I'm terrified of growing up. Once you become an adult, how to you step back from that? It's something that wakes me up at night.
LordeDon't let some random comment that you wouldn't have even thought about overshadow something important that you were actually trying to say.
LordeI think I'm speaking for a bunch of girls when I say that the idea that feminism is completely natural and shouldn't even be something that people find mildly surprising. It's just a part of being a girl in 2013.
LordeAround the middle of last year I started listening to a lot of rap, like Nicki Minaj and Drake... They all sing about such opulence, stuff that just didnโt relate to me - or anyone that I knew. I began thinking, โHow are we listening to this? Itโs completely irrelevant.โ
LordeI think I'm speaking for a bunch of girls when I say that the idea that feminism is completely natural and shouldn't even be something that people find mildly surprising. ...I find a lot of feminist reading quite confusing and that often there's a set of rules, and people will be like, 'Oh, this person isn't a true feminist because they don't embody this one thing,' and I don't know, often there is a lot of gray area that can be hard to navigate.
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