How Lorde and Taylor Swift Became Friends
Though they might seem like an unlikely pair on the surface, Taylor Swift and Lorde are currently the most powerful BFFs in music.
Fresh from palling around with each other over AMAs weekend, Lorde chatted with Jimmy Fallon about her friendship with the "Blank Space" singer on The Tonight Show on Tuesday.
"She sent me some flowers, which was so nice," the 18-year-old pop star revealed. "She just sent them to my house and said, like, 'Congratulations on everything.' I was like, 'God, I need to know more!"
The "Royals" crooner and Swift, 24, then decided to meet in person.
"We actually met up here in New York," Lorde continued. "We had Shake Shack, which I feel like is kind of a good bonding… a friendship, like, bonds with those thick-a-- milkshakes.
"She's really funny and people don't expect it," Lorde added. "It's really dry and you're almost like, 'Wait… did I? Is that what you just… Did that just happen?'"
In November 2013, Taylor and Lorde's Shake Shack outing blew up on Twitter.
"Lorde and Taylor Swift were at Shake Shack in NYC today and sat at a bench together," one user posted along with a stealth photo of the two.
Fans were shocked to see them hanging out because two months earlier, Lorde seemingly dissed Taylor in an interview, saying she thought the blond singer was a bad role model for young women.
"Taylor Swift is so flawless, and so unattainable, and I don't think it's breeding anything good in young girls [who might think,] 'I'm never going to be like Taylor Swift, why can't I be as pretty as Lorde?' That's f--king bulls--t," she told Metro Magazine in September 2013.
A couple of days later, Lorde apologized on Tumblr, clarifying her earlier remarks.
"what i meant was: there's a lot of importance placed on physical perfection in this industry," the New Zealand-born star wrote on tumblr, "and i wish my favourite stars didn't look perfect because i think fans (me included) have these feelings of worthlessness, like they'll never be as pretty/talented/whatever, as a result of this intense photoshop culture and the endless strive for perfection.
"ts was the first person i thought of, which i regret," Lorde continued. "she happens to be good looking, but i think she actually uses her other imperfections in an incredibly powerful and relatable way. taylor swift has a very unique vision, which i admire. i think somewhere along the line also there was a misquote where people got the impression i thought writing about love was shameful. i don't! i just haven't found a way of doing it which is powerful and innovative, which is why i don't… i admire her very much for this reason. basically, this is an apology for not thinking too hard before i speak."
Clearly, Taylor's flower gesture showed that there was no "Bad Blood" and the rest is history.
