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* CreatorBacklash: Lorde is quick to disown her breakout single "Royals". In a 2014 interview with The Daily Record, she said it sounded "horrible" and "none of the meoldies are good," comparing it to a ringtone from a Nokia cell phone in 2006.
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* BannedInChina: For one week in 2014, two radio stations in UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco [[http://nypost.com/2014/10/20/san-francisco-bans-lorde-song-until-world-series-ends/ banned all airplay]] of "Royals", as the city's UsefulNotes/{{baseball}} team, the San Francisco Giants, was playing the UsefulNotes/KansasCity Royals in the World Series. One Kansas City radio station, on the other hand, went out of its way to play "Royals" on the hour, every hour, during that same time frame as its way of rooting for the home team.

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* BannedInChina: For one week in 2014, two radio stations in UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco [[http://nypost.com/2014/10/20/san-francisco-bans-lorde-song-until-world-series-ends/ banned all airplay]] of "Royals", as the city's UsefulNotes/{{baseball}} team, the [[UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball San Francisco Giants, Giants]], was playing the UsefulNotes/KansasCity Royals in the World Series. One Kansas City radio station, on the other hand, went out of its way to play "Royals" on the hour, every hour, during that same time frame as its way of rooting for the home team.
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* DyeHard: Bleached her hair blonde in 2022, as seen [[https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lorde-blonde-hair-glastonbury-2022-1235108182/ during her 2022 set at the Glastonbury festival]].

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* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: Lorde refused to issue ''Solar Power'' on CD out of environmental concerns (nevermind it still got a vinyl version, [[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jan/28/vinyl-record-revival-environmental-impact-music-industry-streaming which is not exactly that 'green']]). To compensate, there was an eco-friendly discless box set with handwritten notes, exclusive photographs, and a download card.



* ScrewedByTheStudio: After "Glory and Gore" got an unexpected boost in popularity due to the ''Series/{{Vikings}}'' trailers, the song replaced "Tennis Court" as the third US single off of ''Music/PureHeroine''. While "Glory and Gore" was released to alternative radio, the scheduled release to contemporary pop radio was cancelled for reasons unknown. This essentially killed the song's chance of being a big follow-up to "Royals" and "Team". While "Glory and Gore" did manage to crack the Billboard Hot 100 (peaking at #68), it did so through practically nothing but digital download sales carrying it there. That, and what little alternative radio airplay contributes to placement on the pop charts. It's a shame, as [[EnsembleDarkhorse the song has become very popular with her ever-growing fanbase]], many agree that it ''would'' have been a massive hit if it were released to contemporary pop stations. WhatCouldHaveBeen indeed.

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* ScrewedByTheStudio: ScrewedByTheNetwork: After "Glory and Gore" got an unexpected boost in popularity due to the ''Series/{{Vikings}}'' trailers, the song replaced "Tennis Court" as the third US single off of ''Music/PureHeroine''. While "Glory and Gore" was released to alternative radio, the scheduled release to contemporary pop radio was cancelled for reasons unknown. This essentially killed the song's chance of being a big follow-up to "Royals" and "Team". While "Glory and Gore" did manage to crack the Billboard Hot 100 (peaking at #68), it did so through practically nothing but digital download sales carrying it there. That, and what little alternative radio airplay contributes to placement on the pop charts. It's a shame, as [[EnsembleDarkhorse the song has become very popular with her ever-growing fanbase]], many agree that it ''would'' have been a massive hit if it were released to contemporary pop stations. WhatCouldHaveBeen indeed.
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* ReleaseDateChange: Her third album was supposed to be released in 2020 but got delayed due to COVID-19. While her homeland of New Zealand managed to get a hold on the virus very quickly and managed to keep it out afterwards, the latter was from very strict travel restrictions which made it hard for her team outside NZ to travel there.

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* ReleaseDateChange: Her third album was supposed to be released in 2020 but got delayed due to COVID-19. While her homeland of New Zealand managed to get a hold on the virus very quickly and managed to keep it out afterwards, the latter was from very strict travel restrictions which made it hard for her team outside NZ to travel there. In June 2021, it was finally announced with the name ''Solar Power'' and an accompanying lead single of the same name.
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* ReleaseDateChange: Her third album was supposed to be released in 2020 but got delayed due to COVID-19. While her homeland of New Zealand managed to get a hold on the virus very quickly and managed to keep it out afterwards, the latter was from very strict travel restrictions which made it hard for her team outside NZ to travel there.
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* Because the vinyl release of Melodrama has the song "Hard Feelings / Loveless" split so that "Hard Feelings" ends Side A and "Loveless" starts Side B of the record, this makes both versions of "Sober" and "Liability" the same track number on each side: "Sober" is Side A track 2, "Sober II (Melodrama)" is Side B track 2; "Liability" is Side A track 5, "Liability (Reprise)" is Side B track 5.

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* A very minor detail: Because the vinyl release of Melodrama has the song "Hard Feelings / Loveless" split so that "Hard Feelings" ends Side A and "Loveless" starts Side B of the record, this makes both versions of "Sober" and "Liability" have the same track number on each side: "Sober" is Side A track 2, "Sober II (Melodrama)" is Side B track 2; "Liability" is Side A track 5, "Liability (Reprise)" is Side B track 5.
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* Because the vinyl release of Melodrama has the song "Hard Feelings / Loveless" split so that "Hard Feelings" ends Side A and "Loveless" starts Side B of the record, this makes both versions of "Sober" and "Liability" the same track number on each side: "Sober" is Side A track 2, "Sober II (Melodrama)" is Side B track 2; "Liability" is Side A track 5, "Liability (Reprise)" is Side B track 5.
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* OneOfUs: She's evidently a gamer, and a fan of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto''. [[https://twitter.com/lordemusic/status/566482458330152960 In a tweet]], she stated that she had a "big silly grin" on her face when she heard "Tennis Court" playing in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''. PromotedFangirl, perhaps?
** As mentioned under ApprovalOfGod, she was actually rather honored to have been spoofed in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''
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* ScrewedByTheStudio: After "Glory and Gore" got an unexpected boost in popularity due to the ''Series/{{Vikings}}'' trailers, the song replaced "Tennis Court" as the third US single off of ''Music/PureHeroine''. While "Glory and Gore" was released to alternative radio, the scheduled release to contemporary pop radio was cancelled for reasons unknown. This essentially killed the song's chance of being a big follow-up to "Royals" and "Team". While "Glory and Gore" did manage to crack the Billboard Hot 100 (peaking at #68), it did so through practically nothing but digital download sales carrying it there. That, and what little alternative radio airplay contributes to placement on the pop charts. It's a shame, as [[EnsembleDarkhorse the song has become very popular with her ever-growing fanbase]], many agree that it ''would'' have been a massive hit if it were released to contemporary pop stations. WhatCouldHaveBeen indeed.

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* ScrewedByTheStudio: After "Glory and Gore" got an unexpected boost in popularity due to the ''Series/{{Vikings}}'' trailers, the song replaced "Tennis Court" as the third US single off of ''Music/PureHeroine''. While "Glory and Gore" was released to alternative radio, the scheduled release to contemporary pop radio was cancelled for reasons unknown. This essentially killed the song's chance of being a big follow-up to "Royals" and "Team". While "Glory and Gore" did manage to crack the Billboard Hot 100 (peaking at #68), it did so through practically nothing but digital download sales carrying it there. That, and what little alternative radio airplay contributes to placement on the pop charts. It's a shame, as [[EnsembleDarkhorse the song has become very popular with her ever-growing fanbase]], many agree that it ''would'' have been a massive hit if it were released to contemporary pop stations. WhatCouldHaveBeen indeed.indeed.

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** She also responded positively to finding out she's been spoofed in ''Series/SouthPark'', even admitting to frequently doing impressions of herself.

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** She also responded positively As mentioned under ApprovalOfGod, she was actually rather honored to finding out she's have been spoofed in ''Series/SouthPark'', even admitting to frequently doing impressions of herself.''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''
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** She also responded positively to finding out she's been spoofed in ''Television/SouthPark'', even admitting to frequently doing impressions of herself.

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** She also responded positively to finding out she's been spoofed in ''Television/SouthPark'', ''Series/SouthPark'', even admitting to frequently doing impressions of herself.
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** She also responded positively to finding out she's been spoofed in ''Television/SouthPark'', even admitting to frequently doing impressions of herself.
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* OneOfUs: She's evidently a gamer, and a fan of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto''. [[https://twitter.com/lordemusic/status/566482458330152960 In a tweet]], she stated that she had a "big silly grin" on her face when she heard "Tennis Court" playing in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''. AscendedFangirl, perhaps?
* ScrewedByTheStudio[=/=]WhatCouldHaveBeen: After "Glory and Gore" got an unexpected boost in popularity due to the ''Series/{{Vikings}}'' trailers, the song replaced "Tennis Court" as the third US single off of ''Music/PureHeroine''. While "Glory and Gore" was released to alternative radio, the scheduled release to contemporary pop radio was cancelled for reasons unknown. This essentially killed the song's chance of being a big follow-up to "Royals" and "Team". While "Glory and Gore" did manage to crack the Billboard Hot 100 (peaking at #68), it did so through practically nothing but digital download sales carrying it there. That, and what little alternative radio airplay contributes to placement on the pop charts. It's a shame, as [[EnsembleDarkhorse the song has become very popular with her ever-growing fanbase]], many agree that it ''would'' have been a massive hit if it were released to contemporary pop stations. WhatCouldHaveBeen indeed.

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* OneOfUs: She's evidently a gamer, and a fan of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto''. [[https://twitter.com/lordemusic/status/566482458330152960 In a tweet]], she stated that she had a "big silly grin" on her face when she heard "Tennis Court" playing in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''. AscendedFangirl, PromotedFangirl, perhaps?
* ScrewedByTheStudio[=/=]WhatCouldHaveBeen: ScrewedByTheStudio: After "Glory and Gore" got an unexpected boost in popularity due to the ''Series/{{Vikings}}'' trailers, the song replaced "Tennis Court" as the third US single off of ''Music/PureHeroine''. While "Glory and Gore" was released to alternative radio, the scheduled release to contemporary pop radio was cancelled for reasons unknown. This essentially killed the song's chance of being a big follow-up to "Royals" and "Team". While "Glory and Gore" did manage to crack the Billboard Hot 100 (peaking at #68), it did so through practically nothing but digital download sales carrying it there. That, and what little alternative radio airplay contributes to placement on the pop charts. It's a shame, as [[EnsembleDarkhorse the song has become very popular with her ever-growing fanbase]], many agree that it ''would'' have been a massive hit if it were released to contemporary pop stations. WhatCouldHaveBeen indeed.
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* OneOfUs: She's evidently a gamer, and a fan of ''Series/GrandTheftAuto''. [[https://twitter.com/lordemusic/status/566482458330152960 In a tweet]], she stated that she had a "big silly grin" on her face when she heard "Tennis Court" playing in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''. AscendedFangirl, perhaps?

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* OneOfUs: She's evidently a gamer, and a fan of ''Series/GrandTheftAuto''.''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto''. [[https://twitter.com/lordemusic/status/566482458330152960 In a tweet]], she stated that she had a "big silly grin" on her face when she heard "Tennis Court" playing in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''. AscendedFangirl, perhaps?
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* ApprovalOfGod: [[http://time.com/3503400/lorde-south-park-ya-ya-ya/ She thought]] ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'''s parody of her (where she turns out to be a cross-dressing man named Randy Marsh) was pretty funny, and even recorded a clip of herself going "ya ya ya ya, I'm Lorde" just like Marsh does.

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* ApprovalOfGod: [[http://time.com/3503400/lorde-south-park-ya-ya-ya/ She thought]] ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'''s parody of her (where she turns out to be a cross-dressing man named Randy Marsh) Marsh in drag) was pretty funny, and even recorded a clip of herself going "ya ya ya ya, I'm Lorde" just like Marsh does.
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* OneOfUs: She's evidently a gamer, and a fan of ''Series/GrandTheftAuto''. [[https://twitter.com/lordemusic/status/566482458330152960 In a tweet]], she stated that she had a "big silly grin" on her face when she heard "Tennis Court" playing in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''. AscendedFangirl, perhaps?
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* "Royals" made her one of the biggest stars overnight, while ''Music/PureHeroine'' established her presence as an album act.

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* BreakthroughHit: "Royals" made her one of the biggest stars overnight, while ''Music/PureHeroine'' established her presence as an album act.
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* "Royals" made her one of the biggest stars overnight, while ''Music/PureHeroine'' established her presence as an album act.
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** Her cover of Music/TearsForFears' song "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" also increased in popularity after being featured on the trailers for ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity'' and ''Film/DraculaUntold'' nearly a week apart from each other.

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** Her cover of Music/TearsForFears' song "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" also increased in popularity after being featured on the trailers for ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity'' and ''Film/DraculaUntold'' nearly a week apart from each other.other, and for being on the ''Catching Fire'' soundtrack the year prior.
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* BannedInChina: For one week in 2014, two radio stations in UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco [[http://nypost.com/2014/10/20/san-francisco-bans-lorde-song-until-world-series-ends/ banned all airplay]] of "Royals", as the city's UsefulNotes/{{baseball}} team, the San Francisco Giants was playing the UsefulNotes/KansasCity Royals in the World Series. One Kansas City radio station, on the other hand, went out of its way to play "Royals" on the hour, every hour, during that same time frame as its way of rooting for the home team.

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* BannedInChina: For one week in 2014, two radio stations in UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco [[http://nypost.com/2014/10/20/san-francisco-bans-lorde-song-until-world-series-ends/ banned all airplay]] of "Royals", as the city's UsefulNotes/{{baseball}} team, the San Francisco Giants Giants, was playing the UsefulNotes/KansasCity Royals in the World Series. One Kansas City radio station, on the other hand, went out of its way to play "Royals" on the hour, every hour, during that same time frame as its way of rooting for the home team.

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* ColbertBump: "Glory and Gore" gained popularity after it was featured on the trailers for the second season of ''Series/{{Vikings}}''. In fact, the popularity "Glory and Gore" gained after the advertisement was the reason why the song was eventually released as a single. It found success, selling over 300,000 (legal) digital downloads in the US just a month after its release, undoubtedly owing a good portion of those sales to the ''Vikings'' advertisement. Which is definitely good, especially when you consider the below.

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* ColbertBump: BannedInChina: For one week in 2014, two radio stations in UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco [[http://nypost.com/2014/10/20/san-francisco-bans-lorde-song-until-world-series-ends/ banned all airplay]] of "Royals", as the city's UsefulNotes/{{baseball}} team, the San Francisco Giants was playing the UsefulNotes/KansasCity Royals in the World Series. One Kansas City radio station, on the other hand, went out of its way to play "Royals" on the hour, every hour, during that same time frame as its way of rooting for the home team.
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"Glory and Gore" gained popularity after it was featured on the trailers for the second season of ''Series/{{Vikings}}''. In fact, the popularity "Glory and Gore" gained after the advertisement was the reason why the song was eventually released as a single. It found success, selling over 300,000 (legal) digital downloads in the US just a month after its release, undoubtedly owing a good portion of those sales to the ''Vikings'' advertisement. Which is definitely good, especially when you consider the below.
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* ScrewedByTheStudio[=/=]WhatCouldHaveBeen: After "Glory and Gore" got an unexpected boost in popularity due to the ''Series/{{Vikings}}'' trailers, the song replaced "Tennis Court" as the third US single off of ''Music/PureHeroine''. While "Glory and Gore" was released to alternative radio, the scheduled release to contemporary pop radio was cancelled for reasons unknown. This essentially killed the song's chance of being a big follow-up to "Royals" and "Team". While "Glory and Gore" did manage to crack the Billboard Hot 100 (peaking at #68), it did so through nothing but digital download sales alone. That, and what little alternative radio airplay contributes to placement on the pop charts. It's a shame, as [[EnsembleDarkhorse the song has become very popular with her ever-growing fanbase]], many would agree that it ''would'' have been a massive hit if it were released to contemporary stations. WhatCouldHaveBeen indeed.

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* ScrewedByTheStudio[=/=]WhatCouldHaveBeen: After "Glory and Gore" got an unexpected boost in popularity due to the ''Series/{{Vikings}}'' trailers, the song replaced "Tennis Court" as the third US single off of ''Music/PureHeroine''. While "Glory and Gore" was released to alternative radio, the scheduled release to contemporary pop radio was cancelled for reasons unknown. This essentially killed the song's chance of being a big follow-up to "Royals" and "Team". While "Glory and Gore" did manage to crack the Billboard Hot 100 (peaking at #68), it did so through practically nothing but digital download sales alone.carrying it there. That, and what little alternative radio airplay contributes to placement on the pop charts. It's a shame, as [[EnsembleDarkhorse the song has become very popular with her ever-growing fanbase]], many would agree that it ''would'' have been a massive hit if it were released to contemporary pop stations. WhatCouldHaveBeen indeed.

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* ColbertBump: "Glory and Gore" gained popularity after it was featured on the trailers for the second season of ''Series/{{Vikings}}''. In fact, the popularity "Glory and Gore" gained after the advertisement was the reason why the song was eventually released as a single. It found success, selling over 300,000 (legal) digital downloads in the US just a month after its release, undoubtedly owing a good portion of those sales to the ''Vikings'' advertisement.
** Her cover of Music/TearsForFears' song "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" also increased in popularity after being featured on the trailers for ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity'' and ''Film/DraculaUntold'' nearly a week apart from each other.

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* ColbertBump: "Glory and Gore" gained popularity after it was featured on the trailers for the second season of ''Series/{{Vikings}}''. In fact, the popularity "Glory and Gore" gained after the advertisement was the reason why the song was eventually released as a single. It found success, selling over 300,000 (legal) digital downloads in the US just a month after its release, undoubtedly owing a good portion of those sales to the ''Vikings'' advertisement.
advertisement. Which is definitely good, especially when you consider the below.
** Her cover of Music/TearsForFears' song "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" also increased in popularity after being featured on the trailers for ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity'' and ''Film/DraculaUntold'' nearly a week apart from each other.other.
* ScrewedByTheStudio[=/=]WhatCouldHaveBeen: After "Glory and Gore" got an unexpected boost in popularity due to the ''Series/{{Vikings}}'' trailers, the song replaced "Tennis Court" as the third US single off of ''Music/PureHeroine''. While "Glory and Gore" was released to alternative radio, the scheduled release to contemporary pop radio was cancelled for reasons unknown. This essentially killed the song's chance of being a big follow-up to "Royals" and "Team". While "Glory and Gore" did manage to crack the Billboard Hot 100 (peaking at #68), it did so through nothing but digital download sales alone. That, and what little alternative radio airplay contributes to placement on the pop charts. It's a shame, as [[EnsembleDarkhorse the song has become very popular with her ever-growing fanbase]], many would agree that it ''would'' have been a massive hit if it were released to contemporary stations. WhatCouldHaveBeen indeed.

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* ColbertBump: "Glory and Gore" gained popularity after it was featured on the trailers for the second season of ''Series/{{Vikings}}''.

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* ColbertBump: "Glory and Gore" gained popularity after it was featured on the trailers for the second season of ''Series/{{Vikings}}''. In fact, the popularity "Glory and Gore" gained after the advertisement was the reason why the song was eventually released as a single. It found success, selling over 300,000 (legal) digital downloads in the US just a month after its release, undoubtedly owing a good portion of those sales to the ''Vikings'' advertisement.
** Her cover of Music/TearsForFears' song "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" also increased in popularity after being featured on the trailers for ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity'' and ''Film/DraculaUntold'' nearly a week apart from each other.
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* ApprovalOfGod: [[http://time.com/3503400/lorde-south-park-ya-ya-ya/ She thought]] ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'''s parody of her (where she turns out to be a cross-dressing man named Randy Marsh) was pretty funny, and even recorded a clip of herself going "ya ya ya ya, I'm Lorde" just like Marsh does.
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* ColbertBump: "Glory and Gore" gained popularity after it was featured the trailers for the second season of ''Series/{{Vikings}}''.

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