[Video] Lorde: "Team"
As far as musicians go today, there are few who are able to make fans of everyone. Miley may be idolized by young teen girls, but can't be endured by most of the rest of society, Justin Bieber may have half the world's population following him on Twitter, but still can't seem to click with certain age groups. Enter: Lorde, the 17-year-old Auckland, New Zealand native who's debut single, "Royals" was an instant worldwide smash hit that catapulted her from her tiny island nation to playing the biggest stages in the world. Too young to buy a cigarette or lottery ticket in the U.S., she is quickly cementing herself as an all-around talent that can't be ignored. Everything from her lyrical content, to her sinewy look and brash singing allow for one of the widest audiences in music today.
Today, Lorde dropped her latest single off her critically-acclaimed debut, Pure Heroine, titled "Team". A testament to the power she is quickly gaining, the premier of the video knocked down Internet giants Youtube and Vevo for a period of time. The video was shot in Red Hook, Brooklyn and features Lorde in a sort of underground post-world environment, split with footage of her recent performance at the Aria Awards in Australia, all shot by director Young Recipient. The video came complete with a message from Lorde on the meaning of the track, read and watch below.
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[Video] Lorde Performs on Letterman
Lorde, the 16-year-old New Zealand native that has taken the world by storm throughout 2013 with her intoxicating voice and well-written lyrics that have vaulted her debut album Heroine to the tops of seemingly every chart there is. Fresh off announcing that The Weeknd will be joining her on her remaining North American tour stops, the young crooner stopped by the David Letterman Late Show to perform a half hour set, an unprecedented set for the setting. As the youngest artist to hold down the No. 1 Billboard chart spot, with an album largely written as a preteen, things are literally just beginning for the young Auckland native. Get used to seeing a lot of Lorde. Everywhere. Video below.
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ProbCause: "Biting Down" (Lorde Remix)
Fresh off a successful album release with The Recipe Vol. 2 and a summer playing North Coast and going on tour across the country with Cherub, Chicago native ProbCause returns home with a little something up his sleeve, releasing his remix of young Lorde's song "Biting Down", produced by COFRESI and released by Thissongissick. The slowed down version of the chorus mixed with rapid trap drums lays the perfect setting for Prob to do his things and brings to mind EDM-fueled singles like "LSD" that Prob has been mastering as of late. With him spending so much time on the road with the likes of Cherub, could we soon see a collab? Check it out below.
[Video] Lorde: "Handle My Liquor"
16-year-old New Zealand native, Lorde, is definitely making a name for herself from the tiny South Pacific country. While performing in her home country for the iHeartRadio concert she took things up a notch by stealing a page out of Kanye West's book, performing he own rendition of "Hold My Liquor". The young songstress deftly maneuvers between Ye', Justin Vernon and Chief Keef's parts, without the marbles that seem to be swimming in Keef's mouth when he sang the original hook. She goes on to actually spit Kanye's verse pretty well, definitely worth checking out below.
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