Lorde
Lorde is a New Zealand singer-songwriter whose albums, from Pure Heroine to Virgin, turn growing up, heartbreak and self-discovery into intimate pop songs.
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Overview
- Full name
- Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor
- Born
- 7 November 1996 · Auckland, New Zealand
- Work
- Singer and songwriter
- Breakout
- Royals · 2013
- Debut album
- Pure Heroine · 2013
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How it started.
Raised on Auckland’s North Shore, Ella Yelich-O’Connor performed with school friend Louis McDonald before signing a development deal with Universal in 2009. She began working with producer Joel Little in 2011 and put The Love Club EP on SoundCloud as a free download in November 2012.
The breakout.
“Royals” took her suburban teenage perspective to an international audience in 2013. Her debut album Pure Heroine followed that September, with “Tennis Court,” “Team” and “Ribs.” In 2014, “Royals” won Grammys for Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.
Growing with the records.
For Melodrama in 2017, Lorde worked closely with Jack Antonoff on songs about heartbreak and nights out. Solar Power followed in 2021, drawing on time outdoors and a warmer musical palette. With Virgin in 2025, she returned to electronic production alongside Jim-E Stack, then opened up the recording process through the XRAYS demo archive in 2026.
Creditschronological, newest first
Albums
- 2025VirginSinger, songwriter and co-producer
- 2021Solar PowerSinger and songwriter
- 2017MelodramaSinger and songwriter
- 2013Pure HeroineSinger and songwriter
Collaborations and film
- 2024Girl, so confusing featuring lordeFeatured artist with Charli xcx
- 2014The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 soundtrackSoundtrack curator and lead-single artist
Awards
Quotes
All these works are just me trying to ask a series of questions.Lorde, Apple Music’s Solar Power track-by-track interview
Discussing Solar Power in 2021, she described her albums as an ongoing way of asking questions about time and the world around her.
Trivia
- Her stage name grew out of a fascination with royalty and aristocracy, according to her Recording Academy biography.
- “Big Star” is about her dog Pearl; its title also nods to the band Big Star, she told Apple Music.
- Robyn supplies the spoken passage on “Secrets From a Girl (Who’s Seen It All),” a song Lorde described as advice to her younger self.
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