The Auckland Law Revue Girls made headlines with their gender-flipping ‘Blurred Lines’ parody; had a strong follow-up with ‘Snap Chat’; and have just released their third, a law student’s take on Lorde’s now-ubiquitous ‘Royals’. Across New Zealand, hundreds of frazzled law students, spending this weekend elbows-deep in textbooks, utter a whimper. The Wireless understands the members of the Auckland Law Revue have at least two weeks to go before exam madness is over and done with. Good luck.
Lorde’s Pure Heroine is also The Guardian’s Alexis Petridis’ pick for the one album you should listen to this week:
As [Lorde] is the first person to point out, there’s nothing remarkable about noting the gulf between the champagne-popping, VIP world pop music is concentrating on depicting recently, and the lives of the people who buy it. If the same point was being made by a 25-year-old in a punk band, it might not be as striking. But the fact it’s being made by a 16-year-old, who clearly loves pop music, who’s chosen it as their medium, makes it hit home.