No es habitual que triunfe una cantante de Nueva Zelanda más allá de su área de influencia, pero las excepciones están ahí, y cada vez son más. Por eso no sorprendió a demasiada gente que Lorde traspasará las fronteras del Hemisferio Sur y alcanzara el número 1 en los mercados musicales más importantes con 'Royals', un tema tranquilo y sosegado que meses después seguía oyéndose en todo tipo de ambientes.
Este tema fue incluido en su EP de debut The Love Club, así como en su primer álbum de estudio, 'Pure Heroine'. Lorde la compuso junto a Joel Little, su productor, y fue de las pocas cantantes que triunfó al mismo tiempo en Canadá, Estados Unidos y Reino Unido, tres de las listas más influyentes del mundo.
Fue tal la repercusión, que se grabaron diferentes videos musicales, adaptados a cada uno de los mercados en los que se lanzó una promoción especial. Y por si fuera poco, Selena Gomez o Fifth Harmony la versionaros. ¿A alguien le extraña que ganara dos Grammy este años con semejante currículum?
I've never seen a diamond in the flesh
I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies
And I'm not proud of my address
In the torn up town, no post code envy
But every song's like:
Gold teeth
Grey Goose
Tripping in the bathroom
Bloodstains
Ball gowns
Trashing the hotel room
We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams
But everybody's like:
Crystal
Maybach
Diamonds on your timepiece
Jet planes
Islands
Tigers on a gold leash
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair
And we'll never be royals (royals)
It don't run in our blood
That kind of lux just ain't for us, we crave a different kind of buzz
Let me be your ruler (ruler)
You can call me queen bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule
Let me live that fantasy
My friends and I we've cracked the code
We count our dollars on the train to the party
And everyone who knows us knows
That we're fine with this, we didn't come from money
But every song's like:
Gold teeth
Grey Goose
Tripping in the bathroom
Bloodstains
Ball gowns
Trashing the hotel room
We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams
But everybody's like:
Crystal
Maybach
Diamonds on your timepiece
Jet planes
Islands
Tigers on a gold leash
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair
And we'll never be royals (royals)
It don't run in our blood
That kind of lux just ain't for us, we crave a different kind of buzz
Let me be your ruler (ruler)
You can call me queen bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule
Let me live that fantasy
We're better than we've every dreamed
And I'm in love with being queen
Life is great without a care
We aren't caught up in your love affair
And we'll never be royals (royals)
It don't run in our blood
That kind of lux just ain't for us, we crave a different kind of buzz
Let me be your ruler (ruler)
You can call me queen bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule
Let me live that fantasy