Aimee Cliff from '' The Fader '' compared Lorde 's dancing to Robyn in " Dancing on My Own " ( 2010 ) . Cliff also compared the video to Grimes ' " Oblivion " ( 2012 ) where both artists use headphones to symbolize that dancing is for one 's own pleasure . Alexandrina Hemsley , from the performance duo Project O , drew a comparison between Madonna 's " Ray of Light " ( 1998 ) and Ciara 's " Oh " ( 2005 ) for featuring dancing on top of a car . '' Pitchfork '' ranked the video at number 11 on their year-end list , stating that the video was " some dream-nexus of Kate Bush or Robyn dancing on their own and French New Wave director Agnès Varda capturing the freedom of solo woman wanderers " . The publication said that the video documented the singer 's " expressive style of modern dance " which was a " glowing vision " of how " romantic " it can feel to be " alone in public " . Nate Gross from Exile Edit received a nomination for Best Editing at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards , losing to Ryan Staake and Eric Degliomini 's work on Young Thug 's " Wyclef Jean " ( 2017 )
2017 MTV Video Music Awards
2017 MTV Video Music Awards
Green Light (Lorde song)