Lorde is "not a good famous person".
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The 'Green Light' hitmaker says she is "no good at selling the dream" of stardom and "finds it very jarring" when she is put in the spotlight.
She said: "I am not a good famous person. I am a writer, that is what I am good at. I can build stuff and sing stuff, but I am not good at selling the dream. I don't look like magic when I get out of the car. Some people tell their story through these photos, but that is truly not my strength.
"I hate it and every time it happens to me, I feel unsafe. I still find it very jarring. I feel very lucky that I don't draw attention. I love the fact that I can go play before the headliner at Coachella and then I can be, like, 'Bye-bye! I am going to New Zealand.'"
And the 20-year-old singer felt "intense" pressure to release new music - not from her fans but from herself.
She added to The Sunday Times' Style magazine: "From the outside, it probably looked like there was a lot of energy directed at me about putting this out, but I was very detached from that. No outside pressure could ever be as intense as the knowledge I had that it had to be good at any cost. I really am so in conversation with myself when it comes to my work. I am the only critic I truly trust. I am constantly battling to impress and surprise myself."
Meanwhile, Lorde previously revealed that music entered a new level after her "heart was broken".
She said: "After your heart is broken, music enters you on a new level. You suddenly find yourself crying when [Alicia Keys'] 'Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart' comes on."
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