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Griff has shared a video of her mashing up her song ‘Heart Of Gold’ with Lorde‘s 2013 hit ‘Royals’ – watch the performance below.The footage comes from the singer’s recent headline show at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire in late October.To open the set, Griff played ‘Heart Of Gold’, from her recent debut mixtape ‘One Foot In Front Of The Other’, before playing the first verse and chorus of ‘Royals’ and then returning to finish her own song.Watch pro-shot footage of the performance, shared online this week, below:The ‘Royals’ cover isn’t the first time Griff has covered Lorde in 2021.

Glass Animals have covered Lorde‘s ‘Solar Power’ for Radio 1’s Live Lounge – watch the performance below.The Oxford band took on the title track from the New Zealand singer’s recent third album, as well as playing their own tracks ‘I Don’t Wanna Talk (I Just Wanna Dance)’ and ‘Heat Waves for the session.For the ‘Solar Power’ performance, Glass Animals were backed by a number of backing singers and turned the baggy acoustic song into a danceable number, as Griff also did recently, while backed by a big red sun on a screen.Watch the three performances, including the ‘Solar Power’ cover, below:Glass Animals recently made chart history with ‘Heat Waves’, which reached Number 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 for the first time last month, having spent

Lorde has shared a new video for her ‘Solar Power’ track ‘Fallen Fruit’, which sees her return to the same beach seen in previous visuals on this album.‘Fallen Fruit’ follows ‘Mood Ring’ and the album’s title track as songs from the New Zealand pop star’s third album that have been given the video treatment.The song deals with some of Lorde’s feelings on climate change and finds her talking to her parents’ generation about the impact of their actions on our planet.

Lorde has confirmed she’ll release a deluxe version of ‘Solar Power’ later this week, featuring two tracks previously unavailable on streaming services.In a newsletter to her fans, Lorde explained that the two tracks, ‘Helen Of Troy’ and ‘Hold No Grudge’ were the “black sheep” of the record. “These songs were fun explorations on the album journey,” she said.

David Byrne has recalled hearing Lorde’s music for the first time.The pair were speaking as part of Rolling Stones’ new ‘Musicians On Musicians’ cover series.Byrne told the New Zealand musician that he admired the minimalism of her music. He said: “I heard your music ages ago.

It’s not often that Lorde, 24, pops up on social media. But when she does, she make it worthwhile. The New Zealand singer took to her Instagram account on Friday, October 15 to gave her almost 8 million followers a rare glimpse into her personal life through the form of plenty of photos and videos, which can be seen HERE. The first footage Lorde shared was a behind-the-scenes pic from her and fellow singer David Byrne‘s photoshoot for the latest “Musicians on Musicians” cover story of Rolling Stone.

Lorde has explained why she has been forced to cancel her scheduled live performance at this weekend’s MTV Video Music Awards.The New Zealand artist had been set to perform at the Barclays Center in New York on Sunday (September 12), but her live performance at the ceremony was scrapped last week due to “a change in production elements”.Lorde has now given a further explanation of the reasons behind why she cancelled her VMAs performance in a new message that was sent out to her fans on her mailing list.“I saw some people were very concerned about me pulling out of the VMAs, you’re so sweet, I’m totally fine!” Lorde wrote.The artist then highlighted the COVID safety protocols that will be in place at the VMAs, which would impact on her

no longer be taking to the stage.The 24-year-old singer has now explained the ‘very necessary’ pandemic safety protocols in place at the Barclays Centre in Brooklyn meant her performance could not be how she intended.In a message to fans, Lorde wrote: ‘I saw some people were very concerned about me pulling out of the VMAs, you’re so sweet, I’m totally fine!‘It’s just that we were planning this insanely amazing many-bodied intimate dance performance, not fully understanding the (very necessary!) safety protocols that are in place, and the masking and distancing just meant it wasn’t gonna be what I dreamed, and you know I can’t make something less than outstanding for you guys.

Lorde doesn't love every facet of her job. The 24-year-old singer covers the October issue of Vogue, and, in the accompanying interview, reveals why she struggles with the lifestyle that comes with being famous.«I’m great at my job, but I’m not sure I’m the man for the job,» she says.

Lorde‘s scheduled performance at next weekend’s MTV Video Music Awards has been cancelled, organisers have announced.Set to take place next Sunday (September 12) at the Barclays Center in New York, marking the first time the awards have taken place at the venue, the VMAs will be hosted by Doja Cat.Performers on the night will include Machine Gun Kelly, Justin Bieber, Olivia Rodrigo, Camila Cabello, Lil Nas X, Polo G, Twenty One Pilots, Swedish House Mafia and more.Lorde, who recently released her third album ‘Solar Power’, will no longer be able to perform due to “a change in production elements”.The VMAs tweeted: “Due to a change in production elements, Lorde can no longer perform.

Lorde has revealed that she put a one-week ban on reading reviews and responses to her new album ‘Solar Power’.The singer’s third album came out earlier this month (August 20), and she spoke to NME in a new Big Read interview about the record, its collaborators and more.During the chat, she spoke of how she wants to care for herself and her mental wellbeing, so made sure she didn’t read any responses to the album in the first week following its release.“I can only look at food websites because I don’t want to see myself anywhere,” she told NME, while admitting that her younger self wouldn’t have possessed that same self-restraint.“Baby me would have just eaten the sugar and gotten the headache, whereas now I’m gonna take care of myself,”

Lorde has discussed Robyn‘s influence on her career and the cameo the Swedish singer makes on her new album ‘Solar Power’.On the album track ‘Secrets From A Girl (Who’s Seen It All)’ Robyn reads a spoken-word verse, acting as the air hostess for a different kind of airline.“Welcome to sadness,” she says.

Lorde has said that she’s unfazed by her ‘Solar Power‘ music boxes not being eligible to count towards Billboard chart positions.The singer-songwriter, who shares her new album tomorrow (August 20), is releasing the record as a music box that contains various collectibles and a digital download of the album with two bonus tracks. The move means they won’t count towards the Billboard charts in the US.Lorde has told The Wall Street Journal that she has “zero anxiety about it”, adding: “But I’m sure there is someone with a spreadsheet somewhere, who can point to the ways in which I’m making less money.“I have more money than I could ever spend in my life,” she continued.

Lorde has teased the imminent arrival of new song ‘Mood Ring’, presumably the final single to be lifted from new album ‘Solar Power’ before it drops at the end of the week.The New Zealand pop singer revealed a release date of August 17 for the song via a post on her website.  A music video co-directed by Lorde herself alongside Joel Kefali is also set to premiere at 7pm BST on August 17.

Lorde has declared there’s ‘definitely not a smash’ hit record on her new album Solar Power, as she revealed she’s ‘under no illusion’ Royals was ‘a moonshot’.The New Zealand songstress, 24, hit number one with Royals in the UK, US, Canada and her home country, and scooped two Grammys with the single from her platinum-certified debut album, Pure Heroine.The singer songwriter, real name Ella Yelich-O’Connor, is realistic at her prospects of matching its success again.Speaking to The New York Times, she said: ‘There’s definitely not a smash.

Lorde has shared an origin story of her comeback album ‘Solar Power’, explaining its transformation from “this big acid record” to “a weed album”.

Lorde has shared a rooftop performance of her latest single ‘Stoned At The Nail Salon’ – scroll down the page to watch it now.The track will feature on the New Zealand musician’s upcoming third album ‘Solar Power’, which is due to be released on August 20.After debuting the new song on Late Night with Seth Meyers last month, Lorde has now shared a stripped-back performance of it, filmed on the rooftop of New York’s Electric Lady Studios.The star was joined by producer and collaborator Jack Antonoff for the performance, which saw the pair play the song sat surrounded by plants under the sun.

Lorde has shared a new live video of her performing ‘Solar Power’ on a blustery rooftop in New York with Jack Antonoff.The song is the title track of the star’s upcoming second album and the performance follows another rooftop rendition of it that Lorde performed for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.In the new video, Lorde and Antonoff – who produced ‘Solar Power – perform the track as wind whips around them and rain starts to fall on the rooftop of Electric Lady Studios.

Lorde is a real hottie.The two-time Grammy-winner sat down with “Hot Ones” to dish all the dirt on her upcoming album “Solar Power” and feast on some spicy wings.“I am hungry and the wings look pretty good,” the singer-songwriter told Sean Evans, host of the “First We Feast” YouTube series. “I feel like I’m inside the Internet.

Lorde has taken on the popular ‘Hot Ones’ challenge – you can watch the clip below.The singer, who releases her third album ‘Solar Power’ next month, tried a selection of spicy snacks while appearing in First We Feast‘s latest video.“I feel like I’m inside the internet,” Lorde said at the start of the challenge. “It is a weird sensation to be here.

latest installment of his celebrity Day Drinking series together, she required an IV drip to get through the hangover. The episode was the first to air since the pandemic.“To be honest, how hungover were you the next day?” Meyers, 47, asked the 24-year-old singer on Thursday’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers” of their recent day drinking session at Manhattan’s Zero Bond bar.“I can’t look at an alcoholic drink ever again, it was insane,” she laughed.