David Bowie believed that Lorde was “the future of music”, according to pianist and frequent collaborator Mike Garson.
The Guardian report that Garson made the revelation during a Periscope Q&A with fans. “David really liked Lorde, and he felt like she was the future of music,” he said, “They had a few wonderful moments together.”
Garson was explaining how Lorde came to perform a tribute to Bowie at this year's BRIT awards. The New Zealand artist performed “Life on Mars?” alongside Garson and members of Bowie's backing band at the request of Bowie's management and family. “It was an amazing, momentous experience, and she really did justice to him,” he said, “She was so nervous. She actually said if she didn’t sing the song to David, she couldn’t have gotten through it.”
I dont think he meant Lorde was the future of music literally, hunties, she just represents a type of minimalist indie pop sound that grows in popularity.
Its similar to how he foresaw that Pixies will be the future of music, and really, Pixies never met success, but were predecessors of the whole Grunge movement and are one of the most influential alt rock bands of all time, so he got that right.
Im just so happy that David got the tribute he deserved on Brit awards, by the way. Thanks Lorde.
