I get paralyzingly nervous a lot of times, so I tried bravado. The way I dress and carry myself, a lot of people find it intimidating. I think my whole career can be boiled down to the one word I always say in meetings: 'strength.' Lorde boilbravadocareer share on social
I've always been fascinated with aristocracy. I'm really interested in the Ivy Leagues, the final clubs, all the really old-money families, the concept of old money. Lorde aristocracyclubconcept Change image and share on social
I think young people are the most creative and the coolest - people that we should be learning from. Even when I'm at a party, I'm analyzing it and thinking about it in the context of how I would write about it. That side of me never switches off. Lorde analyzecontextcool share on social
I'm usually really drawn to a song, and I know it would be good to cover if it sounds like something that I could write, or I wished I could write. Sometimes a writer just sounds like they're in your head, and that is really cool for me. Lorde coolcoverdraw share on social
I think it would be impossible not to be an Internet kid, coming from New Zealand, because culturally it's a little barren. Lorde barrencomeculturally Change image and share on social
I come from a short fiction background, and my mom is a poet, so I've always read poetry; I've always had a lot of different influences both linguistically and musically. Lorde backgroundfictionhave Change image and share on social
It must have been when I was 14 or 15 that I started tentatively writing songs and was able to convey an emotion and a lyric with what I wanted to say. Lorde conveyemotionlyric Change image and share on social
I'm, like, the most terrible person to go to a party with in the world, because I just can't enjoy it. I'm just thinking all the time about what it means and what the implications are. Lorde enjoyimplicationmean Change image and share on social
When I was trying to come up with a stage name, I thought 'Lord' was super rad, but really masculine - ever since I was a little kid, I have been really into royals and aristocracy. So to make Lord more feminine, I just put an 'e' on the end! Some people think it's religious, but it's not. Lorde aristocracyendfeminine share on social
I went to my prom. I wore this olive green, floor-length backless dress. It was rad. Lorde backlessdressfloor Change image and share on social
