If Lorde is seen by some as one of pop music’s great mystics, she is also a master of decreation — or unmaking her persona and herself. Midway through her performance at the Chicago stop of her ...

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Lorde launched her Ultrasound World Tour in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday, Sept. 17. The tour supports her new album, "Virgin," which reached No. 2 on the Billboard chart. These are the songs that made ...

It’s been over a decade since “Pure Heroine” rewired the way teenage angst could sound on the radio, but on Wednesday night at the Moody Center, Lorde proved she hasn’t lost her grip on the collective ...

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Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook That was 12 years ago. Since then, we’ve had our fair share of burgeoning teenaged pop stars ...

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Lorde is contemporary pop’s greatest demystifier, and also its greatest mystic. This contradiction has animated her music from the beginning. “We aren’t caught up in your love affair,” she declared in ...

Lorde’s new album Virgin is a few days old now, so Lorde decided to reflect on the release by sharing some behind-the-scenes info about the project. Taking to Instagram yesterday (June 30), Lorde ...

The singer-songwriter’s fourth album percolates with subtle club beats, warm blanket synths and plenty of white space for her signature phrasings and vocalizations. To paraphrase the Queen of Pop, ...

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