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Mar 2017
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Chained to the Green Light: Katy Perry +...

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Two artists who haven't released new music since 2013 recently remerged into the limelight: Katy Perry, with her dystopian disco banger "Chained to the Rhythm" and Lorde, with the melodramatic-yet-uplifting anthem "Green Light."  Listening carefully, a fact becomes apparent, despite Lorde's insistence that she "hears new sounds" in her mind: there's somethin ... Show More
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