Signed to Universal at just 13-years-old, New Zealander Ella Marija Lani
Yelich-O'Connor (November 7, 1996) has been acclaimed for redefining pop music
with her soulful, icy, electronic ballads and ambient, leftfield, R&B anthems.
The daughter of poet Sonya Yelich, she took the name Lorde because "it sounded
regal" and became a sensation in her homeland when her 2012 debut EP The Love
Club produced the startling, minimal art-pop single “Royals.” Still only 16, the
track went on to reach Number 1 in the US, UK, Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand,
earning comparisons with Lana Del Re...