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Lorde

Born: November 7, 1996

Early Life

Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor, known professionally as Lorde, was born on November 7, 1996, in Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand. Raised in the nearby suburb of Devonport, she is the daughter of Sonja Yelich, an award-winning poet, and Vic O’Connor, a civil engineer. Lorde has three siblings: Jerry, India, and Angelo. Of Irish and Croatian descent, she grew up in a creative household where her mother’s passion for poetry influenced her lyrical development. Lorde showed an early talent for performance, participating in school talent shows and local radio performances.

Emi Ferguson: Amour Cruel

by Peter Jurew
July 29, 2017

Crossing musical borders is a risky business. Our culture loves certainty; the marketplace prefers easily distinguishable, homogenous categories. Whereas contemporary visual artists, at least since Rauschenberg, receive critical praise (and financial reward) for combining styles and materials previously thought to be discrete, contemporary musicians who cross boundaries put their reputations, and sometimes their careers, on the ...