History Music / Lorde

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

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Her music can be a bit hard to describe due to being both pop ''and'' alternative simultaneously. To break it down: DreamPop, Electronica, {{Synthpop}}, {{Minimalism}}, {{Ambient}}, IndiePop, Art Pop, DarkWave, Contemporary, and even a few traces of HipHop can be found in the beats.

* TheVamp: She's one in the "Magnets" video, aggressively seducing an older man away from his girlfriend. [[spoiler:Of course it's all an act; she's a ProfessionalKiller hired by the girlfriend to kill him because she had enough of his abuse.]]

* ContemptibleCover: The cover art for ''Solar Power'' was photographed by her friend Ophelia on the beach while she jumped over them. Creator/StephenColbert could not show the cover on TV, with Lorde saying that it is "a little hardcore, but it was so joyful to me" and "a little bit feral". In some markets, Lorde's buttocks are [[{{Bowdlerise}} censored]] by a bright sunlight lens flare. Walmart takes it a step further with a round sticker.

* {{Pride}}: 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]]

* RapIsCrap: Downplayed on "Royals". The reference points she uses in the chorus are drawn mostly from 2000s GlamRap, but she wrote the song mainly as a critique of contemporary ''pop'' music in general.

* RapIsCrap: Downplayed on "Royals". She wrote the song as a critique of contemporary pop music in general, but the reference points she uses in the chorus are drawn mostly from 2000s GlamRap.

Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor, better known by her {{stage name|s}} of Lorde[[note]]Derived from her fascination with "royals and aristocracy", with an "e" added after the name Lord to make what she considered a masculine word more feminine[[/note]]] (born November 7, 1996), is an IndiePop singer from New Zealand. Often credited as the TropeMaker for the BedroomPop genre that would gain widespread prominence by the end of the [=2010s=], her music usually deals with the problems of adolescence, paralleled with her own rise to fame.

--> ''I let you live that fantasy.''

Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor, better known by her {{stage name|s}} of Lorde (born November 7, 1996), is an IndiePop singer from New Zealand. The TropeMaker for BedroomPop, 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 ''Music/PureHeroine'' 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 Music/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. She's won 2 Grammys and 1 BRIT.

Lorde released her sophomore album ''Melodrama'' in 2017. It features [[NewSoundAlbum new sounds]], and has a distinctly different feel to it based off her experience of rising to international stardom. She also collaborated with British duo Disclosure, producing the track "Magnets" for their second album. In the same year, she made multiple festival appearances for the first time since 2014 -- including Coachella and Governors Ball.

In June 2021, she released her lead single, ''Solar Power'', off her third album of the same name. The album was originally meant to be released the previous year but was delayed extensively due to COVID-19 travel restrictions to New Zealand. She later revealed that the album will only be released digitally and on limited-edition vinyl due to environmental concerns.

She is definitely not a [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark 45 year old geologist from Colorado]].

* ContemptibleCover: The cover art for ''Solar Power'' was photographed by her friend Ophelia on the beach while she jumped over them. Creator/StephenColbert could not show the cover on TV, with Lorde saying that it is "a little hardcore, but it was so joyful to me" and "a little bit feral". In some markets, Lorde's buttocks are [[{{Bowdlerise}} censored]] by a bright sunlight lens flare.

* RoseTintedNarrative: "Supercut" is a {{Deconstruction}} of this, with the titular supercut being a metaphor for Lorde's positive memories of a failed relationship. She can dwell on all the times it made her happy, but they're still just ''memories'', and it ultimately makes her yearn for a relationship that she knows was already doomed.

** At the 2016 Brit Awards, she performed "[[Music/DavidBowie Life on Mars?]]" with David Bowie's final touring band as a tribute to him.

She also reached a new height of fame when it was revealed at E3 2014 that her cover of "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears was used in the cinematic trailer for Ubisoft's ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity'', and it was then revealed that she would be "[[http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/01/lorde-appointed-hunger-games-music-supervisor-mockingjay-part-1 curating]]" the soundtrack for the first part of the final ''Film/TheHungerGames'' movie (''Mockingjay'').

In June 2021, she released her lead single, ''Solar Power'', off her third album of the same name. The album was originally meant to be released the previous year but was delayed extensively due to COVID-19 travel restrictions to New Zealand.

Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor, better known by her {{stage name|s}} of Lorde (born November 7, 1996), is an IndiePop singer from New Zealand. The TropeMaker for BedroomPop, 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 ''Music/PureHeroine'' 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 Music/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. She's won 2 Grammys and 1 BRIT.

She also reached a new height of fame when it was revealed at E3 2014 that her cover of "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears was used in the cinematic trailer for Ubisoft's ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity'', and it was recently revealed that she would be "[[http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/01/lorde-appointed-hunger-games-music-supervisor-mockingjay-part-1 curating]]" the soundtrack for the first part of the final ''Film/TheHungerGames'' movie (''Mockingjay'').

Her third album was supposed to release some time in 2020 but has been delayed indefinitely due to COVID-19 travel restrictions to New Zealand. However, she’s begun booking gigs for mid-2022 which would suggest it will be released by then.

Her third album was supposed to release some time in 2020 but has been delayed indefinitely due to COVID-19 travel restrictions to New Zealand.

[[caption-width-right:350: Feelin' good on a Wednesday...]]

Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor, better known by her {{stage name|s}} of Lorde (born November 7, 1996), is an IndiePop 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 ''Music/PureHeroine'' 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 Music/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. She's won 2 Grammys and 1 BRIT.

* Other singles: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PdILZ_1P74 "Yellow Flicker Beat"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_KfnGBtVeA "Magnets"]] [[note]]''Disclosure featuring Lorde[[/note]]

[[OverlyLongName Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor]], [[SomeCallMeTim better known]] by her {{stage name|s}} of Lorde (born November 7, 1996), is an IndiePop 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 ''Music/PureHeroine'' 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 Music/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. She's won 2 Grammys and 1 BRIT.

She has confirmed that her third album will release some time in 2020.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "No Better" which features the lyric "And you're no better at swimming/than you were in the beginning/but you come over at night/And we practice all the breathing." It's an even more impressive example of this trope when you realize she released it barely a month past her 17th birthday[[note]]The age of consent in New Zealand is 16, not 18 as in the United States, which explains the lyric[[/note]].