Lorde on bringing her Solar Power tour home, her texts to Jacinda and where she’s been hiding

first thing Ella Yelich O’Connor does when she gets back home to New Zealand is head to a supermarket. first thing Ella Yelich O’Connor does when she gets back home to New Zealand is head to a supermarket.

“I’m going to the supermarket quite quickly, yeah. “I’m going to the supermarket quite quickly, yeah.

I do really like to get the groceries. I do really like to get the groceries.

It makes you feel quite calm, you know, It makes you feel quite calm, you know,

like ‘I’ve got olive oil again’,” laughs the artist known as Lorde. like ‘I’ve got olive oil again’,” laughs the artist known as Lorde.

The Grammy-winning artist, 26, has been hiding out in her hometown of Auckland The Grammy-winning artist, 26, has been hiding out in her hometown of Auckland

and is finally set to start the New Zealand leg of her long-awaited Solar Power tour next month. and is finally set to start the New Zealand leg of her long-awaited Solar Power tour next month.