Saturday 9: The Love Club

Saturday 9: The Love Club (2013)

Unfamiliar with this week's song. Hear it here.

1) Lorde has said this song is about a time when she fell into "a bad crowd." Her high-maintenance new friends were all about their romantic dramas and it overwhelmed her. Have you ever had a friend who was just too much work?

A. Yes, and I think I've probably also been that friend.

2) She sings that she longs to be alone. Where do you go when you want peace and quiet?

A. I am alone a little too much.

3) Lorde credits her mother for encouraging her verbal skills. "Mum" let her join a theater class when she was just 5 and was always giving her books. Tell us about an encouraging, understanding adult who assisted you when you were growing up.

A. My second grade teacher, Mrs. Wright, taught me how to read aloud and do it well. She did it in a way I tend to detest, that is, she didn't tell me I was doing it wrong and give me a chance to correct it. Instead, she gave me a B in reading on my report card, which was the highest grade in the class. When I asked her why it wasn't an A, she said it was because when she asked me to read aloud in class, I read in a monotone, and she demonstrated by putting her face down in the book and reading blah blah blah. Then she looked up and read to me with a sing-song voice and changed tones for the character. Well, why the heck didn't she tell me that before she gave me the B? I didn't know it mattered. But after that I became the absolute best out-loud reader you ever heard, and I'm still pretty good at it. And of course I received an A forever after in reading.

4) Lorde is not the only celebrity from her class at Belmont School in Auckland, New Zealand. Olympian Eliza McCartney was a classmate who went on to win a bronze medal in Rio for the pole vault. Did you participate in any sports in high school?

A. I was in band. You try marching around a football field playing a flute and see if you don't think it is a sport.

6) Lorde wrote music for one of the Hunger Games soundtracks. Have you seen any of the Hunger Games movies, or read any of the books?

A. I have the first Hunger Games book here to read, but it has not yet been read. I haven't seen the movies.

7) Her favorite candy is Peanut M&Ms. Do you prefer Milk Chocolate, Peanut, Almond, Mint or Cripsy M&Ms?

A. Milk chocolate.

8) When Lorde was on stage at Lollapalooza, a sudden storm interrupted her set. The music festival was evacuated and her performance was cancelled. Can you think of a time when the weather had a major impact on your plans?

A. It seems like (though it wasn't) every year when we went to Myrtle Beach for vacation in September, we'd have a hurricane. We evacuated from there at least five times. Nothing to do but come home.

9) Random question: Please complete this sentence -- Before I leave the house, I always __________________________.

A. Make sure I've turned off the curling iron and the computer.
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