The album debuted at #3 on the US Billboard 200 chart and her first single “ Royals“, released a little over 6 months ago is still receiving major airplay and is sitting comfortably at #1 on Billboard’s Top 100 Singles Chart.įollowing her global hit “ Royals” is the album’s official second single “ Tennis Court“. During an interview with MTV, Lorde said, “ Pop doesn’t have to be stupid and alternative music doesn’t have to be boring you can mesh the two together and make something cool” – Pure Heroine is the perfect example of that. Listing Otis Reading and Etta James as musicians she listened to while growing up, Lorde herself bares slight comparisons to mainstream contemporaries such as Lana Del Ray and M.I.A on her most recent body of work and debut album Pure Heroine. In three short years, Lorde has developed her songwriting skills and released a five-track chart topping debut EP titled The Love Club in 2012, while her recently released debut album Pure Heroine has been met with critical and commercial acclaim. At just 13, Lorde – daughter of prize-winning Poet Sonja Yelich – scored a record deal with Universal Music Group after being scouted by an A&R rep in a talent show. Talk about mind-blowing how about New Zealand singer-songwriter Ella Maria Lani Yelich O’Connor popularly known as Lorde is only 16 years old! The Indie-Pop music sensation has been the talk of music media and blogs as the artist to watch for months now and after listening to her album, we can say that’s rightfully so.