My brain knows that Lorde did not intentionally write Pure Heroine as a direct allegory of the French Revolution.

But my heart knows that Pure Heroine is a direct, one-to-one retelling of the French Revolution.

You cannot name the first track of your album Tennis Court and tell me it's not about the French Revolution.

"Getting pumped up on the bright little things I bought

But I know they'll never own me"

Followed by a chorus about a "class" clown and a beauty queen in tears.

Like come on

"And boys trip me up with their heads again, loving them

Everything's cool when we're all in line for the throne"

The execution of Louis XVI serving as an (ultimately false) hope for the revolution.

THE REPEATED USE OF BLUE, WHITE, AND RED AS COLOR MOTIFS.

Do I need to even dig into "we will never be royals"?

"The men up on the news, they try to tell us all that we will lose, but it's so easy in this blue, where everything is good.

And I'll never go home again."

THE PROLETARIAT REFUSING TO BACK DOWN EVEN WHEN NO ONE THINKS THEY CAN WIN, BUT ACCEPTING VICTORY IN DEATH.