| "A lot of musicians think they can do pop," said Lorde, the musician who released "Pure Heroine" in 2013, which made her the first female artist with a million-selling debut album since Adele and established her as a wunderkind pop auteur. "And the ones who don't succeed are the ones who don't have the reverence, who think it's just a dumb version of other music. You need to be awe-struck." In this week's cover story, Jonah Weiner writes about Lorde's mysterious processes — her synesthesia, her listening in on conversations in New York diners, her odd maturity — employed on her highly anticipated new album, "Melodrama." It was inspired by a breakup, but she insists it's not a breakup album. "It's a record about being alone. The good parts and the bad parts." | | Elsewhere in the magazine, Willy Staley profiles the writer and director Mike Judge, who has established himself as America's foremost chronicler of its self-destructive tendencies, most recently with "Silicon Valley." Suzy Hansen writes about life in Turkey's fragile democracy. Rick Perlstein, a historian of conservatism, looks back on how he and his peers failed to anticipate the rise of Trump. And be sure to read C.J. Chivers's investigation into one veteran's incarceration, a story that led to his release, which won a Pulitzer Prize this week. | | Happy reading, | Jake Silverstein
Editor in Chief | | |
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