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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Lorde Reveals the Meaning Behind Her Fan Favorite New Song “David” · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: One of the undeniable fan favorites on Lord's new album,
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  Speaker 2: Virgin is the closer David that she tells BBC one
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  Speaker 2: is named after Michelangelo's sculpture David, a representation of the
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  Speaker 2: character from the Biblical story David and Goliath, but to
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  Speaker 2: Lord is also a metaphor for idealizing boyfriends in the
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  Speaker 2: past in an unhealthy way. She says, I also thought
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  Speaker 2: a lot about David and Goliath and this story of power.
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  Speaker 2: Part of making this album was definitely coming to terms
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  Speaker 2: with the fact that there have been a lot of
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  Speaker 2: power dynamics in my life and they're not romantic most
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  Speaker 2: of the time. I've been working on it for a
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  Speaker 2: long time. I've looked up at some man over and
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  Speaker 2: over and I was like, I'm just gonna let it
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  Speaker 2: rip here and say it all, because when I say this,
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  Speaker 2: then I'm free. That's Lord talking about her new song David,
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  Speaker 2: off her album Virgin, which is out now.
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  Speaker 1: That's Direct from Hollywood.