Lorde Talks About 'Royals', Its Huge Success, And Being Signed At 12!

Lorde sat down with DJ Skee of KIIS FM in a recent interview while on promo in the U.S.

The 16-year-old phenom speaks candidly on the back story of her hit single, Royals. She talks about it's surprising huge success, and even shares on being signed at 12-years-old. Crazy!

On being signed at 12:

"I was just on a development deal, doing vocal coaching and tentatively songwriting in my holidays. It's only been in the last 6 to 8 months that I've been traveling."

On the success of Royals:

"I didn't know anything off the EP would be suitable for radio or anything like that, coz I don't think it's good to write like, I'm trying to write a single or whatever. So we just wrote stuff that we thought was cool."

Lorde's EP 'The Love Club' is currently available. Her debut album, Pure Heroine, is due September 27.