She found a small production room, which she called "The Rat Nest", to create the song. Her fear of recording on Westlake Recording Studios, which to her was "too fancy", resulted in her exhibiting writer's block. In a podcast interview with Hrishikesh Hirway's Song Exploder, Lorde described her first summer after her breakup with longtime boyfriend James Lowe as "wild and fluorescent" as a result, she would often go drinking in her native country of New Zealand and had a strong desire to cope with her heartache. Jack Antonoff ( pictured in 2012) co-wrote and co-produced "Sober" It was also part of the set list of her Melodrama World Tour (2017–18).
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Lorde performed "Sober", with five other songs, as part of a re-imagined Vevo series at the Electric Lady Studios where she recorded most of her album. The song had minor chart placements in Australia and Canada, placing at 61 and 84, respectively. Its production style was compared to the works of English indie pop band the xx and English downtempo musician James Blake. The song received mostly positive reviews from music critics who praised its unexpected direction and departure from the maximalist production of her previous singles " Green Light" and " Perfect Places". The lyrics detail the desire to tell someone how you feel about them while wondering how it will be once the liquor wears down. It is an electronic R&B song that features a tiger's roar, trumpets, brass and tenor and baritone saxophones in its production. "Sober" is the first of a two-track song, which is completed by "Sober II (Melodrama)". It was released on 9 June 2017, by Republic as the album's second promotional single. Lorde co-wrote and co-produced the song with Jack Antonoff, with production assistance from Malay and vocal production from Kuk Harrell. " Sober" is a song recorded by New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde, from her second studio album Melodrama (2017).