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[[OverlyLongName Ella Maria Lani Yelich-O'Connor]], also known as '''Lorde''', is a teenage indie pop singer from New Zealand. Her music deals with the problems of adolescence, paralleled with her own rise to fame. Her debut release, ''The Love Club EP'', went #2 in her own country, and her songs "Royals" and "Tennis Court" went #1. In September 2013, she released ''Pure Heroine'' worldwide, which gained critical acclaim for its production and lyrical content. It gained an UpdatedRerelease in December 2013, featuring a bonus track, "No Better", songs from ''The Love Club EP'', and the "Tennis Court" B-side "[[Music/TheReplacements Swingin Party]]". The closest comparison her music could get is LanaDelRey. Dedicated to the darker sides of growing up, and life. She taps into the same disillusionment around the world right now. If younger and less glossy.

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\n[[caption-width-right:350: You can call her queen bee and baby she'll rule, she'll rule, she'll rule, she'll rule.]]

[[OverlyLongName Ella Maria Lani Yelich-O'Connor]], also known as '''Lorde''', '''Lorde''' (born November 7, 1996), is a teenage indie pop singer from New Zealand. Her music deals with the problems of adolescence, paralleled with her own rise to fame. Her debut release, ''The Love Club EP'', went #2 in her own country, and her songs "Royals" and "Tennis Court" went #1. In September 2013, she released ''Pure Heroine'' worldwide, which gained critical acclaim for its production and lyrical content. It gained an UpdatedRerelease in December 2013, featuring a bonus track, "No Better", songs from ''The Love Club EP'', and the "Tennis Court" B-side "[[Music/TheReplacements Swingin Party]]". The closest comparison her music could get is LanaDelRey. Dedicated to the darker sides of growing up, and life. She taps into the same disillusionment around the world right now. If younger and less glossy.
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* MoneySong: "Royals" is an attack on this type of music, criticizing it for promoting a lifestyle that 99% of people can only experience from their television screens. It's CharlieBrooker's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59OJ17raqWw "aspirational TV" rant]] as a song.
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[[OverlyLongName Ella Maria Lani Yelich-O'Connor]], also known as '''Lorde''', is a teenage indie pop singer from New Zealand. Her music deals with the problems of adolescence, paralleled with her own rise to fame. Her debut release, ''The Love Club EP'', went #2 in her own country, and her songs "Royals" and "Tennis Court" went #1. In September 2013, she released ''Pure Heroine'' worldwide, which gained critical acclaim for its production and lyrical content. It gained an UpdatedRerelease in December 2013, featuring a bonus track, "No Better", songs from ''The Love Club EP'', and the "Tennis Court" B-side "[[Music/TheReplacements Swingin Party]]".

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[[OverlyLongName Ella Maria Lani Yelich-O'Connor]], also known as '''Lorde''', is a teenage indie pop singer from New Zealand. Her music deals with the problems of adolescence, paralleled with her own rise to fame. Her debut release, ''The Love Club EP'', went #2 in her own country, and her songs "Royals" and "Tennis Court" went #1. In September 2013, she released ''Pure Heroine'' worldwide, which gained critical acclaim for its production and lyrical content. It gained an UpdatedRerelease in December 2013, featuring a bonus track, "No Better", songs from ''The Love Club EP'', and the "Tennis Court" B-side "[[Music/TheReplacements Swingin Party]]".
Party]]". The closest comparison her music could get is LanaDelRey. Dedicated to the darker sides of growing up, and life. She taps into the same disillusionment around the world right now. If younger and less glossy.
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* MinimalistCoverArt: ''Pure Heroine''. Nothing but the names of the artist and the album.

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* MinimalistCoverArt: MinimalisticCoverArt: ''Pure Heroine''. Nothing but the names of the artist and the album.
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* LyricalColdOpen: "Tennis Court", "Royals", "Team"

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* LyricalColdOpen: "Tennis Court", "Royals", "Team" "Team"
* MinimalistCoverArt: ''Pure Heroine''. Nothing but the names of the artist and the album.
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** Her song "Tennis Court" includes the first f-bomb in her music, causing the biggest controversy over a female minor;y swearing since [[KickAss Hit-Girl]].

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** Her song "Tennis Court" includes the first f-bomb in her music, causing the biggest controversy over a female minor;y swearing since [[KickAss Hit-Girl]].
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[[OverlyLongName Ella Maria Lani Yelich-O'Connor]], also known as Lorde, is a teenage indie pop singer from New Zealand. Her music deals with the problems of adolescence, paralleled with her own rise to fame. Her debut release, ''The Love Club EP'', went #2 in her own country, and her songs "Royals" and "Tennis Court" went #1. In September 2013, she released ''Pure Heroine'' worldwide.

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[[OverlyLongName Ella Maria Lani Yelich-O'Connor]], also known as Lorde, '''Lorde''', is a teenage indie pop singer from New Zealand. Her music deals with the problems of adolescence, paralleled with her own rise to fame. Her debut release, ''The Love Club EP'', went #2 in her own country, and her songs "Royals" and "Tennis Court" went #1. In September 2013, she released ''Pure Heroine'' worldwide.
worldwide, which gained critical acclaim for its production and lyrical content. It gained an UpdatedRerelease in December 2013, featuring a bonus track, "No Better", songs from ''The Love Club EP'', and the "Tennis Court" B-side "[[Music/TheReplacements Swingin Party]]".



* BookEnds: "Tennis Court" opens with "Don't you think that it's boring how people talk?" Fast foward to the last song in ''Pure Heroine'''s tracklist, "A World Alone", which closes with "People that talk, yeah, let 'em talk."

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* BookEnds: "Tennis Court" opens with "Don't you think that it's boring how people talk?" Fast foward to the last song in ''Pure Heroine'''s tracklist, "A World Alone", which closes with "People "The people that talk, yeah, people that talk, let 'em talk."



* LyricalColdOpen: "Tennis Court", "Royals" and "Team".

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* LyricalColdOpen: "Tennis Court", "Royals" and "Team"."Royals", "Team"



* PrecisionFStrike: And she's only SIXTEEN YEARS OLD. You bad, bad girl.
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* PrecisionFStrike: And she's only SIXTEEN ''SIXTEEN YEARS OLD. OLD.'' You bad, bad girl.
** Her song "Tennis Court" includes the first f-bomb in her music, causing the biggest controversy over a female minor minor;y swearing since [[KickAss Hit-Girl]].


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* WiseBeyondTheirYears
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* PrecisionFStrike:
** Her song "Tennis Court" includes the first f-bomb in her music.

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* PrecisionFStrike:
PrecisionFStrike: And she's only SIXTEEN YEARS OLD. You bad, bad girl.
** Her song "Tennis Court" includes the first f-bomb in her music.music, causing the biggest controversy over a female minor swearing since [[KickAss Hit-Girl]].



* {{Pride}}: Without [[RuleOFCautiousEditingJudgement trying to speak poorly of her.]] She has confessed that she finds herself arrogant and her song "Royals" she asks you to call her "Queen Bee". [[note]]A.K.A. the leader of a clique in high school.[[/note]]

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* {{Pride}}: Without [[RuleOFCautiousEditingJudgement trying to speak poorly of her.]] She has confessed that she finds herself arrogant and her song "Royals" she asks you to call her "Queen Bee". [[note]]A.K.A. the leader of a clique in high school.[[/note]]



* TakeThat: 'Royals' is all about how modern music is about things that most people never get to experience, like colossal wealth and rock-star/rap-star lives.

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* TakeThat: 'Royals' is all about how modern music is about things that most people never get to experience, like colossal wealth and rock-star/rap-star pop-star/rap-star lives.
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* PrecisionFStrike: And she's only 16 YEARS OLD. You bad, bad girl.

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* PrecisionFStrike: And she's only 16 YEARS OLD. You bad, bad girl.
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* PrecisionFStrike: And she's only 16 YEARS OLD. You bad, bad girl.

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** On being asked what she thinks of a collaboration with Music/DavidGuetta, she says quite simply [[http://www.pedestrian.tv/news/music/lorde-says-thanks-but-no-thanks-to-david-guetta-co/a79b7fcf-bd25-4e4a-9194-3bfdce687cc8.htm 'Fuck no. He's so gross.' ]]
* SelfBackingVocalist: She does this constantly. In fact, it's very hard to find any instrumentation besides some synth and percussion, a good portion of her music is almost entirely her voice.

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** On being asked what she thinks of a collaboration with Music/DavidGuetta, she says quite simply [[http://www.pedestrian.tv/news/music/lorde-says-thanks-but-no-thanks-to-david-guetta-co/a79b7fcf-bd25-4e4a-9194-3bfdce687cc8.htm 'Fuck no. He's so gross.' ]]
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* {{Pride}}: Without [[RuleOFCautiousEditingJudgement trying to speak poorly of her.]] She has confessed that she finds herself arrogant and her song "Royals" she asks you to call her "Queen Bee". [[note]]A.K.A. the leader of a clique in high school.[[/note]]
* SelfBackingVocalist: She does this constantly. In fact, it's very hard to find any instrumentation besides some synth and percussion, a good portion of her music is almost entirely her voice.


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* SingingVoiceDissonance: Being as she's a {{New Zealand}}er who sings in a "neutral" accent, yeah.
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* {{Minimalis|m}}t [[NeoClassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly Indie Pop]]: Her main style, mixed with a [[{{Ambient}} few]] [[DarkWave other]] [[{{Pop}} genres]].

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* {{Minimalis|m}}t [[NeoClassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly Indie Pop]]: Her main style, mixed with a [[{{Ambient}} few]] [[DarkWave other]] [[{{Pop}} [[SynthPop genres]].

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* DarkerAndEdgier[=/=]DeconstructorFleet: She does this to [[{{Pop}} teen pop]]. Rather than making party songs or more upbeat songs, they look at more of the dramatic and depressing side of being a teen.



* {{Minimalism}}: Her main style.

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* {{Minimalism}}: {{Minimalis|m}}t [[NeoClassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly Indie Pop]]: Her main style.style, mixed with a [[{{Ambient}} few]] [[DarkWave other]] [[{{Pop}} genres]].
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** On being asked what she thinks of a collaboration with DavidGuetta, she says quite simply [[http://www.pedestrian.tv/news/music/lorde-says-thanks-but-no-thanks-to-david-guetta-co/a79b7fcf-bd25-4e4a-9194-3bfdce687cc8.htm 'Fuck no. He's so gross.' ]]

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** On being asked what she thinks of a collaboration with DavidGuetta, Music/DavidGuetta, she says quite simply [[http://www.pedestrian.tv/news/music/lorde-says-thanks-but-no-thanks-to-david-guetta-co/a79b7fcf-bd25-4e4a-9194-3bfdce687cc8.htm 'Fuck no. He's so gross.' ]]
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Her YMMV page can be found [[YMMV/{{Lorde}} here]].
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* TakeThat: 'Royals' is all about how modern music is about things that most people never get to experience, like colossal wealth and rock-star lives.

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* TakeThat: 'Royals' is all about how modern music is about things that most people never get to experience, like colossal wealth and rock-star rock-star/rap-star lives.
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Lorde is a teenage indie pop singer from New Zealand. Her music deals with the problems of adolescence, paralleled with her own rise to fame. Her debut release, ''The Love Club EP'', went #2 in her own country, and her songs "Royals" and "Tennis Court" went #1. In September 2013, she released ''Pure Heroine'' worldwide.

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Lorde [[OverlyLongName Ella Maria Lani Yelich-O'Connor]], also known as Lorde, is a teenage indie pop singer from New Zealand. Her music deals with the problems of adolescence, paralleled with her own rise to fame. Her debut release, ''The Love Club EP'', went #2 in her own country, and her songs "Royals" and "Tennis Court" went #1. In September 2013, she released ''Pure Heroine'' worldwide.




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* TakeThat: 'Royals' is all about how modern music is about things that most people never get to experience, like colossal wealth and rock-star lives.
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** On being asked what she thinks of a collaboration with DavidGuetta, she says quite simply [[http://www.pedestrian.tv/news/music/lorde-says-thanks-but-no-thanks-to-david-guetta-co/a79b7fcf-bd25-4e4a-9194-3bfdce687cc8.htm 'Fuck no. He's so gross.' ]]
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Lorde is a teenage indie pop singer from New Zealand. Her music deals with the problems of adolescence, paralleled with her own rise to fame. Her debut release, ''The Love Club EP'', went #2 in her own country, and her songs "Royals" and "Tennis Court" went #1. She is to release her first full album on September 2013.

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Lorde is a teenage indie pop singer from New Zealand. Her music deals with the problems of adolescence, paralleled with her own rise to fame. Her debut release, ''The Love Club EP'', went #2 in her own country, and her songs "Royals" and "Tennis Court" went #1. She is to release her first full album on In September 2013.
2013, she released ''Pure Heroine'' worldwide.



* ''The Love Club EP (2012)''
* ''Pure Heroine (2013)''

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* ''The Love Club EP (2012)''
EP'' (2012)
* ''Pure Heroine (2013)''
Heroine'' (2013)



* BookEnds: "Tennis Court" opens with "Don't you think that it's boring how people talk?" Fast foward to the last song in Pure Heroine's tracklist, A World Alone, which closes with "People that talk, yeah, let 'em talk."

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* BookEnds: "Tennis Court" opens with "Don't you think that it's boring how people talk?" Fast foward to the last song in Pure Heroine's ''Pure Heroine'''s tracklist, A "A World Alone, Alone", which closes with "People that talk, yeah, let 'em talk."



* LyricalColdOpen: "Tennis Court" and "Team".

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* LyricalColdOpen: "Tennis Court" Court", "Royals" and "Team".
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* BookEnds: "Tennis Court" opens with "Don't you think that it's boring how people talk?" Fast foward to the last song in Pure Heroine's tracklist, A World Alone, which closes with "People that talk, yeah, let 'em talk."
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* SelfBackingVocalist: Lorde harmonizes herself in "Loyals".

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* SelfBackingVocalist: Lorde harmonizes herself in "Loyals".She does this constantly. In fact, it's very hard to find any instrumentation besides some synth and percussion, a good portion of her music is almost entirely her voice.

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* LyricalColdOpen: "Tennis Court".

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* LyricalColdOpen: "Tennis Court".Court" and "Team".



* PrecisionFStrike: Her song "Tennis Court" includes the first f-bomb in her music.

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* PrecisionFStrike: PrecisionFStrike:
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Her song "Tennis Court" includes the first f-bomb in her music.music.
** "Still Sane" has a couple instances of "shit".
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* ''TBD (2013)''

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* ''TBD ''Pure Heroine (2013)''
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* TheInvisibleBand: Subverted in the "Lorde" music video. It seems like the video would just be about the teenage boys and their dull lives, but Lorde finally pops in two minutes in. The US version expands her presence.

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* TheInvisibleBand: Subverted in the "Lorde" "Royals" music video. It seems like the video would just be about the teenage boys and their dull lives, but Lorde finally pops in two minutes in. The US version expands her presence.
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Lorde is a teenage indie pop singer from New Zealand. Her music deals with the problems of adolescence, paralleled with her own rise to fame. Her debut release, ''The Love Club EP'', went #2 in her own country, and her songs "Royals" and "Tennis Court" went #1. She is to release another major release soon.

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Lorde is a teenage indie pop singer from New Zealand. Her music deals with the problems of adolescence, paralleled with her own rise to fame. Her debut release, ''The Love Club EP'', went #2 in her own country, and her songs "Royals" and "Tennis Court" went #1. She is to release another major release soon.
her first full album on September 2013.



* TheInvisibleBand: Subverted in the "Lorde" music video. It seems like the video would just be about the teenage boys and their dull lives, but Lorde finally pops in two minutes in. The US version expands her presense.

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* TheInvisibleBand: Subverted in the "Lorde" music video. It seems like the video would just be about the teenage boys and their dull lives, but Lorde finally pops in two minutes in. The US version expands her presense.presence.
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Lorde is a teenage indie pop singer from New Zealand. Her music deals with the problems of adolescence, paralleled with her own rise to fame. Her debut release, ''The Love Club EP'', went #2 in her own country, and her songs "Royals" and "Tennis Court" went #1. She is to release another major release soon.

!!!Discography:
* ''The Love Club EP (2012)''
* ''TBD (2013)''

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* TheInvisibleBand: Subverted in the "Lorde" music video. It seems like the video would just be about the teenage boys and their dull lives, but Lorde finally pops in two minutes in. The US version expands her presense.
* LyricalColdOpen: "Tennis Court".
* TheOner: Her music video for "Tennis Court", which is just one shot of the lights flashing and her lip-syncing "yeah" every so often.
* PrecisionFStrike: Her song "Tennis Court" includes the first f-bomb in her music.
* SelfBackingVocalist: Lorde harmonizes herself in "Loyals".
* ShrinkingViolet: Her song "Bravado" is about an introvert struggling in an extroverted family.

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