• Lorde Admits Liking to Trawl for Inorganics

    One of the biggest teen stars in the world, Lorde is about as recognizable as any major musician worldwide. At 18, however, she is barely out of high school and still in the prime of her youth. With that youth comes some odd tendencies that one might expect from a teenager regardless of whether or not they are in the spotlight 24/7. In an interview with "Stella" — the British newspaper "The Telegraph's" weekly edition — the "Royals" star reveals that she likes to go sifting through other people's trash for useful items. The interview also goes on to discuss "Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1" and her first time in contact with Jennifer Lawrence, who on the set "totally fanned out" when she saw Lorde. She also discusses how she handles her image as a teenage girl pop star and why she eschews the red carpet, but the most interesting caveat is how she takes part in a New Zealand recycling/reuse initiative where each year everyone clears out old junk they are no longer using, like cabinets, cloths, TVs, etc., and puts them out on the street for others to take. It is then shipped off to a landfill, but before that people go through other people's trash and potentially find their own treasures. One of those individuals trawling the trash is Lorde. Lorde describes her passion for going out on the hunt: "See, I'm boring because my favorite thing to do is trawl the inorganics. Do you have inorganics here?"

  • Lorde Performs 'Yellow Flicker Beat,' Discusses 'Hunger Games' Soundtrack on 'Tonight Show' [WATCH]

    Last night, in support of "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1," New Zealand's biggest music star Lorde went onto "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon" to discuss the project, perform her main contribution to the album, "Yellow Flicker Beat" and discuss how she was Taylor Swift's manager for a day. The "Royals" star gave an inspired performance, highlighted by her jarring stage movements. She then sat down with Fallon to cheerily discuss the project and note how difficult it was to make. She shares the story of how she became Taylor Swift's manager for a day at the Grammys and shows off her "There is someone famous" face. Lorde also discusses the recording and release of "Royals," telling the story of how she stuck to her convictions and released the track despite the meddling of a label, via "Consequence of Sound." The "Royals" star was given the incredibly daunting task of curating the "Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1" soundtrack earlier this year and managed to assemble an all-star cast to put together a group of songs that captured the essence of the film.

  • Lorde Says Nicki Minaj Almost Contributed to 'Hunger Games: Mockingjay' Soundtrack

    Lorde's highly anticipated soundtrack for "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1" was released earlier this week to much excitement. With the film premiering in the U.S. tomorrow, Nov. 21, the New Zealand songstress can take some time to look back on the whole process, like she did in a recent interview with "The FADER." Although the album features a slew of big names, Lorde did not get every artist she wanted ... like Nicki Minaj. "When I first approached the project, I thought I would chose 15 artists and they'd be the 15 artists I was with three months later," she said. "But obviously, it evolved like crazy." According to Lorde, whatever Minaj was going to do for the album was going to be "amazing," but the "Anaconda" singer was too busy with her next album, "The Pink Print," to contribute. But the "Royals" singer was nothing but supportive. "... I'm happy we're going to get a new Nicki Minaj album to listen to at the gym for six months," she added.

  • Lorde Is Still Friends With Diplo, But Isn't OK With Comments Toward Taylor Swift

    The hatchet appears to be buried between Lorde & Diplo as they settled their "beef" where it began; Twitter. They e-kissed and made up on Monday as Diplo offered to take Lorde out to the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 premiere that night in Los Angeles. As Lorde was not in town, she politely declined, but it seems they are alright now and in a new interview with Fader, Lorde goes over their relationship and why decided to call him out.

  • Pusha T Shares Bizarre Kanye West-Produced Track "Lunch Money" [LISTEN]

    Rapper Pusha T has shared a new track titled “Lunch Money,” featuring production by Kanye West, which you can check out below. Though Pusha’s verses are totally focused and intense, the real story here is how absolutely insane Kanye’s production is, a psychedelic stew of bubbling synths and unexpected beat changes that come off like a smoother yet more surreal version of Yeezus. If this is any indication as to what Kanye’s next album sounds like, he’s got another masterpiece on his hands.

  • Lorde, Diplo End Taylor Swift Beef on Twitter: Pair Appear to Be Buddies Again

    It looks like the feud between Diplo and Lorde is over. After the two exchanged some words on Twitter regarding Taylor Swift, they seem to have squashed the silly beef. Diplo recently tweeted at Lorde to see if she wanted to attend "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1" premiere with him. The "Royals" singer pleasantly declined. He tweeted yesterday, Nov. 17, "@lordemusic are u going to this movie premier w me tonight or what?," to which Lorde replied, "@diplo i'm not in la :( but have fun (and take a stress ball it's so intense!!)" The EDM star started the mini feud a few days ago after suggesting he create a Kickstarter campaign to get Taylor Swift a booty. The "Shake If Off" singer's pal did not like that too much.

  • Lorde Teams Up With HAIM, Stromae, Pusha T & Q-Tip On 'Meltdown' from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Pt.1 Soundtrack [LISTEN]

    The tracks just keep on coming from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 soundtrack. This time it is Lorde's collaboration with HAIM, Stromae, Pusha T and Q-Tip that has surfaced on the web, showcasing the dynamism that is on the soundtrack. The variety of artists on the song, HAIM, Pusha T, Q-Tip, Stromae and Lorde would normally make for an odd mix, but it works quite well.

  • Lorde Covers Jeremih's 'Don't Tell 'Em' for BBC [WATCH]

    Lorde has proven herself to be a big fan of R&B and hip-hop, having covered Kanye West's "Flashing Lights" in concert and cutting a song with Stromae, Pusha T and Q-Tip for the upcoming "Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1" soundtrack. For her performance on BBC Radio 1's "Live Lounge," the "Royals" singer once again flaunted her love of those genres by performing a cover of Jeremih's recent hit "Don't Tell 'Em," which you can check out below. "I have basically been a really big fan of this song since I first started hearing it around," Lorde told BBC, via "Pitchfork." "I love the vocal melodies. I think they're really smart and just consider them cool. It's quite a saucy song or something and I think it would be interesting to flip the dynamic and make that power mine." You can check out Lorde's cover of Jeremih's "Don't Tell 'Em" here:

  • Review: Ariana Grande, Major Lazer Join Forces for Ethereal "All My Love" from 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1' [LISTEN]

    The soundtrack for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, has finally come together. When the tracklist was originally announced, one song was missing, a "Track 5," and now that new song has arrived online. Today (Nov. 13), Ariana Grande's reggae-touched electronic Hunger Games song with Major Lazer "All My Love" leaked, and it's just as gloriously spacey as one could imagine.
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