WOW PET Angel

Pearl Yelich-O'Connor

Pearl came into my life in 2018, and almost immediately changed everything for me.

As anyone who has had the pleasure of raising a dog can understand, my life grew exponentially.

Pearl brought an immeasurable amount of joy and purpose into my world.

When I had first lost my boy, I needed some time to see the good again, to finish making my album for him too.

It wasn't the same work it started out to be — as anyone who has felt loss can understand, there's a door that opens that you step through, and everything is different on the other side.

One day we woke up and I knew, in that way mothers do, that he was sicker than we had realized, and that we were nearing a point where his body wasn't going to be able to cope. I rushed him to the specialists.

Pearl had two cardiac arrests about an hour apart, and after the second one, he died. I was holding him when he went, and I know he knew that I was there.

Pearl brought an immeasurable amount of joy and purpose into my world. Love

vibrated all around us. I truly felt my life growing and swelling in healthfulness, with this orb of contentment glowing around me and Pearl, and our family.

This song is about my dog, my beautiful boy Pearl who I love so much and miss every day.

I wrote it before he died, before I knew there was anything wrong with him. I wrote this at home on the piano. I remember he was lying underneath it, I looked down and thought: “You big dummy. You're never going to know that I'm writing this song about how much I love you.”

It is about being changed after a special someone comes into your life. About how Pearl changed me and the profound bond we shared.

Contributed by his Mom, Lorde

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