Lorde and Lana are so different, though. Lorde doesn't need to smash with a gay club remix, and her act is believable because it's not coming from a Botox-faced 42-year old who had her father pay her way through her career. Lorde is the REAL deal and the world will see that.
You betta work RCA (and get ready to push B8 back)
That's most likely why they haven't announced an album release date
Prism and ARTPOP's dates were announced days before the release of their first singles.