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Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor (born 7 November 1996), known by her stage name Lorde, is a New Zealand singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Devonport, Auckland, she performed in various singing and drama classes as a child, and at the age of thirteen signed with Universal. Yelich-O'Connor adopted her stage name due to her fascination with "royals and aristocracy", but felt the name Lord was too masculine so added an 'e' to make it more feminine.
Her musical debut was an EP, entitled The Love Club, which was released in November 2012, and her first single, "Royals", debuted at number one on the New Zealand Top 40, and also reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2013, making her the first New Zealand solo artist to have a number one song in the United States. Her debut album, Pure Heroine, was released in September 2013, receiving critical acclaim and commercial success worldwide.
The first Time, I heard "Royals", oh my, I really love it, her voice is just so stunning... I love her deep voice and I get her album, what can I say, its just marvellous, the melody is so perfect and good to hear, totally in accordance with her voice.
The beats of her song sounds like Hip Hop beats and Pop, its really amazing how she turned it with her voice.
I found something on Wikipedia which is pretty good, it reflect what I think about her.
Lorde's voice is "unique and powerfully intriguing" according to music online publication PopMatters and has been described as being "way beyond her years" Lorde has stated her main focus is her voice, saying "I don't play any instruments, so my voice needs to have the focus. My vocal-scape is really important."
Musically, Lorde's debut album Pure Heroine followed in the same vein as the The Love Club EP, incorporating influences of ambient, art pop, dark wave, electronica, indietronica, minimal and synthpop. Lyrically, the album was primarily inspired by her youth and critiques mainstream culture.
Lorde's writing style and lyrical context on The Love Club EP has been described as aiming "to capture what it really is to be a teen", singing from a range of topics including the "all-consuming nature of friendship" to "finding yourself come hell or high water." Lorde described her sound as maturing when working on debut album. Pure Heroine lyrical themes have been said to "explore classic teen-pop themes social anxiety, romantic yearning, debilitating ennui, booze-soaked ragers with an eerie, zoomed-out detachment;"and be "certainly underpin[ed by]" "an adolescent aggrievance and angst."
Lorde has received praise for her stage presence, and live performances. Billboard magazine praised Lorde for having a "well-defined stage presence" and a "savvy" and "unflappable" attitude. The publication added that her performances contain "confidence and demeanor well beyond her years." Lorde's vocals have also been praised in the live context, with Lorde being called a truly "talented vocalist" who sounds "just like the record".
Lorde's stage presence and moves have been described as being "really unique and sort of intense." Lorde described her dancing as a reaction to the way "the music manifests itself" in her body, over which she has no control. Lorde has admitted to feeling embarrassed by her moves, but takes influence from David Byrne, who she says feels "the music, which makes me feel not so bad."
She's so young, its pretty impressive how successful and mature she is, but well she's so talented, such gifted... Unfortunately, for the moment Lorde not planned a gig in Paris, but for sure, I'll go and on what I saw on Youtube, in live she is really good, I can't believe, she's so young. I love so much every song of her album, its so relaxing and so cheerful to listen. What else can I say that I'm so jealous of her hair, yeah me too I have curly hair but it doesn't looks like her, so disapointed, or her voice is so unique, so bewitching and it make me feel in a good mood every time I listen to her... I can't wait for her next album...