"Tennis Court" received critical acclaim from music critics and media outlets. It is often mentioned how the beginning lyrics are "Don't you think it's boring how people talk" and the ending lyrics of "A World Alone" are "Let 'em talk", since Tennis Court is the first track on Pure Heroine and A World Alone is the last. It was something which was familiar and safe to me." She also described the song as being "about the town where she grew up and the friends she would. Lorde said she wrote the song "after having had a glimpse into the music industry, and I was just thinking about how superficial people can be and how we put up all these fronts." She found the idea of a tennis court "very visually beautiful" and "something I kept coming back to on Tumblr and all that sort of thing", saying it was "kind of a symbol of nostalgia for me. i made something that i thought was visually compelling, and that’s all i’m going to say. " do you think things have to have a definite meaning to be good? i think there’s beauty in something people can’t quite work out, and maybe it wouldn’t be right for me to stick a meaning on it anyway. The lyrics of "Tennis Court" most likely address Lorde's newly established fame and criticise the "high life", though when asked what the literal meaning of the song was she said:
Written in the key of A minor, it has a moderate tempo of 92 beats per minute. Lorde's vocal range spans one octave, from the low-note of G 3 to the high-note of G 4. "Tennis Court" was produced by Joel Little, who recorded it at his Golden Age Studios in Morningside, Auckland. The song was produced using the software Pro Tools it is characterised as a downtempo hip hop and EDM-influenced alternative pop, art pop and electropop song. It utilises synthesisers and electronic pulses in its arrangement. The track lasts for a duration of 3:18 (three minutes and eighteen seconds). This is, I don't know how long into the process, but it was when I was like, "This girl is going to be an amazing songwriter, or has turned into one in a really short amount of time." Then I just added the "yeahs" and we tweaked a couple things here and there." I was like, "Holy shit, this is seriously good." This was the first time she had this fully formed, amazing idea for a chorus.
She was sitting in the back of the room while I was working on the music and she was saying, "I think I've got a chorus idea." I asked, "Can I hear it?" and she said, "No, no, no." She wouldn't sing it to me and then once she had it, she basically sang the entire chorus as you hear it now.
"That song was one where we had everything except the chorus. According to Little, Lorde developed her songwriting skills on "Tennis Court", for which she wrote the melody and the whole chorus: Nonetheless, Little and Lorde first wrote the music and the beat, and the lyrics were built on the instant music. By and large, Lorde would have a lyric forming before going into the studio to record. Lorde detailed the writing process for "Tennis Court" was different from that of her other tracks.
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