Before she was topping the charts and putting her foot in her mouth about artists like David Guetta, Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez, Lorde was a pretty 12-year-old fronting a band called Extreme. (We'll forgive her for not knowing that was a metal band first since she wasn't even born back then!) And she looked exactly the same!
Oh Lord, Lorde. When will you learn to not diss those more famous and longstanding than you are?
The 17-year-old New Zealand native called David Guetta "gross" in front of press when her management team asked her if she'd like to work with him ... and he fired back beautifully.
It looks like the Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack will release on Tuesday, November 19th just days before the film releases. What am I excited about on the soundtrack? Lorde's cover of Tears for Fears hit, 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World.'
David Guetta is pop-EDM royalty, a producer and DJ that most artists would sever a limb to work with, since he is known for being a hitmaker who teams up with the top of the pops!
One artist not keen on getting into bed, musically speaking, with the French superstar? Oh, none other than Lorde. Guetta will never be "royal" in her eyes!
For everyone praising 'Royals' as a profound statement about pop culture, Lorde -- you know, the 16-year-old Kiwi who wrote and sings the song -- actually disagrees.
Billboard reports that Lorde's 'Royals' is featured in a new global commercial for Samsung's Note 3. Watch the drama play out as a real estate tycoon comes to the inner city and plans to demolish a decrepit building.
Justin Timberlake has now topped the charts for a second time in 2013. The 20/20 Experience -- 2 of 2 reached number one on the Billboard album chart in its debut week just 28 weeks after the first installment garnered the year's highest first-week sales.
VH1 has been introducing new artists to us through the channel's You Oughta Know programming since 2005, and on November 11th will host the first ever You Oughta Know concert, and live webcast available at YOKconcert.VH1.com
None of the mystique surrounding Lorde was shattered on Friday (Oct. 4) when the New Zealand-born singer, 16, performed her smash hit 'Royals' on 'Good Morning America.' She continues to intrigue us, even as boy bander Joe Jonas hurled a diss her way.
With a song dispelling the commercial nature of pop-stars and their extravagant lifestyles Ella Yelich-O'Connor, better known as Lorde, is now queen of the Billboard Hot 100.