When Lorde dropped her new song-of-the-summer hopeful “Solar Power” two weeks ago, a lot of people noticed the fact that it has some similarities to George Michael’s classic “Freedom ’90” from his 1990 album “Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1.”
But if you think there might be any bad feelings from the people in charge of Michael’s legacy — he sadly died on Christmas Day 2016 because the universe is terrible — think again. Last week, Michael’s estate settled the matter once and for all with a ringing endorsement of Lorde’s new single.
“We are aware that many people are making a connection between ‘Freedom ’90’ by George Michael and ‘Solar Power’ by @lorde which George would have been flattered to hear, so on behalf of one great artist to another, we wish her every success with the single,” Michael’s estate said in a statement released on June 18.