She's up for 4 Grammys tonight, snubbed for best new artist...
Record of the year: Royals
Song of the year: Royals
Best pop solo performance: Royals
Best pop vocal album: Pure Heroine
And she made the cover of Rolling Stone (she's in the Sylvia Plath life-stage, right on target for a 17 year old rebel girl)
Lorde is 17, lives with her parents and loves Sylvia Plath. She also has a worldwide smash with "Royals," four Grammy nominations and acclaim for her smart, unique debut album, Pure Heroine. How'd she become the unlikeliest superstar in pop? Contributing editor Rob Tannenbaum travels to Ella Yelich-O'Connor's New Zealand home to answer that question in our new issue (on stands Friday).