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Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Lorde Reveals Past Struggle With Eating Disorder: ‘I Felt So Hungry and So Weak'
When Lorde hit the road in 2022 in support of her album Solar Power, she performed with a newfound sense of freedom. Psychotherapy treatments using MDMA and psilocybin had helped her overcome the stage fright she'd been grappling since she was a kid, allowing her to form new connections to her music and fans. But at the same time, she reveals in a new Rolling Stone cover story, she was privately struggling with an eating disorder. Lorde starved herself, counted calories, monitored her protein intake, and obsessed over her size. Recalling a press event for Solar Power, Lorde told RS she remembers only feeling thin and worried that she would never be thin enough. More from Rolling Stone Lorde's Ultrasound Tour 2025: How to Get Tickets Online Before They're Gone Lorde Says She's 'In the Middle Gender-Wise': 'I'm a Woman Except When I'm a Man' Lorde: 'I'm an Intense Bitch' 'I felt so hungry and so weak,' she said. 'I was on TV [that] morning, and I didn't eat because I wanted my tummy to be small in the dress. It was just this sucking of a life force or something.' Lorde said her eating disorder began during the pandemic and continued for several years, though it never reached a point where she began to look visibly unwell to those around her. This included during the Solar Power tour, as she grappled with the dissonance between her newfound joy onstage and her private struggles. 'I don't know how those two things can be true,' she said. 'That I'm having this really amazing, rich experience of playing the shows and meeting these kids, and [yet] I'm also looking at the pictures afterward and feeling deep loathing at the sight of my beautiful, tiny tummy, thinking it was so unforgivable what I had allowed it to become.' Lorde's disordered eating continued after the Solar Power tour and into 2023, when her personal life was rocked further by a break-up with longtime partner Justin Warren. Along with the 'really fucking difficult' process of learning how to be alone, Lorde said she also came to realize that her obsession with thinness was controlling her life. The key to addressing her eating disorder was the moment she began to view her compulsions as a self-imposed mission to keep herself small. 'Once I stopped doing that, I had all this energy for making stuff,' Lorde said. 'I could see that if I cut that cord, maybe I would get something back that I needed to do my work. And it was totally true. Got it all back, and way more.' What followed was an experience Lorde called 'the ooze' — a process of letting herself take up more space physically, creatively, and emotionally. This not only helped her find a more fluid and expansive gender expression but also fueled the creation of her new album, Virgin. The album is imbued with a strong sense of physicality, with Lorde saying, 'I think coming more into my body, I came into an understanding of the grotesque nature of it and the glory and all these things. It's right on the edge of gross. I often really tried to hit this kind of gnarliness or grossness. 'You tasted my underwear.' I've never heard that in a song, you know? It felt like the right way to tell this whole chapter.' Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
Daily Mail
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Lorde breaks silence on status of age-gap romance as she goes makeup free in skimpy bra to cover Rolling Stone
Lorde is finally opening up about her once-secretive age-gap romance —confirming in the latest Rolling Stone that she's split from longtime boyfriend Justin Warren. The pop star, 28, had been linked to the 45-year-old music executive since 2016, though the pair hadn't been spotted together since March 2023. Speculation about their relationship status ramped up in October, when Lorde was seen on a rare public outing with American musician and producer Jim-E Stack in New York. The New Zealand native looked cozy with Stack—who was rumored to be working with her on her new album Virgin—as they strolled through the city. Around that time, she also told fans in a letter that she'd been 'living with heartbreak again.' Now, in her striking new Rolling Stone cover shoot—where she goes makeup-free in a lace-and-diamond bra—Lorde confirms what many had suspected: she and Warren have gone their separate ways. 'I went through a breakup,' she said. 'It was so painful, as they are, but there was real dignity to it and grace and a lot of respect. It continues to be a relationship that I cherish.' Reflecting on her past, the singer opened up about a recurring pattern in her relationships—often seeking out older partners or mentors to fill a void. 'I had this feeling that I had never been alone. There'd always been someone, not even necessarily a romantic partner. And often that was an older person. I was always choosing someone to be God. It was a pattern I found myself repeating,' she explained. 'I think because of leaving home so young and not quite being ready to be on my own. But I had this very acute sense that I needed to be alone to really meet myself.' She admitted that the transition wasn't easy, describing the experience of solitude as 'really f****** difficult'—but said she eventually embraced it. Lorde and Warren reportedly first met in 2009, but it wasn't until years later that rumors of a romance began to swirl. They were first photographed together in 2016, seen laughing and splashing in the ocean during a beach outing. At the time, Warren dismissed speculation that they were dating. Still, over the years, the pair appeared increasingly close—traveling the world together, with Warren even spotted near Lorde's $2.8 million villa in New Zealand. The Rolling Stone cover comes after Lorde sent fans into a frenzy with her jaw-dropping new album cover and a series of topless photos that left little to the imagination. The songstress stunned fans when she unveiled the cover art for Virgin, which featured an X-ray of what looked to be her pelvic area, showcasing her hip bones, belt buckle, and zipper. The T-shaped object in the image, appearing to be an IUD, also sparked a wave of speculation that the inclusion was a bold political statement. On her website, Lorde revealed the album was '100% written in blood' and will be released on June 27. But the shock factor didn't stop there. Less than 24 hours later, the Royals hitmaker upped the ante, sharing eye-popping topless snaps on Instagram, seen here. Posing with her arms crossed over her chest in front of a window, as well as another shot sitting topless and hugging her knees, Lorde captioned the post with, 'Hanging out with Martine for @documentjournal,' hinting the nearly nude images were part of a magazine shoot. Another snap in the carousel showed Lorde sporting black Calvin Klein briefs paired with a sheer black top, offering a striking contrast to the more intimate shots. This follows Lorde releasing her first new music in four years, the song What Was That. She released the song on April 25 along with the music video which was partially filmed during her bike ride into Washington Square Park in Manhattan ahead of her pop-up performance of the track. What Was That is Lorde's first major release in almost four years, following 2021's Solar Power album. Lorde is one of the highest-selling New Zealand singers of all time and her 2013 song Royals reached number one in America, eventually being certified 14 times platinum.
Buzz Feed
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Lorde Talks About Justin Warren Breakup, Age Gap
Lorde spoke about her 2023 breakup in a new interview with Rolling Stone. The singer was linked to Justin Warren, a Universal Music promotions director 17 years her senior, who she appears to have first met in 2009. Though neither officially confirmed the relationship, it's thought to have begun some time in 2015. Justin even denied the relationship at one point, saying in 2016, "Ella and I have worked together for years and we're good friends. Any rumors of us being 'a pair' are ridiculous." However, they were seen embracing on numerous occasions in the years that followed. Then, in a newsletter shared in 2023, Lorde wrote, "I'm living with heartbreak again. It's different but the same. I ache all the time, I forget why and then remember." Her latest single, "What Was That," was inspired by the period in her life, as she recently told Document, "Whether it was my seven-year relationship or a pandemic or sacrificing my body to my career since I was 16 or 17. This feeling of, Oh, my God, so much has moved through me. And there's so much mystery and pain. I just held the mic and sort of walked around the room and said it all. I didn't write anything down, which was cool." The now-28-year-old further confirmed the breakup to Rolling Stone in a new interview. She explained, "I went through a breakup. It was so painful, as they are, but there was real dignity to it and grace and a lot of respect. It continues to be a relationship that I cherish." The singer moved to London for five months in the middle of everything. "I had this feeling that I had never been alone," she continued. "There'd always been someone, not even necessarily a romantic partner. And often that was an older person. I was always choosing someone to be God." 'I think [it was] because of leaving home so young and not quite being ready to be on my own. But I had this very acute sense that I needed to be alone to really meet myself," she added, calling learning to be alone "really fucking difficult." You can read the full interview, where Lorde also talks about her gender identity and eating disorder in the wake of this time, here.
Daily Mail
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Lorde produces first new music in four years
Lorde has released her first new music in four years. The singer partially filmed the music video for her new track What Was That en route to perform the single at Washington Square Park. The video includes footage from her performance on Wednesday that was canceled by New York police after the park became too crowded. She came out two hours after the scheduled start time with footage of her dancing to a recording of the song. What Was That is Lorde's first major release in almost four years, following 2021's Solar Power album. The track appears to provide some answers to the questions Lorde raised with an open letter she wrote to her fans in 2023. The singer, then 26, shared a newsletter titled How I've Been, Revised with her newsletter subscribers, hinting at relationship troubles with her long-term boyfriend Justin Warren. 'It might seem funny or be easy to forget, but I make records because I need to. The songs are spells; a spell to let go of something, a spell to unlock a door,' she wrote. 'There's actually great beauty in moving with it. But sometimes I'm sick of being with myself.' Lorde then said she wished she could turn back the clock and revealed she had stopped taking her medication. While her letter did not explicitly mention relationship troubles with her music executive boyfriend, fans were quick to speculate it meant the pair had broken up. They had been linked together since 2015. In What Was That, Lorde appears to be reflecting on the break down of the relationship that began in her teenage years. 'MDMA in the back garden, blow our pupils up,' she sings in the chorus. 'We kissed for hours straight, well, baby, what was that? 'I remember sayin' then, "This is the best cigarette of my life". 'Well, I want you just like that Indio haze, we're in a sandstorm and it knocks me out. I didn't know then that you'd never be enough. 'Oh since l was seventeen, I gave you everything. 'Now, we wake from a dream, well, baby, what was that?' Recently she has collaborated with Charli XCX on Girl So Confusing. Lorde performed the song with Charli at the first weekend of the Coachella festival earlier this month. The release of the single on Friday was met with joy on social media. 'This is soooooo 2014 of you,' the top comment reads, while another declares, 'this is the MOMENT.'
Daily Mail
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Lorde sends fans into a frenzy by dropping first new single in four years: 'What Was That'
Lorde has sent fans into a frenzy by releasing her first solo single and video in four years. The New Zealand-born singer, real name Ella Yelich-O'Connor, partially filmed the music video for her new track 'What Was That' en route to perform the single at Washington Square Park. The video shows Lorde riding a bicycle around New York City and includes footage from her pop-up performance on Wednesday that was abruptly cancelled by New York police after the park became too crowded. She eventually came out two hours after the scheduled start time and set social media abuzz with footage of her dancing to a recording of the song. What Was That is Lorde's first major release in almost four years, following 2021's Solar Power album. The Melodrama-esque track appears to provide some answers to the questions Lorde raised with a distressing open letter she penned to her fans in 2023. The singer, then 26, shared a newsletter titled 'How I've Been, Revised' with her newsletter subscribers, hinting at relationship troubles with her long-term boyfriend Justin Warren. 'It might seem funny or be easy to forget, but I make records because I need to. The songs are spells; a spell to let go of something, a spell to unlock a door,' she wrote. 'There's actually great beauty in moving with it. But sometimes I'm sick of being with myself.' Lorde then said she wished she could turn back the clock and she had stopped taking her medication. While her distressing letter did not explicitly mention relationship troubles with her music executive boyfriend Justin Warren, fans were quick to speculate the letter meant she had broken up with him. The pair had been linked together since 2015. In the chorus of What Was That, Lorde appears to be reflecting on the break down of the tumultuous relationship. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lorde (@lorde) What Was That ppears to provide some answers to the questions Lorde raised with a distressing open letter she penned to her fans in 2023 about her break up from Justin Warren 'MDMA in the back garden, blow our pupils up,' she sings. 'We kissed for hours straight, well, baby, what was that? 'I remember sayin' then, "This is the best cigarette of my life". 'Well, I want you just like that Indio haze, we're in a sandstorm and it knocks me out. I didn't know then that you'd never be enough. 'Oh since l was seventeen, I gave you everything. 'Now, we wake from a dream, well, baby, what was that?' The notoriously private pop star has shared relatively few updates with her fans since then, but her profile has been high in recent months thanks to her collaboration with Charli XCX on 'Girl So Confusing'. Lorde performed the song with Charli at the first weekend of the Coachella festival earlier this month. The release of the single on Friday quickly send Lorde's fans into a meltdown on social media. 'This is soooooo 2014 of you,' the top comment reads.
