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A year ago, Lorde played a sold out Vector Arena. She was awkward.
Mostly endearingly, somewhat mysteriously - partially just plain awkward, swaying through her set from behind a sheet of hair, eyes down, banter at a minimum.
Last night, she was an entirely different person.
Walking tall, exuding confidence and grinning uncontrollably - no longer the 16-year-old who tried so hard to keep a straight face the first time around.
It is evident this world tour has changed her.
The set opened with Glory and Gore, her lower register seeming to have extended even further than before, allowing an impressive tone which reappeared in White Teeth Teens boasting Gwen Stefani-like crescendos on the choruses.
Her vocals were impressive the whole way through, either exactly on point or diverging from recorded versions to create new melodies, and at times abandoning it all entirely and just yelling the lyrics.
Those might have been the best parts, the parts where finally, Lorde was just Ella - a 17-year-old, whose dreams came true. She enjoyed herself more and it shone through in her performance.
That was when it became clear just how big Lorde has become.
This was a legitimate arena tour. Red swathes of fabric filled background, a chandelier descended from the ceiling, she took her place centre stage with a flowing red cape and gold crown and Royals exploded throughout the arena, kicking off something of a greatest hits section.
"This is it," she said, "the last minute of this tour... I might cry a little bit... are you ready?"
It was clear emotions were high for this superstar finishing her world tour where she started, with the same fans she started with.
It was clear just how much it all meant to her, how much she cherished it and how far she had come.
She thanked the audience profusely, said goodbye in advance - because even after a sell out world tour, she still doesn't do encores - and she closed out the song with rasping, "Let 'em talk".
When it was all said and done, all I could think was; if that was how far she had come in only a year since breaking out, just imagine what's coming next.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment...-auckland.html
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RIP Pure Heroine era
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Pure Heroine
No one has released a better album since 
BTW was a disappointment (always loved the video though) and I HATED Judas from the moment it leaked. That 1-2 punch of disappointment was the closest I ever came to jumping ship. Good think TEOG came around 
that's what the swifties should be bragging about, not the sales 
