Lorde’s most memorable fashion moments

7 November 2016

She might have only just left her teen years behind – but Lorde has already made her mark on the world.

The 20-year-old signed to Universal Music at just 13 years old, released her 2013 debut album Pure Heroine aged 16 (which went on to sell over 2.8 million copies) and won two Grammy Awards the following year.

She also made Time‘s list of the most influential teenagers in the world, was named in Forbes‘ “30 Under 30”, and has Taylor Swift, Kanye and Jennifer Lawrence in her phone contacts list.

No wonder the Devonport native has us all patiently awaiting her next album, song, move, makeup line – please Ella – anything. Today she turns 20, so we will keep our fingers crossed this new decade of Ella Yelich-O’Connor brings us more incredible Lorde.

To give you an idea of her origins, here she is performing with her high school band:

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