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    Today's Top Tune

    Lorde: Royals

    Sixteen-year-old Ella Yelich-O'Connor aka Lorde hails from Auckland's North Shore and has translated her experiences there into melodic snapshots about teenage life.

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    By Ariana Morgenstern • May 27, 2013 • 3m Listen

    Ella Yelich-O'Connor

    , aka

    Lorde, hails from Auckland's North Shore and has translated her experiences there into melodic snapshots about teenage life. Her debut EP,

    The Love Club, showcases her impressive vocal prowess at the young age of 16. Today's Top Tune is "

    Royals."

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      Ariana Morgenstern

      Executive Producer, Music Department & Today's Top Tune

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