In Lorde's song "Team", she sings:

In the Taio Cruz's song "Dynamite," written by Bonnie McKee, he sings:

Did she come for pop ICON Bonnie McKee?

It was shade to mainstream music in general

What is happening on ATRL today...

"Hands up in the air" is a tragically generic line that has been used in so many songs and is uttered so many times in concert that this lyric is not a response to a single person, but an entire epidemic.

She shaded pop music in general.

'Party in the USA' - Miley Cyrus.

There's plenty more.

This.

Funny how ppl on here was using that line against Applause.

This.

I don't think she is coming for anyone in particular.

Gaga says it at concerts too. She's just talking about how generic that statement is.

TEEN HOTTIE putting POP ICON in her place!!! Hew the **** else?

It's as cliche as it gets.

Why aren't we told to put our feet in the air? I actually am but why aren't we all??

Reaching

Oop.

California Gurls- "Now put your hands up"
Tik Tok- "Put your hands up"
Stay- "I threw my hands in the air"

Slightly off-topic but how pretty does she look here. Literally a goddess

I love them both so chose flattering pics.

Lorde looks so freaking gorgeous in that picture.
Queen of shade.

It's about her getting arrested for being the Teen Hottie that she is, always told to put her hands up in the air. She can't help herself if she is just that much of a Teen Hottie. Real talk.

The reach.

It was Chris Brown shade.

From Yeah 3X

Taio Cruz said HE puts his hands up in the air sometimes.
Chris Brown TOLD THE LISTENER to put their hands up in the air.
That is what Lorde addressed.