Lorde Suffered From Body Shaming After ‘Royals’ Became A Hit In 2013

Fame has its negative side, and it was something “Green Light” singer Lorde learned the hard way after her hit single “Royals” came out in 2013.

Lorde and her song became famous worldwide after the track was released, but this did not mean that all the attention she got were positive. According to the singer, some made fun of her and her body. “It rocked my foundations and could have [messed me up], you know? I remember being made aware of my looks and my body in a way that I had never been,” Lorde told NME.

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Lorde added that she was no stranger to criticism, but fame took things to a whole different level. “I remember all these kids online, I think I beat their favorite people to number one [on the music charts], and they were like, ‘[Expletive] her, she’s got really far-apart eyes.’ I remember being like, ‘Whoa! How did I get all this way without knowing I had far-apart eyes?’ Just weird [things] like that,” she said.

Lorde was only 16 years old at the time when the album “Pure Heroine” came out, so she didn’t know how to handle the negative attention. But now that she is going to release her second album, “Melodrama,” the singer said she is better equipped to handle public scrutiny, whether it be good or bad.

“When it was happening, I was quite overwhelmed by it. But that was a long time ago,” Lorde said. “If anything, I’ve slowly been getting less famous since ‘Royals’ was really big. Which is totally cool for me … I suck at being famous. And that’s fine.”

Earlier, Lorde told the New York Times that “Melodrama” is not about her breakup from longtime boyfriend James Lowe. Since the album came after their split, many fans expected the album would be an ode to their broken union. But Lorde simply described the project as a “record about being alone. The good parts and the bad parts.”

“Melodrama” will be released on June 16.