroine' Track-By-Track Review". Billboard. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  10. ^ Pitiris, Michelle (1 October 2013). "Album Review: Lorde – 'Pure Heroine'". Vulture Australia. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  11. ^ Wass, Mike (30 September 2013). "Lorde's 'Pure Heroine': Album Review". Idolator. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  12. ^ a b "The ARIA Report" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. 4 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  13. ^ a b "Lorde: Chart history". Billboard. Archived from the original on 30 June 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  14. ^ a b "Top 20 New Zealand Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  15. ^ Kamer, Foster (4 October 2013). "Live Review: Lorde Brings Brooklyn More Than a Chart-Topper". Complex. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  16. ^ "Lorde performs "Buzzcut Season" in Studio Q". Canadian Broadcasting Company. 12 October 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  17. ^ Weinstein, Max (13 November 2013). "Lorde Turns Heads With Her 'Letterman' Performance". Vibe. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  18. ^ Grow, Kory (13 November 2013). "Lorde Is Blissful During Six-Song 'Live on Letterman' Set". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  19. ^ Daly, Rhian (24 January 2019). "Listen to Lauv and Troye Sivan's Lorde and Coldplay-referencing collaboration 'I'm So Tired…'". NME. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  20. ^ Goldfine, Jael (7 February 2019). "Troye Sivan and Lauv on Their New Anti-Love Song". Paper. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  21. ^ Lane, Daniel (12 November 2013). "Lorde knocks OneRepublic off the top of the Official Streaming Chart". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  22. ^ "Hot Rock Songs: Year End 2014". Billboard. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  23. ^ "American single certifications – Lorde – Buzzcut Season". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 6 December 2023.

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