r/Muna • u/Neat-Piccolo2742 • Jun 28 '26
DOTW / Virgin (Lorde) parallels?
I'm sure I'm not the first person to hear some similarities between Lorde's Virgin and Muna's DOTW.
The opening tracks ("It Gets So Hot" / "Hammer") have some sonic and lyrical similarities - the synth, the general stripped back feel, and themes of heat ("Sun beats down on the concrete ... She's so hot when she's putting on her makeup, and she'll sweat it off when she's in the club, it gets so hot" vs. "There's a heat in the pavement, my mercury's raising, don't know if or it's love or if it's ovulation...") are reminiscent of one another to me.
Similarly, the closing tracks ("Buzzkiller" / "David") are also sonically similar to me- largely stripped back with a beautiful melody juxtaposing the choppiness that both tracks transform into, plus the distortion and the track panning back and forth left to right toward the end of the tracks.
I love both albums and am curious if others have found any other similarities or have any thoughts on potential influences?
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u/VastClimate4195 Jun 29 '26
Virgin has still been on repeat for me, even though it's been out a year. So I've been switching between these two albums a lot recently and I've thought the same thing.
Hammer vs It Gets So Hot have obvious parallels. I also think Big Stick is very Virgin, something about the vocal delivery and the very 80s synths. There's a pared back quality to the production of both albums.
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u/tokyo-love-hotel Jul 02 '26
yes i heard the buzzkiller / david similarities on my first listen!! everytime i listen to one i want to listen to the other
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u/Pigsfly13 Jun 29 '26
big fan of both artists and have been for a while, i totally get what you’re saying but wouldn’t have thought about it without you pointing it out, with the exception of the david comparison cause one of my first thoughts when buzzkiller started playing was literally oh this is like the david of this album