This is Lorde

Are you planning on finishing school?
not sure yet! obviously it's hard at the moment, although i do read theses/academic writing from teachers regularly. i read this cool thing jennifer lawrence said the other day about learning about the world through books vs. her real world experience, and i'm definitely feelin that right now. but maybe that's just a lazy person's excuse


My roommate and I have noticed that you talk about teeth a lot on your album. Why is that?
just a weird obsession that has been with me always. ironically, i hate dentists.

Are you confident in your stage performance? I know people have criticized the way you perform, how do you respond to that?
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.

Do you regret going into the music industry so young?
actually, no. i feel like i learnt early on how things worked and that gave me a good understanding of what could be ****ed with/which rules were dumb and shouldn't have to be followed. plus, i can sit down with basically the most intimidating people in the industry and not flinch. and maybe even make them flinch. or cry. heh.

What is your favorite(s) book and movie?
favourite book is a tie between: what we talk about when we talk about love - raymond carver the night in question - tobias wolff everything ravaged, everything burned - wells tower battleborn - claire vaye watkins
and favourite film is probably a tie between take shelter fight club willy wonka and the chocolate factory (1971 version)

Have you ever met Ezra Koenig?
yep, he used the word 'schwag' without blinking and i taught him the meaning of the word rude as in those are some rude-ass pajamas you wore onstage tonight, man

What shampoo do you use
my mum buys it in 2-litre bottles from the supermarket i don't even know

I loved how the Tennis Courts video was shot in one take! How many tries did it take you before you got it right?
thanks! there's a funny story about that video - we actually shot a completely different concept, and the video you know was going to have little one-second extracts pulled from it to go into the video we were making. but i thought the version we ended up going with was a million times more compelling. maybe took 3 takes?

There are lots of references to physical violence in Pure Heroine, like in Glory and Gore, and White Teeth Teens. What inspired this, and how literally is it meant to be taken?
I heard that back in Nicaragua in '68 she killed twelve men in six minutes with a broken beer bottle and a bar stool.
the broken bottle is hearsay

Hi Lorde. Congratulations on your success so far, it's well-deserved. My question is: have you thus far experienced much of New Zealand's ridiculous 'tall poppy syndrome', i.e. where people seem to expect you to be meek and humble regardless of the effort it's taken to get to where you are?
yeah, definitely, although the majority of nzers have been great. i think some of that is because i'm a girl though, watch this amazing nicki minaj clip about it: http://www.upworthy.com/watch-nicki-...g-her-eyeliner

[welcome to reddit!
http://i.imgur.com/UqAzt95.jpg
(ps I also drew you as a sloth )
i feel like a bit of a big deal right now. THANKS ****** WATERCOLOUR! (SHITTYWATERCOLOUR is the name of the redditor)

She brought up Queen Nicki again and she wasn't even asked about her. STAN!

Queen Lorde, her answers And her stanning for that iconic Nicki clip

She stans for Nicki???? Lemme go buy Pure Heroine

I screamed. She sounds like a smart girl when she's keeping her peers' names out of her mouth.

I hope she doesn't like Nicki with any sense of irony (seeing she's an alternative pop girl vs. a kind of artist Nicki is). It reminds me of when The XX singers said they liked Gaga and Beyonce lol.
And good luck with the school thing Lorde

She saw my thread on here! omg

http://atrl.net/forums/showthread.php?t=435934

That was a dick move of you tbh

"but maybe that's just a lazy person's excuse"

it is. I know a few people who think they're smart because they have "extensive" life experiences. But it can't compare to the erudition and intelligence you get from reading books.

She's already book smart though. She always cites her favourite authors as her biggest influences

Interesting.

Thank you.

Lorde may have wrapped up a pretty remarkable 2013 by heading back to New Zealand, but she still found time to knock out a quick Reddit AMA session on Sunday.

In the chat, the 17-year-old sensation revealed (surprise, surprise) that she's currently lining up a run of U.S. festival dates next year and has big plans for upping her merch game — you can expect "embroidery" — but she also took a moment to reflect on her breakout year, and what she's learned about the music industry on her ride to the top of the charts.

"I feel like I learned early on how things worked, and that gave me a good understanding of what could be f---ed with/which rules were dumb and shouldn't have to be followed," she wrote. "Plus, I can sit down with basically the most intimidating people in the industry and not flinch. And maybe even make them flinch ... or cry. Heh."

Lorde also took a moment to discuss her favorite films ("Fight Club" and "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" — "1971 version," she clarified), and big up Nicki Minaj for her stance on feminism — linking to her famous pickle juice speech. And then, she weighed in on one of the year's most pressing topics: the similarities she shares onstage with a certain "Lord of the Rings" antagonist: Gollum.

"I know when I'm onstage, I don't think about how it looks, I just concentrate on really feeling what I hear," she wrote. "But I totally know I look like Gollum when I perform, so it's cool."

Self-aware Queen

Gollum the Pokemon?!

Who gives a ****, she creates an atmosphere when she's on stage that goes with her sound and lyrics.

I agree. I don't know if it's part of her character but she looks so uncomfortable sometimes...

my pretty