Lorde has just completed her first Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything).
AMAs are typically fantastic, as fans ask the questions journalists are too lazy to think up (then journalists create summaries like this).
The interviewee is usually at ease, as they're just sat at their laptop typing. There are no cameras, recording devices, or publicists.
In summary: there's Lorde merch coming soon, she'll be performing at some major festivals in North America next year, and her mum buys her shampoo in 2 litre buckets.
Well over 5000 questions and comments were posted in the hour-long AMA– here are the highlights, presented as an unformatted Q&A:
What shampoo do you use?
my mum buys it in 2-litre bottles from the supermarket i don't even know
My roommate and I have noticed that you talk about teeth a lot on your album. Why is that?
just a weird obsession that has been with me always. ironically, i hate dentists.
She's been to the dentist enough times to know the drill...
what can i say? the whole experience hit a nerve.
Liked your performance back in 06 on the Eurovision. You look better without the mask!
ha ho ho my sides
Will you be performing at any major festivals in North America in 2014?
YES!
Are you planning on finishing school?
not sure yet! obviously it's hard at the moment, although i do read theses/academic writing from teachers regularly. i read this cool thing jennifer lawrence said the other day about learning about the world through books vs. her real world experience, and i'm definitely feelin that right now. but maybe that's just a lazy person's excuse
What songs off the album do you really wanna do a video for? BUZZCUT SEASON seriously deserves one, hope you won't let that slip!
can't decide between ribs, 400 lux and buzzcut. feel free to decide for me, reddit
I loved how the Tennis Courts video was shot in one take! How many tries did it take you before you got it right?
thanks! there's a funny story about that video - we actually shot a completely different concept, and the video you know was going to have little one-second extracts pulled from it to go into the video we were making. but i thought the version we ended up going with was a million times more compelling. maybe took 3 takes?
Are you confident in your stage performance? I know people have criticized the way you perform, how do you respond to that?
i know when i'm onstage, i don't think about how it looks, i just concentrate on really feeling what i hear. but i totally know i look like gollum when i perform, so it's cool.
Do you regret going into the music industry so young?
actually, no. i feel like i learnt early on how things worked and that gave me a good understanding of what could be fu*ked with/which rules were dumb and shouldn't have to be followed. plus, i can sit down with basically the most intimidating people in the industry and not flinch. and maybe even make them flinch. or cry. heh.
What is your favorite(s) book and movie?
favourite book is a tie between: what we talk about when we talk about love - raymond carver the night in question - tobias wolff everything ravaged, everything burned - wells tower battleborn - claire vaye watkins and favourite film is probably a tie between take shelter, fight club, willy wonka and the chocolate factory (1971 version)
Hi Lorde. Congratulations on your success so far, it's well-deserved. My question is: have you thus far experienced much of New Zealand's ridiculous 'tall poppy syndrome', i.e. where people seem to expect you to be meek and humble regardless of the effort it's taken to get to where you are?
yeah, definitely, although the majority of nzers have been great. i think some of that is because i'm a girl though, watch this amazing nicki minaj clip about it:
Have you seen the cover of Royals by Puddles the Clown? It's brilliant!
it's my FAVOURITE (View Below)
She said on her Reddit that merch was in the process of being made, but I'd like a status report.
merch is coming! it's simple and beautiful. will feature embroidery. i'll show you soon
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Lorde finished the session with this nugget: "thanks heaps you guys! let's do this again after my record company stresses out because i didn't include the pure heroine itunes link hehehehe. have an awesome christmas :--)"
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