She has two Grammys to her name as well as impressive album sales and millions of fans, and Lorde is still only 17 years old!
The ?Royals? singer, a New Zealand native whose real name is Ella Yelich-O?Connor, is featured on the front of Elle magazine?s October 2014 issue and in her interview she discusses the importance of sticking up for herself as she navigates her way through the music industry.
?A lot of times when people meet me, they?ll definitely try to make me feel young or inexperienced. Like, ?It?s all taken care of.? Teenagers are such a discerning group of people. They?ll immediately sniff out anything that feels contrived. I?m, like, constantly scanning myself to see if I?m some corporate executive version of a teenager. I?ve developed something of a fearsome reputation. People know that if you talk down to me, I will roll my eyes or whatever.?
Lorde also explains how she?s come up with her own unique persona- ?It?s something people my age have grown up with. You can go on the Tumblr of any young person in the world and see people marketing themselves. Everyone my age is like that now. We?re all hyperaware of how we?re being seen.?
Still, the fact that she?s managed to already make such a name for herself is quite impressive and the result of her own killer instinct. ?It?s very specific. I have definitely learned how to be flexible. Before, I would just be like, ?F*ck it.? I have such a strong idea of what is cool and great for me. If I think something is sh*t, I express that. But now the circle of people I work with all the time is huge and spans continents, and you have to be quite conscientious. So it?s, like, learning not to hurt people?s feelings. Obviously, I am hanging out with more people now who are not teenage; I?m in different circles. But I am a teenager. My brain is, like, a certain age. Everyone is talking about you. You have to learn not to care as much.?
Source: http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/magazines/lorde-1616421
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