Rypro 525

a 16 year old New Zealand sensation, (& she didn't come from any reality singing shows either) Her song "Royals" is one of the biggest songs in the country with it being at number 1 on itunes & 3 on the hot 100
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and VH1 is streaming the album in full a week in advance
http://www.vh1.com/video/misc/958138...by-lorde.jhtml

Ropes Pierre

cannot get that damn Royals song out of my head.

album was streaming on VH1 recently.

dex14

The album is good. Great debut, especially for her age.

Rypro 525

I happened to hear her on Ryan Seacrests radio show & he almost sounded dumbfounded that a 16 year old could get a record contract & not be from a reality singing show. She writes all of her songs as well which as we know is very rare in the pop music industry

a 94/100 review from Billboard
http://www.billboard.com/articles/re...y-track-review

Hiro11

Very good stuff. I like the production on "400 Lux" a lot.

Spiderbite

Yeah, great album. The production on "Tennis Court" is very slick and probably my favorite song on the album.

Rypro 525

For the 2 people awake, she is performing Royals on Fallon tonight.

Rypro 525

http://www.billboard.com/articles/ne...crowns-hot-100

RichC2

You know as much shit as people still give Fallon, It's still pretty cool to tune in and see the host of a show singing/humming the musical guest's song to the point where the audience is singing along.

Rypro 525

I'll take it over Letterman & his 'i have no idea who the hell this is but here they are anyways" approach.

http://www.hitfix.com/news/lorde-swa...ojaBmxgLoqxYMa
link to both performances

RichC2

I did appreciate the time on Letterman when The Heavy played a song he actually enjoyed (seems rare) and he had them do an immediate encore. That was kind of fun.

JeffTheAlpaca

She covers Tears for Fears Everybody Wants to Rule the World

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dan30oly

That would make for an amazing Bond movie opening.

collven

Finally picked this up. I'm really enjoying it. Hard to believe she is only 16.

I guess she just turned 17, but I guess I should say I'm surprised a 16 year old made an album like this.

The Black

Every time I hear her sing "care" from the song Royals I think of South Park.
Especially the song fatty doo doo. I hear "cyair"

madcougar

I hardly EVER buy music anymore, but I bought her EP on iTunes many months before Royals got hot. I just loved her voice and the songs (and I'm a 43 year old man!).

Rypro 525

new song called "No Better" apparently its an outtake from the Pure Heroine sessions. was released to itunes this morning

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Maxflier

This video contains content from UMG, who has blocked it on copyright grounds.

Rypro 525

check itunes. Every site that posted news used that video

JeffTheAlpaca

I like "Team"

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Maxflier

Team is my favorite track.

OldBoy

Tennis Court i am in love with.

GuessWho

$1.99 in Amazon MP3 store right now

http://www.amazon.com/Pure-Heroine-L...-music-album_2

Why So Blu?

I saw her on the Grammy's and she looks old and awkward. It was very weird. She's very talented, though.

CRM114

Because she doesn't give a fuck about what pop stars should look like. She intentionally did her hair that way and dressed that way on the biggest stage of her life. That takes balls.