{"id":807972,"date":"2020-06-01T06:44:16","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T12:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=1008270"},"modified":"2020-06-01T06:44:16","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T12:44:16","slug":"lorde-stands-with-black-lives-matter-protestors-urges-other-musicians-to-follow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/lorde-stands-with-black-lives-matter-protestors-urges-other-musicians-to-follow\/","title":{"rendered":"Lorde Stands With Black Lives Matter Protestors, Urges Other Musicians to Follow"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lorde<\/a> expressed her solidarity with Black Lives Matter<\/a> protestors following the deaths of George Floyd<\/a>, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and more, and grappled with the nature of her role during this moment as a white person and musician.<\/p>\n

Lorde shared her thoughts in a newsletter to fans, which was then posted on social media by various fan accounts.<\/p>\n

Lorde said she attended a Black Lives Matter protest in Auckland, New Zealand, but was upfront about her frustrations with \u201cperformative activism, predominately by white celebrities (like me)\u201d on social media. While she acknowledged it can be difficult to balance \u201cself-serving social media displays and true action,\u201d she said being a good ally at this moment means knowing \u201cthat white silence right now is more damaging than someone\u2019s wack protest selfie.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cSo let me be clear, Lorde added, \u201cthis ongoing systemic brutality by police is racist, it\u2019s sickening and it\u2019s unsurprising.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lorde said she felt a responsibility to get involved and speak out specifically because she\u2019s made music \u201cinspired by and in conversation with hip-hop.\u201d She said other musicians and producers \u201cwho have tightened a snare to make it more trap, who\u2019ve drawn a pattern of high hats in ProTools because they heard something similar in a hip-hop song and it made them feel big and cool\u201d also have a \u201cresponsibility to let our affected listeners know that we\u2019re with them when it\u2019s hard too, not just when it\u2019s easy. Not just when we benefit. We see you, and we\u2019re here.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the end of her note, Lorde wrote, \u201cTo my black and brown listeners \u2014 I\u2019m so sorry this is your reality, that you haven\u2019t had a choice but to be defined by this, to give it your energy. I\u2019m aware of that tax on you. I hope white people you know are doing what they can to ease your load. And I really, really hope systems will change to better protect you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lorde released her most recent album, Melodrama<\/em>, in 2017. In another newsletter sent to fans<\/a> last month, the musician said new music was finally on the way athough didn\u2019t specify when.<\/p>\n

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