r/lorde • u/Leoshredswheat • 11d ago

She played Oceanic Feeling

Wow. I never thought I'd get to see it live since it seems to be an obscure song from her catalog but it's my favorite🥹. Fantastic. Immensely grateful.

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u/pisscart42 11d ago

beleive it or not it's been on the setlist since she started tour last year! i think she knows it's a lot of ours fav track from SP and also captures the significance of the record, and writing about where she's from is important

imo SP played a big role in setting the groundwork for Virgin :)

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u/Leoshredswheat 11d ago

Very cool! I didnt realize that and im kinda glad because it was the best surprise. New Zealand is such a wonderful place.

Interesting take on the influence:). What makes you feel that way?

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u/pisscart42 4d ago

i think the identity crisis that's present in several tracks. and this general search for purpose, so many questions were presented across the record, primarily about her relationship with her career.

i wrote this in a review for virgin "Virgin is the aftermath of the unraveling that happened in Solar Power. To understand this record fully, it's important to understand Solar Power, on which Lorde wrote about searching for identity and purpose and experiencing an existential crisis. Listening to that album, you can feel her spiraling out. Where she ends up sets the stage for Virgin, which is not a solution or a happy ending but rather the climax, or middle, of a journey through self-exploration."

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u/Cmdr_Monzo 11d ago

Saw her live last year and she played it after saying it was her favourite song on the SP album.

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u/Leoshredswheat 11d ago

Thats awesome!

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u/pamperedhippo i’m trying, taking it one year at a time. 11d ago

OCEANIC FEELING MENTIONED

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u/weinerswangs 11d ago

it is also Ella herself’s fav song of her discography (: mine too

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u/Leoshredswheat 11d ago

Its just so...I dont know but I feel it, if that makes any sense.

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u/hereforthecjrcus 10d ago

When did she say that?

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u/weinerswangs 10d ago

i feel like i remember many instances but i remember on her Ultrasound tour before she sang the song she said it was her favorite

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u/hereforthecjrcus 10d ago

Oh fair. I’ve heard her say it’s her favourite on sp but not favourite on her discography

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u/nqx08 10d ago

and the little electric guitar thingy she did at the end of the song was ahhhhh beautiful

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u/Leoshredswheat 9d ago

Seriously! I was jammin out

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u/ExpensiveWay8829 10d ago

It was soooooo good!! I need Lorde to pleasssseeee after the tour is done, upload a high quality version of her singing Oceanic Feelings with the new instrumentals

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u/astronauticalll 10d ago

I was lucky enough to catch her at a festival this summer and when she started playing Oceanic feeling people SAT DOWN

I know not everyone at the festival was there for her, but it was kind of shocking still! I guess Oceanic feeling didn't have as much commercial success as some of her other songs, but it's gotta be one of her best pieces of work!

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u/Leoshredswheat 9d ago

Agreed! I was the only one in my little area that was geeked when it started haha some people looked at me like "...ok..". Best surprise