{"id":677633,"date":"2025-06-28T03:40:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T00:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-7-standout-songs-on-lordes-virgin\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T03:40:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T00:40:23","slug":"the-7-standout-songs-on-lordes-virgin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-7-standout-songs-on-lordes-virgin\/","title":{"rendered":"The 7 standout songs on Lorde\u2019s Virgin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a37a582ef412\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" 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href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-7-standout-songs-on-lordes-virgin\/#Every_song_from_the_pop_stars_new_album_is_worth_your_while_but_these_are_our_favorites\" >Every song from the pop star\u2019s new album is worth your while, but these are our favorites.<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-7-standout-songs-on-lordes-virgin\/#%E2%80%9CHammer%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Hammer&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-7-standout-songs-on-lordes-virgin\/#%E2%80%9CFavourite_Daughter%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Favourite Daughter&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-7-standout-songs-on-lordes-virgin\/#%E2%80%9CCurrent_Affairs%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Current Affairs&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-7-standout-songs-on-lordes-virgin\/#%E2%80%9CClearblue%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Clearblue&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-7-standout-songs-on-lordes-virgin\/#%E2%80%9CGRWM%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;GRWM&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-7-standout-songs-on-lordes-virgin\/#%E2%80%9CIf_She_Could_See_Me_Now%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;If She Could See Me Now&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-7-standout-songs-on-lordes-virgin\/#%E2%80%9CBroken_Glass%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Broken Glass&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Every_song_from_the_pop_stars_new_album_is_worth_your_while_but_these_are_our_favorites\"><\/span>Every song from the pop star\u2019s new album is worth your while, but these are our favorites.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-271995\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Virgin_Album_Artwork_nlfgwn\/lorde-virgin-best-songs-reviewed.jpg\" 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840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Virgin_Album_Artwork_nlfgwn\/lorde-virgin-best-songs-reviewed.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Virgin_Album_Artwork_nlfgwn\/lorde-virgin-best-songs-reviewed.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Virgin_Album_Artwork_nlfgwn\/lorde-virgin-best-songs-reviewed.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Virgin_Album_Artwork_nlfgwn\/lorde-virgin-best-songs-reviewed.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"60vw\" alt=\"The 7 standout songs on Lorde\u2019s &lt;i&gt;Virgin&lt;\/i&gt;\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Courtesy of Republic Records<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-271996\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Lorde&#8217;s <i>Virgin<\/i> is here and it&#8217;s already causing mass hysteria. Of her <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>-changing discography, it&#8217;s arguably her most uninhibited, touching on unprotected sex, hating your body, feeling unabashedly horny, and generational trauma. Much will be made of its startling subject matter (and its many <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/news\/lorde-virgin-vinyl-photograph-talia-chetrit-1234746362\/\">interesting<\/a> creative choices) in the ensuing days and weeks, but for now, these are the songs that im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely grabbed our attention upon first listen.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-271986\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHammer%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>\n        &#8220;Hammer&#8221;<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hammer\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eUTUXAeSpqE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            &#8220;Hammer&#8221; is a rare song that deserves its role as an album opener. It bursts like a geyser, a furiously bubbling rush of drums built around a truly addictive vocal oscillation that makes it sound like Lorde is living it up right next to your ears. Co-produced by the singer with Jim-E Stack, the song is hi-def euphoria on every level as Lorde sings about a fountain&#8217;s mist hitting the face, an impromptu piercing on Canal St., and getting an aura photo taken. Lorde&#8217;s right: New York City actually hits so hard when you don\u2019t have a bitch in your ear telling you it\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/article\/conservatives-react-to-zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayor.html\">over<\/a>. \u2014<i>Steffanee Wang<\/i>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-271987\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CFavourite_Daughter%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>\n        &#8220;Favourite Daughter&#8221;<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Favourite Daughter\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6msW1iM7GFI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            \u201cFavorite Daughter\u201d is quintessential Lorde, a dance-ready song with a hint of melancholy and lyrics that hurt. In an interview with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G1xmnCKhxW4\">Apple Music<\/a>, Lorde said that the song is about her complex dynamic with audiences, the pressures of whirlwind fame, and her relationship with her mother, who she called her \u201cforemost idol.&#8221; With a thumping beat, a satisfying build-up, and a sweeping chorus set over rippling synths, the song embodies desperation and a willingness to do anything to be \u201cthe favorite.\u201d It\u2019s a feeling that we\u2019ve all felt at one point or another and Lorde makes us feel it again when she sings, \u201cEverywhere I run, I&#8217;m always runnin&#8217; to ya \/ Breaking my back to carry the weight of your heart.\u201d \u2014<i>Nora Wang<\/i>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-271990\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CCurrent_Affairs%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>\n        &#8220;Current Affairs&#8221;<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Current Affairs\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ir2M9fVYnwY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            The messiest song of Lorde\u2019s entire career is also one of her most visceral. \u201cCurrent Affairs\u201d is about infidelity except Lorde is the home wrecker. And the way she writes about an illicit fling is a true goosebump-inducing revelation: It began while they watched the 2024 solar eclipse, her feelings came on like \u201ca flare,\u201d he spit in her mouth and tasted her underwear. The line between gross and raw is razor thin and Lorde leans heavy on the gut-triggering aspect of the latter to convey the total hold it had over her system. When she sings \u201cMama, I\u2019m so scared\u201d and crying over the phone, you don\u2019t just picture her shaking in her room, you keel over and feel it too. \u2014<i>SW<\/i>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-271988\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CClearblue%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>\n        &#8220;Clearblue&#8221;<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Clearblue\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EV5GGEkavLo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            In hindsight, I don\u2019t know why there haven\u2019t been more songs about unprotected sex and the scare of unexpected pregnancy. Maybe it has to do with palatability. There isn\u2019t really a PR-friendly way to talk these sorts of brash, unconsidered decisions, especially in a political climate that will more readily demonize a woman\u2019s sexuality over that of a man&#8217;s. Lorde doesn\u2019t try for tastefulness on \u201cClearblue,\u201d she just wants to bring you into the room where her mind is spinning and she can\u2019t decide if the symbol on the stick will spark thrill or devastation or both. &#8220;Oh, wish I&#8217;d kept the Clearblue,&#8221; she sighs. The song\u2019s nonexistent beat, her layered vocals, the bared soul of her songwriting all serve to get at an unspoken truth, one that eclipses the flimsy borders of a so-called anthem. \u2014<i>SW<\/i>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-271989\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CGRWM%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>\n        &#8220;GRWM&#8221;<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GRWM\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pzkyL2Dfens?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            The \u201cGRWM\u201d that Lorde references on this song is \u201cGrown Woman\u201d and not the TikTok buzz-phrase &#8220;Get Ready With Me.&#8221; The track is a mood board of navigating, and re-navigating, puberty as a fully-grown adult \u2014 and the tendencies to regress. As Lorde continues to uncover what being a woman, or a person, in her body means to her at any given moment, she reflects on the experiences that defined her first foray into adolescence at 13 while drawing parallels to her current state: She fantasizes about physically washing the memory of a man off her body and reminisces about the thrill of purchasing alcohol as a teenager, all the while admitting that she yearned to speed up the process of growing up while fearing age and aging. \u201cA grown woman in a baby tee,\u201d she remarks, \u201cWide hips, tooth chipped \/ &#8217;96 skin scarred, looking forward.\u201d It\u2019s a universal feeling: the paranoia of coming across too awkward and overthinking everything that&#8217;s your body, maybe even since birth. Then, we grieve the time spent wishing we were older, and the fact that young women are never <i>truly<\/i> afforded the privilege of innocence. \u2014<i>Cady Siregar<\/i>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-272005\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CIf_She_Could_See_Me_Now%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>\n        &#8220;If She Could See Me Now&#8221;<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"If She Could See Me Now\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aqz3PJFeMRM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            In the run up to the release of <i>Virgin<\/i>, Lorde spoke a lot about the personal shifts she&#8217;s weathered in the last few years. Much of the album mines the thick of that rocky terrain, but &#8220;If She Could See Me Now&#8221; comes from a clearer vantage point. &#8220;Whenever you&#8217;d break me I&#8217;d watch it h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en, like an angel looking down,&#8221; she sings as she recalls the out-of-body experience a traumatic relationship with someone she dismisses as a womanizer and fame-seeker can trigger.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            &#8220;If She Could See Me Now&#8221; isn&#8217;t about lingering in the past though. In the verses, Lorde pushes her body to extremes and reaps the rewards. &#8220;I swim in waters that would drown so many other bitches,&#8221; she flexes from the crest of a wave. It&#8217;s at this height she can assess her strengths: physical, yes, but also as a musician and romantic survivor. She has no grand message for the person she was, just an acknowledgement that she has arrived where she needed to be. Sometimes that&#8217;s all it takes to feel content. \u2014<i>David Renshaw<\/i>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-272014\" class=\"content_block paragraph video triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CBroken_Glass%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>\n        &#8220;Broken Glass&#8221;<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Broken Glass\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bKK6JATP9DA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('272014');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p>Across <i>Virgin<\/i>, Lorde tracks her own shortcomings and tribulations with clarity, nerve, and vigor, and in doing so challenges our own nominal definitions of weakness. She emerges, still smouldering, from the abyss of an eating disorder on \u201cBroken Glass,\u201d a song that sheds light on struggles she first revealed on the remix to Charli xcx\u2019s \u201cgirl, so confusing.\u201d Jim-E-Stack\u2019s blistered electro-pop production gets s<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>ped back as Lorde admits how deeply her body image was corrupted (\u201cIt&#8217;s tough to admit \/ Just how much I get from it\u201d) and how she had to claw her way back to something approaching normalcy (\u201cI spent my summer getting lost in math \/ Making weight took all I had.\u201d) In pop music there are few artists who better combine impressionism with the diaristic; \u201cBroken Glass\u201d is a stark reminder of Lorde\u2019s singular powers. \u2014 <i>Jordan Darville<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Steffanee Wang, Cady Siregar, Nora Wang, David Renshaw<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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