[5] [6] The pair recorded songs at Little's Golden Age Studios in Morningside, Auckland. Within a week they had finished the song. [8] She thought of writing a song about the symbols of luxury displayed by some pop musicians.After seeing an image by photographer Ted Spiegel in … Lorde starting writing songs when she was very young, only about 13 or 14 years old, but one of the lyrics from “Royals” came from even a few years earlier. Writing and composition. "I think you grow a lot in that period," she said. Lorde's "Royals" hit No. How an unknown 16-year-old from New Zealand became the most sought-after new artist of 2013. She was born Audrey Geraldine Lorde, on February 18, 1934, to Caribbean immigrants in Harlem, New York City. Inside Lorde's ascent from quiet bookworm to alt-rock heroine. The two made Lorde's debut EP, The Love Club EP, which included Royals. Lorde wrote the song in 2012 at her house, which only took half an hour. That’s how Audre Lorde famously introduced herself. Her career as a teacher and a writer spanned decades and though she died almost 30 years ago, much of the work she left behind is still cherished and quoted today. She wrote it on the way to Little. Herself and Joel Little worked on Royals at Little's Golden Age Studio in Golden Age Studios in Morningside, Auckland NZ. Billboard has named New Zealand musician Lorde's debut single Royals as a song that defined the decade. Little approved the song and liked it instantly. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Lorde wants 'Royals' pulled from radio. Ella Yelich-O'Connor, who performs as Lorde, was only 16 years old when she hit worldwide with "Royals," an expression of generational frustration with the insincerity of the culture industry. "It all felt hollow without my boy beside me," she wrote. He worked on the song every day and in the end they got one of the best selling and most listened songs on the Billboard. Lorde wrote the Royals in literally an hour and a half. She put all her inspiration, the knowledge and the outlook on the world into this song. ... She wrote the ballad when she was just 15 years old. Lorde rose to fame in 2013 with her first album, "Heroin," which featured the global hit "Royals." The young Audre was taught to read … Lorde wrote "Royals '" lyrics in half an hour at her home in July 2012. [7] Within a week during a school break Lorde finished recording "Royals". Royals is the lead single off Lorde’s 2012 breakout EP The Love Club.It debuted at #1 in New Zealand, and eventually topped the Billboard … ... as she was just 15 when she wrote "Royals".