Lorde has been given the inexperienced gentle to rock the music business.

Ever since wowing followers along with her debut studio album, Pure Heroine, in 2013, the Grammy winner has earned her house on any stage.

However almost three years after Lorde launched her final album Photo voltaic Energy, followers have been ready patiently to seek out out what’s subsequent.

In September 2024, Lorde raised eyebrows when she deleted the whole lot off of her Instagram profile besides for brand spanking new black eye images. “DYHTS? © 𝑳ĿŁု⑷♶⚤.” she wrote through the social media app on September 30, 2024, with a photograph of a hat that learn “Do You Have the Stones?”

Whereas the bruises might seem troubling to some, some followers didn’t seem like too involved in regards to the “Royals” singer. As an alternative, they hoped the caption’s initials, which match the phrases on her hat, have been an indication of latest music on the horizon.

“She’s hinting that she has a ‘hit’ coming,” one fan speculated within the feedback part. One other consumer advised, “Wonderful method to re-enter social media. Lead with the black eye and the enigmatic baseball cap. I prefer it, Lorde. I prefer it. Preserve these individuals on their toes.”

As followers look ahead to extra data, have a look again in any respect of Lorde’s highs and lows as she navigated the music business within the highlight:

Lorde’s Grammy Wins

The 56th Grammy Awards was an evening Lorde received’t quickly neglect. Along with acting on music’s greatest evening for the very first time, the singer picked up Tune Of The Yr and Greatest Pop Solo Efficiency for “Royals” on the present. “That is the one factor that I didn’t count on probably the most about tonight,” Lorde shared when accepting her awards in January 2014. “Thanks to everybody who has let this track explode. It’s been psychological.”

Lorde’s Friendship With Taylor Swift

In the course of touring all all over the world, Lorde and Swift have been capable of preserve a friendship. The truth is, the “Shake It Off” singer threw Lorde a twentieth party in 2016.

Throughout an interview with The Guardian, Lorde spoke out on the issue of sustaining a detailed friendship with somebody as well-known as Swift. “It’s like having a good friend with very particular allergic reactions. There are particular locations you possibly can’t go collectively. Sure issues you possibly can’t do,” she stated in June 2017. “There are these totally different units of issues inside the friendship. It’s like having a good friend with an autoimmune illness.”

After followers identified that Swift’s good friend, Selena Gomez, has lupus, Lorde apologized for the remarks. “Didn’t point out taylor, however regardless, i f—ed up & that was actually insensitive,” she wrote through X. “I’m sorry.”

Lorde’s Non-public Courting Life

All through her profession, Lorde has tried to maintain her romantic life outdoors of the highlight. In February 2018, nevertheless, Lorde addressed the rumors that she was courting Jack Antonoff following his break up from Lena Dunham. “Guys, no! Jack and I should not courting,” she stated throughout an Instagram reside Q&A with followers. “I like him. He’s superior, however we’re not courting!”

Lorde’s Unhealthy Luck With the MTV Video Music Awards

Though Lorde was initially introduced as one of many extremely anticipated performances on the 2021 Video Music Awards, MTV confirmed that the “Photo voltaic Energy” singer’s set was canceled. “Resulting from a change in manufacturing components, Lorde can not carry out at this yr’s present,” the official VMAs Twitter account introduced in September 2021. “We love Lorde and can’t look ahead to her to carry out on the VMA stage sooner or later! 💛”

Throughout the 2017 VMAs, Lorde caught the flu earlier than her efficiency, however was decided to go on. As an alternative of singing her single “Home made Dynamite,” she did an interpretive dance whereas the recorded monitor performed.

Lorde’s Private Letter to Followers 

In September 2023, Lorde opened up about her difficult yr in a candid letter posted through Tumblr. “I’m residing with heartbreak once more. It’s totally different however the identical,” she shared. “I ache on a regular basis, I neglect why after which bear in mind. I’m not attempting to cover from the ache, I perceive now that ache isn’t one thing to cover from, that there’s really nice magnificence in shifting with it. However generally I’m sick of being with myself.”

Lorde stated she was staying in London the place “issues really feel clear” and deliberate on returning dwelling to New Zealand for a while. “Don’t fear about me, I nonetheless snicker each day, it’s all shifting, even when it goes gradual,” she added. “I’ve accepted the mission — I’ve a self to recuperate.”

Lorde and Charli XCX’s Collaboration

Charli and Lorde launched the studio model of their “Woman, So Complicated” collaboration in June 2024, shortly after Charli’s sixth album, Brat, debuted.

The duet additionally got here after rumors circulated that the pair have been extra opponents as a substitute of pals.

When the track was launched, nevertheless, Lorde defined in a verse on the monitor that she turned down Charli’s earlier invites to exit as a result of she was afraid of being photographed. “I used to be trapped within the hatred / And your life appeared so superior,” Lorde sang. “I by no means thought for a second / My voice was in your head.”