Slayin'
Lorde, or Ella Maria Lani Yelich-O'Connor was born on November 7, 1996 in Takapuna, New Zealand. She was the daughter of poet Sonja Yelich and civil engineer Vic O'Connor. She was raised in Auckland when she was a child alongside with her sisters, Jerry and India, and her brother named Angelo.
When she was 5 years old, Lorde joined a drama club because of her friends and eventually, she discovered the love for acting and singing. She also quickly developed public speaking skill, which is amazing for someone that age, honestly. Her mother then encouraged her to read books, and she did. At age 14, she was able to proofread her master's thesis. What is proofreading, you ask? Well, it's basically detecting and correcting errors on a publication. It might sounds easy, but proofreading a thesis need a lot of patience because, well, thesis is a really long publication. That's why many people hire a professional proofreader to proofread their thesis, so considering that Lorde was only 14 and already trusted to do this task is fascinating.
Smol Lorde
Ah, anyway, back on track. Lorde attended Belmont Intermediate School, where she and her friends participated in a school's band contest back in 2009 and won. Apparently, her friend's father was so impressed with Lorde that he sent out recordings of Lorde's cover of Duffy's Warwick Avenue to various talent scouts. One talent scout named Scout Maclachlan saw it and signed her on Universal NZ when she was only 13. She accepted it but unfortunately, she wasn't successful. So, Maclachlan thought, "Hmm, maybe she need a production assistant or something..." Later, he hired Joel Little to pair up with Lorde as writers and they really "clicked" with each other. Within a week, they wrote three songs, including the huge hit Royals.
The Love Club EP's cover
Lorde's debut EP (for those who don't know, EP is basically musical recording that contains more songs than singles, but not enough to be called an album) called The Love Club was released on November 2012 in Soundcloud for free. Eventually it got over 60,000 downloads and the recording company decided to "stop" putting it only for free online and release it officially. A CEO named Jason Flom knew about this EP and decided to ask Lorde to sign for his label. She agreed, and well, this is the beginning of a success.
And we'll never be royals...
In March 2013, The Love Club was released officially on digital, and on CD in May 2013. It contained 5 songs including Royals, which was later released on June 3, 2013. It was a massive hit! I remember hearing it all over the radio. At the time when I was writing this, the video got 687 million views on Youtube, which is impressive for a debut single. It got a lot of praise from mainstream audiences, as the song climbed to the top spot on Billboards Top 100. It also got on Top 40 on many countries such as Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand, obviously. She became the first New Zealand solo act to reach #1 on Billboards and the youngest one as well since 1987. As of December 2017, this song has sold 10 million copies worldwide and certified Diamond. Many critics praised Royals for its minimalistic production and lyrics. She became really famous after this point, as she performed in many television shows such as Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and New Zealand Music Awards 2013. Because of this success, Lorde released Pure Heroine, a full studio album on September 27, 2013 and release 3 new singles: Tennis Court, Team, and Glory and Gore. She was later featured on The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Original Motion Picture Soundtrack with her cover of Everybody Wants to Rule the World. She was also featured again on The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Soundtrack on a song that she wrote this time, Yellow Flicker Beat, in 2014.
I'll be the beauty queen in tears
She was nominated on 4 categories on 2014's Grammy Awards, which are Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance for Royals and Best Pop Vocal Album on Pure Heroine. She won two of them, which were Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance. She became the third youngest winner on Grammy history (keep in mind that she was only 17 at this time), the youngest winner from New Zealand, and the youngest person to be nominated in Record of the Year. After all these success, her popularity began to decreased in mainstream's eyes because there were no new music from her... yet.
Did Lorde quit music forever? :'(
Okay, about the second album. Lorde revealed back in December 2013 that she was writing a new album that sounds really different from Pure Heroine. Naturally, fans got excited. But, there's not really anymore news about the new album. Lorde became really quite, fans' patience was challenged and comments about the new album's hype was scattered around YouTube. Some stayed positive that it'll be released eventually, but another gave up because it seems like the album was cancelled forever. I was also one of the fans who waited for Lorde's comeback, the pessimist one. I thought the second album talk was to cheer up fans so that they stayed for her.
UNTIL NOW!
I WAITED FOR IT THAT GREEN LIGHT I WANT IT!!
Suddenly, out of the blue, Lorde released her new single Green Light! Well, not really out of the blue, since her recording company teased it back in February. It was also teased on a New Zealand ad, revealing a date which was "3.2.17" . On March 2, 2017, Lorde officially released her comeback single Green Light, and the reception was... mixed. Some fans absolutely loved it and another didn't because it was really different from the old Lorde.. in a bad way. I was the one who didn't like it very much and was disappointed with this single, honestly. But that's not important! She also revealed that her new album was called Melodrama and would be released on June 16. And fans got hyped! Finally it was confirmed.
IT IS HERE
Before Melodrama was released, she released 3 songs again, which were Liability, Sober, and Perfect Places. After that, the day finally came. June 16! Melodrama was officially released, and the reception were actually great! I, myself, loved it as well, I loved nearly all the songs on the album except for, ironically Green Light and Perfect Places, the lead singles of Melodrama. It debuted at number 1 on New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and USA. It received 91 on Metacritic, 8.8 on Pitchfork, and NME placed it as 2017 Album of the Year. It also received 1 Grammy nomination (kinda disappointing considering how good the album was) which was Album of the Year. She was the only female who were nominated on this category, competing with Kendrick Lamar's DAMN., Childish Gambino's Awaken, My Love!, Jay Z's 4:44, and Bruno Mars' 24K Magic. Bruno Mars won of course since he was the most popular out of these nominations (kinda sad) but I'm still happy with the fact that Melodrama was nominated.
Cute Lorde!
So.. that was Lorde's journey. I hope you enjoyed reading this post and I hope you can see why I love Lorde so much. She really is a hardworker and an inspiration! Even though she failed in the beginning, she didn't give up and eventually, she became a praised pop artist. And the fact that she's still 22 blew my mind, her discography were really great! I really hope that Lorde will continue to evolve as an artist in the future since she has a lot of potential. Even David Bowie said that she is the future of music. I'm really sorry for some mistakes on this article, see you later!
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QUESTIONS
1. Who is Lorde's real name?
Ella Maria Lani Yelich-O'Connor
2. What was the title for her first EP?
The Love Club
3. What was the title of her debut single?
Royals
4. When did she start to write her new second album?
December 2013
5. Was Melodrama nominated in Grammy Awards? On what category?
Yes, it was for Album of the Year
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SOURCE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melodrama_(Lorde_album)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Lorde#Grammy_Awards
http://lordepedia.wikia.com/wiki/Lorde
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorde
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Light_(Lorde_song)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_Heroine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royals_(song)
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