Analysis of Lorde Royals (US Version)

The first location appears to be a car driving down the street with a camera looking backwards. We then see Lorde in front of some window curtains, the song is playing the background, however Lorde herself is not singing. After this the location appears to be in a house. The camera stays in the house for a while. We first see the camera aimed at a bed with the cover off suggesting that someone has got out of bed. We then once again see Lorde in front of the curtains and this time she is singing suggesting that she is in a house. The camera then shows curtains. It could be that they are the curtains in which Lorde is singing from. It then shows a very small living room consisting of just a plant and a television. Lorde is then shown singing in front a plain white wall. It then cuts to a person sitting up in a bed then quickly cuts to a person leaning over a shower with water pouring over him. It then shows the man sitting in bed wearing a chain necklace. It then shows the man eating his breakfast. I think this because from the previous shots, I think that this person has just woken up in the morning. We then see a television set which is just showing static. We then see the person dressing himself in gym clothing. We then see the man biting on his shirt in a close up. It then zooms out to show the person underneath a basketball net in a hall. We then see the person in some type of water and it appears to be raining because we can see the rain droplets and we can see the water splashing. We then see a very quick shot of a camera pointing at telephone lines and it appears to be going at some speed. It then switches to the person throwing small punches with boxing gloves. We then see two people wearing boxing gloves walking around each other. We then see the person in a bathroom with a head shaver in his hand suggesting that he has just shaved his head. He is then seen lying on a sofa with headphones. He is then seen in the bathroom fully and is shown to be shaving his head. Another person is then seen to be shaving his head. These two people look similar suggesting that they could be brothers. We then see a neck of one of the people but not for very long as it very quickly cuts to one of them in a swimming pool. They are then seen to be boxing again but it looks like they are messing around because it looks like that they are laughing. One of them punches the other one but it still looks they are having fun because they are both still laughing. It then switches to one of the brothers sitting on a chair next to the television which is still showing static. There is then a shot of a swimming pool which is empty. After this there is a very quick shot of one of the people and then it very quickly changes to a moving shot of a camera looking at telephone lines. We then see one of the people looking in a mirror and his mouth is covered in blood. There is also blood on the mirror. This could be the person that was punched from earlier in the video. It then shows a complex of flats from a relatively long distance. It then shows one of the brothers looking from left to right. At this point it looks like he is outside because the background looks like buildings or grass. He is then seen lying down next to train tracks. He then seen sitting on a bench with three other people. The one on the far left is the same one that was lying down next to the train tracks and the one in the middle with the hat is the same person who looked from right to left. These four people might be friends because it looks like they are socialising with each other. The next shot is of the same four people but at a different angle. This shot makes it look like they are sitting at a bus stop or waiting for a train. The next shot is of the person who was on the end of bench is now on a bus or train with his head resting on the window. I would say that he is more likely to be on a train because it looks much brighter than a bus. We then see the other brother on possibly another train with him also looking out a window. The video then finishes of with the same shot as the beginning but going up the road instead of going down it.