Amidst all the hubbub emerged a 16-year-old with humble origins and a grand name: Lorde. Popular music had never seen a teenage star quite as self-possessed as the New Zealand native, whose debut ...

Since she was 16, Lorde has given us everything. The New Zealand-born pop star seemed to arrive out of thin air in 2013, her first single “Royals” becoming one of the year’s biggest and most beloved ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Lorde lands two hits on the Hot 100 this week — new single “What ...

Let’s get the particulars out of the way immediately: I love Lorde. I always have. I may be a little too old and a little too self-respecting to identify as a stan, but Lorde is one of a handful of ...

Gabrielle Ulubay is a Music writer at Collider. She has previously been published in The New York Times, Bustle, HuffPost Personal, and other magazines, and wrote at Marie Claire for nearly three ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...