After the Ecstasy , the Laundry with Virgin
Have anyone here read After the Ecstasy, the Laundry? It’s a spiritual/self-help book that Lorde mentioned and teased a lot before Virgin came out.
I bought it after watching the Ultrasound last year, and now that I’m almost finished with it, I can’t stop seeing connections between the book and Virgin. It makes me love the album even more.
One of the main ideas in the book is about what happens after transcendence or emotional highs, embodiment, identity, desire, emotional fragmentation, and learning how to live after intense states pass, like trying to make sense of themselves afterward.
That feels very Virgin to me.
Songs like Clearblue, Man of the Year, Current Affairs, and GWRM all feel connected to that idea of temporary emotional states, comedowns, self-reinvention, letting go, and trying to live with what remains after the high passes.
I also feel like some songs from Solar Power especially California and The Path resonate with the same themes.
Curious if anyone else who’s read the book noticed this too, or if I’m reaching lol