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: Directed by Young Replicant , the video depicts a "strange cultish court" in an abandoned warehouse filled with jungle plants, where Lorde sits on a throne as a leader of a group of teenagers.

: Lorde expresses a direct distaste for modern pop clichés, specifically the trope of telling listeners to "throw their hands up in the air". Lorde Team

In this interview, Lorde discusses how the song was written in a single day as a way to stay connected to her teenage fans even as her fame was exploding: YouTube• Jul 15, 2014 Key Themes and Meaning : Directed by Young Replicant , the video

: Critics and fans interpret the "comatose" in the lyrics as the shared haze of adolescence—a period of secret activities (dancing around lies) and the quiet pain of growing up. Composition and Production Composition and Production