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Chappell Roan has revealed that Lorde sent her a list of ways to deal with negativity and her meteoric rise to fame – find out more below.Last month, Roan took to TikTok to share her thoughts on being famous and the “weird” and “creepy” fan behaviour that comes with it. She questioned if someone was allowed to yell at her from their car, get mad at her for refusing to take photos, stalk her, or otherwise harass her simply because she’s a celebrity and not “a random woman”.

Marlon Williams has joined forces with Lorde for his new single ‘Kāhore He Manu E’ – check it out below.The track marks the latest preview of the singer-songwriter’s upcoming album ‘Te Whare Tīwekaweka’ – which is his first studio record to be recorded exclusively in Māori.For the single, he is joined by Lorde – real name Ella Yelich-O’Connor – and the song is described as a track that comes as “an ode to the colourful but grim wormhole of road life”, as well as the friends “made and lost” along the way.“‘Kāhore He Manu E’ was one of those gentle labours. It played itself out to me, easily and near complete from the first.

Marlon Williams has recruited Lorde to appear on his new song “Kāhore He Manu E.” The single is the latest to be taken from Williams' forthcoming album Te Whare Tīwekaweka, due April 4.The album is Williams' first with vocals recorded in ancestral language of Māori (Lorde also sings in Māori on “Kāhore He Manu E”). Scroll down to hear the song now. “‘Kāhore He Manu E’ was one of those gentle labours" Williams said in a press statement.

Lorde and Addison Rae were unveiled as special guest performers during Charli XCX‘s and Troye Sivan‘s joint ‘Sweat’ concert in New York last night (September 23) – watch fan-shot footage of the performances below.Last night, XCX and Sivan brought their co-headlining ‘Sweat’ tour to Madison Square Garden in New York. In past editions of the tour, the two musicians have had a habit of bringing out special guest performers to join them onstage for several songs.

Charli XCX recently celebrated her 32nd birthday, and she had some of her ‘Brat’ co-conspirators by her side at a party.Last Saturday (August 2), Charli XCX hosted her birthday party at a private event in Los Angeles – commemorating both turning 32 and the ensuing success of her latest album.At the star-studded shindig, which boasted attendees like Rosalia, Anya Taylor-Joy and Glen Powell, Charli was joined by Lorde and Billie Eilish as they played their collaborative tracks over house speakers.Footage shared by fans on social media show Lorde singing along to her confessional verse on ‘Girl, so confusing’ alongside Charli, with the crowd joining in on the line “Let’s work it out on the remix”. Later on, Eilish joins Charli for their ‘Guess’ remix, which was released last Friday (August 2).Fans also commemorated the first new pictures of Lorde and Charli together since 2014, when both were in attendance at that year’s MTV Video Music Awards ceremony.girl, so confusing at charli’s bday w lorde omg pic.twitter.com/mOnB0mTArF— se@n.

Charli XCX has confirmed that the ‘Girl, so confusing’ remix was Lorde‘s idea – find out how it come to be below.Lorde singer recently featured on the remix of ‘Girl, so confusing’, which originally appeared on Charli XCX’s latest album ‘Brat‘. Charli had previously spoken of how Lorde served as partial inspiration for the track, including feeling jealous over her ‘Royals’ success.A few weeks after the release of ‘Brat’, Charli unveiled a new version of the track, this time featuring its subject matter: Lorde. Now, however, Charli has revealed to Billboard that the remix was all Lorde’s idea.She explained: “I had to go through the process of telling her that this song is about her and her being OK with that first.

Lorde has opened up about her collaboration with Charli XCX, calling it “a huge honour”.The New Zealand singer recently featured on the remix of ‘Girl, so confusing’, which originally appeared on Charli XCX’s latest album ‘Brat‘. Charli has previously spoken of how Lorde served as partial inspiration for the track, including feeling jealous over her ‘Royals’ success.Now, in a comment to Billboard, Lorde has spoken about working with the Essex singer, saying that her first reaction to the song was a “two-part thing of both deep empathy for my friend and this feeling of ‘Man, I’ve been misunderstood, and I really want to make it right.’ ”“When I was writing this verse, I was saying these things to her for the first time,” Lorde added. “There was such a rawness and an immediacy to what I was saying.

Clairo has praised what she’s described as the “unreal” Charli XCX and Lorde collaboration, adding: “they’re both geniuses to me”.Last month, Charli XCX shared a new version of ‘Girl, so confusing’, featuring a contribution from Lorde, who inspired the song.Charli began teasing the collaboration in June, redesigning a billboard of her album art to simply display the word ‘Lorde’ and then sharing a snippet of the new remix on her private Instagram account.In the new version, Lorde sings: “Well honestly I was speechless / When I woke up to your voice note / You told me how you’ve been feeling / Let’s work it out on the remix”.Charli has previously spoken about how Lorde served as the partial inspiration for the song, admitting to being “super jealous” of the New Zealander’s success when she was younger: “She was into my music. She had big hair; I had big hair.

Charli XCX has responded to Pulp frontman Jarvis Cover playing her track ‘Girl, So Confusing’ remix during his Glastonbury DJ set.The ‘Common People’ singer took over the Stonebridge Bar in the Park on Friday (June 28) where he played a DJ set with Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip. During the set, Charli’s remix of her ‘Brat‘ track ‘Girl, So Confusing’ featuring Lorde was played.Charli commented on a TikTok of the song being spun by Cocker to which she commented: “Omg I’m dead.” Fans took to the comment section to express their excitement.

Lorde has shared exactly one second of new music on social media as she continues to tease her new era – check it out below.Lorde has recently begun hinting that her fourth album is on the way. In an update on her Instagram last month, she wrote: “If the tools do not exist you are spiritually obliged to create them”, along with variations on the word ‘L4’.Yesterday (July 11), the musician posted several pictures of herself on her Instagram Story inside the studio and in the last post, shared one second of new music.Captioning the video, Lorde wrote: “will be back in touch” while she bops her head along to the track, which has hints of dance and techno.Check it out here:Lorde shares one second of new music.

Charli XCX song ‘Girl, so confusing’, which features Lorde.Earlier this month, ‘Girl, so confusing’ was released as part of ‘Brat’, the critically-acclaimed sixth studio album by Charli XCX which debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart. Upon its release, Lorde praised the album on an Instagram story, saying “There is NO ONE like this bitch”.Last week (June 20), Charli began teasing the Lorde collaboration after getting a wall promoting her album repainted to feature Lorde’s name.

Charli XCX has shared a new version of ‘Girl, so confusing’, featuring a contribution from Lorde, who inspired the song in the first place.Charli began teasing the collaboration yesterday, redesigning a billboard of her album art to simply display the word ‘Lorde’ and then sharing a snippet of the new remix on her private Instagram account.And now, the full version of the song is out, and you can listen to it below.The girl, so confusing version with lorde – Out at midnight est. pic.twitter.com/RYM3mwRGff— Charli (@charli_xcx) June 20, 2024In the new version, Lorde sings: “Well honestly I was speechless / When I woke up to your voice note / You told me how you’ve been feeling / Let’s work it out on the remix”.Charli has previously spoken about how Lorde served as the partial inspiration for the song, admitting to being “super jealous” of the New Zealander’s success when she was younger: “She was into my music.

Charli XCX has announced her remix of ‘Girl, so confusing’ with Lorde.The ‘360’ singer started teasing fans about the collaboration earlier today when she painted over her wall promoting her album art, with the wall now repainted to spell ‘Lorde’.Charli then took to her private Instagram account @360_brat to share a snippet of the New Zealand singer’s verse on ‘Girl, so confusing’.She has previously opened up about her relationship with Lorde inspiring the same song, admitting to being “super jealous” of Lorde’s success when she was younger: “She was into my music. She had big hair; I had big hair.

Lorde has praised Charli XCX‘s new album ‘Brat’ amid rumours that one of the featured songs is about her.Charli released her sixth studio effort today (June 7), following on from 2022’s ‘Crash’. In a four-star review, NME said that the singer “fully commits to the dancefloor” with the project.“These heady songs also see XCX at her most raw, smuggling the reflections that spill out in the early hours of the morning through the guise of club bangers,” it added.Taking to Instagram Stories, Lorde expressed her admiration for the record and Charli as an artist.“The only album I’ve ever presaved is out today.

Lorde has begun teasing her fourth album, taking to social media to hint to fans that she is well underway with new material.Rumours about the New Zealand singer releasing new music have been circulating for months now, with fans becoming increasingly certain that the follow-up to 2021’s ‘Solar Power’ was on the way.She first reached global fame with her breakthrough single ‘Royals’ back in 2013, before sharing her debut album ‘Pure Heroine’ later that year. From there, she dropped the anticipated sophomore album ‘Melodrama’ in 2017, before releasing her latest project three years ago.Now, according to a new post the singer has shared on social media, it seems that ‘L4’ is on the horizon, and the artist is currently in her creative zone.Sharing an update on Instagram last night (June 4), the vocalist told fans that she is drawing inspiration from anywhere she can to create new music.

Charli XCX has opened up about her reasons for being “super jealous” of Lorde’s ‘Royals’ success.In a new profile with Rolling Stone, the pop star elaborated on comments she had made accepting her Powerhouse Award at Billboard Women In Music 2024. There, she opened up about the “headfuck” of being a woman in music, and the taboo of jealousy amongst women.“Being jealous is somehow wrongly equated to not supporting women or not being a girl’s girl, which isn’t true,” she told Rolling Stone.

Billie Eilish, Lorde and Green Day are among the signees of an open letter calling for a bill to be passed to protect gig goers from ticket scams.Over 280 musicians have signed the letter, which encourages lawmakers to implement the Fans First Act to prevent ticketing scams and people reselling tickets at massively inflated prices.Other big-name signees include Fall Out Boy, Duran Duran, Finneas, Graham Nash, Nile Rodgers, Chappell Roan, Cyndi Lauper and Sia.“We are joining together to say that the current system is broken: predatory resellers and secondary platforms engage in deceptive ticketing practices to inflate ticket prices and deprive fans of the chance to see their favorite artists at a fair price,” the letter reads.“As artists and members of the music community, we rely on touring for our livelihood, and we value music fans above all else.“We are joining together to say that the current system is broken; predatory resellers and secondary platforms engage in deceptive ticketing practices to inflate ticket prices and deprive fans of the chance to see their favourite artists at a fair price.They conclude: “Predatory resellers should not be more profitable than the people dedicating their lives to their art.”The Fans First Act was was introduced by a bipartisan group of senators last December. It was referred to and remains before the committee, which would need to approve it so it can be voted on.

Lorde has released a cover of ‘Take Me to the River’, as part of a new Talking Heads tribute album. Check out the song below.The track will be part of ‘Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense’, a project that was first announced in December by A24 Music.The record will feature 16 artists sharing their own covers of Talking Heads classics, including Lorde’s version of ‘Take Me to the River’, which Talking Heads themselves covered in 1978, from the 1974 original by Al Green.Listen to the song here:Lorde has written about her first memory of seeing Talking Heads perform, when her mum showed her a video of them playing on Top of the Pops.“In the video I see a band from another time performing on a TV show,” she said. “The lead singer wears a suit, has high cheekbones and slicked-back dark hair.

Twin Peaks‘ Kyle MacLachlan has recreated one of Lorde‘s recent Instagram posts teasing new music, much to the delight of fans.The actor, who is known for his collaborations with David Lynch on projects like 1984’s Dune and 1986’s Blue Velvet, revealed that he was a fan of the ‘Solar Power‘ singer with an out of the blue social media post yesterday (January 16).Back in December, Lorde – real name Ella Yelich-O’Connor – stirred up excitement from fans with two selfies of her wearing headphones, captioning the picture: “Listening to myself.”Fans quickly began to wonder if the rare Instagram update meant new music could be on the way soon, but Lorde followed up by telling fans that “we’re not CLOSE close”.MacLachlan appeared to be among those eagerly awaiting Lorde’s fourth album, who recreated the two pictures and posted them with the same caption.You just get it

Olivia Rodrigo has revealed that listening to Lorde‘s ‘Royals’ changed “the trajectory” of her life.Speaking to Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, Jon Batiste, Cynthia Erivo and Julia Michaels’ Songwriter Roundtable interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Rodrigo spoke of the first time she had heard the Lorde song on the radio and went on to explain how it had impacted her so deeply.“I remember hearing that song on the radio at the time… It was one of those ‘pinch me’ moments where you always remember, a snapshot memory, like, ‘Oh my God, what is this?!’ Changes the trajectory of your life,” Rodrigo called to her fellow musicians.“I remember listening to it as I first started writing songs and just being blown away by her lyrics that are just about being a teenager living in the suburbs,” Rodrigo went on to explain. “I just remember never hearing my life be put into a song like that where it just made being young and doing these seemingly unimportant things feel so sacred.”Most recently, the singer-songwriter discussed the inspiration behind some of the “emo” lyrics in her recent songs ‘Lacy’ and ‘All-American Bitch’.Speaking on the Kelly Clarkson Show, Rodrigo gave insight into how she conceived the lyrics for the outro of ‘Lacy’ – “And I despise my jealous eyes and how hard they fell for you / Yeah, I despise my rotten mind and how much it worships you.”“Very emo of me, writing that,” Rodrigo told Clarkson, laughing.

Lorde appeared to tease a new era of music with a cryptic Instagram post this weekend, but has already told fans that they might be waiting a while.The New Zealand singer-songwriter posted a photo of herself wearing headphones to Instagram late Sunday (December 17) with the caption: “Listening to myself.”Fans quickly began to speculate if new music was on the horizon for the ‘Solar Power’ singer.However, the artist elaborated in comment on a fan page that had predicted Lorde’s fourth album could be on the way, which also noted that she’d archived the ‘Solar Power‘ cover art on her feed and changed her profile picture.“We’re not CLOSE close you guys .. i’m just getting so hype n needed to let u know,” Lorde, real name Ella Yelich-O’Connor, wrote.