![]() ![]() ![]() She flies back to New Zealand tomorrow, where she'll have a week of downtime before more touring. "My credit card was declined," she says, laughing. She recalls a recent shopping excursion in London, where, emboldened by her success, she decided to splurge on a couple of things from Comme des Garçons, which came to £780, and a hideously expensive cardigan that fit wonderfully and cost more than the Comme pieces combined. On "Royals" she critiques rock and hip-hop fantasies even as another part of her covets them. The family is middle-class – "standard," is how Lorde describes it, noting that her father drives a Toyota. Her mother, Sonja Yelich, is an award-winning poet who has been included in the Best New Zealand Poems anthology series four times, and whose last collection imagined the grim life of an American Marine in Iraq. ![]() (It's where her moniker comes from.) "I'm really interested in the Ivy Leagues, the final clubs, all the really old-money families, the concept of old money." She sings about class from a privileged position, although one that boasts more cultural than financial capital. The refrain – "Everybody's like, 'Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece'" – is defiant but also a touch bittersweet: "We'll never be royals." "I've always been fascinated with aristocracy," Lorde explains. "Royals" is a song about both succumbing to, and calling bullshit on, the allure of hedonism and materialism. ![]()
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