Lorde
Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor, known professionally as Lorde, is a New Zealand singer-songwriter, lyricist, and composer born on November 7, 1996, in Auckland.
She was educated at Belmont Intermediate School and Takapuna Grammar School. Working in the English language, she has pursued a career spanning the roles of singer, musician, lyricist, composer, and author, bringing a range of creative disciplines to her output. She received the Aotearoa Music Award for Best Solo Artist and was included in Billboard's 21 Under 21 list, two distinct recognitions she has accumulated in the course of her career as a recording artist.
Her work spans several genres, including dream pop, art pop, indie pop, and electronica, a combination that reflects the range of sonic territory she occupies. The Library of Congress catalogs her under the authorized label "Lorde, 1996–," marking her place within formal archival records. These genre affiliations — spanning atmospheric, electronic, and independent pop traditions — represent a consistent thread running through her recorded output as a New Zealand singer-songwriter.
Quotes by Lorde
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I think I’m speaking for a bunch of girls when I say that the idea that feminism is completely natural and shouldn’t even be something that people find mildly surprising. It’s just a part of being a girl in 2013.
I know when I’m onstage, I don’t think about how it looks, I just concentrate on really feeling what I hear. But I totally know I look like Gollum when I perform, so it’s cool.
Don’t let some random comment that you wouldn’t have even thought about overshadow something important that you were actually trying to say.
What I do is so important to me. It’s like being a parent, in some ways, of a super-demanding, high-achieving child, with a cry that sounds really cool on the radio.
Taylor Swift is so flawless, and so unattainable, and I don’t think it’s breeding anything good in young girls.
The phrase ‘teen hottie’ literally makes me want to throw up. I’m a pop princess at heart. Pop is about distilling what you want to say and making it easy. And the way I write isn’t about making things easy. It’s a weird juxtaposition.
With pop music and pop musicians, you know everything about everyone all the time, particularly their physical appearance. With female musicians, that’s made a big thing of, and I think people, certainly with me, have appreciated a bit of mystery.
I find this curious – two photos from today, one edited so my skin is perfect and one real. remember flaws are ok.