New Zealand pop star Lorde has revealed that she found herself drinking to deal with her breakup from longtime boyfriend James Lowe last year.
Speaking to The Daily Telegraph’s Stellar about a song on her new album Melodrama called ‘Sober’, she admitted she used drinking as a kind of self medication to deal with the split.
“There was an element of escapism and exploration and wanting to be myself in strange situations.”
“After a break up you go to these crazy places. I definitely did.”
Her latest single ‘Perfect Places’ seems to have a similar message to it, with lyrics about partying to try and find “perfect places” but realizing they don’t exist.
“Every night, I live and die, meet somebody, take ’em home. Let’s kiss and then take off our clothes – It’s just another graceless night,” she wrote on the track.
“All the nights spent off our faces, trying to find these perfect places. What the f*** are perfect places anyway?”
In the interview Lorde confesses she’s always the girl at the party encouraging everyone to have one more, but struggles to recall her worst experience with alcohol.
“I don’t know if I have really had a bad one. I don’t really get a hangover; I am still at that age. I definitely inspire people to keep drinking.”
She mimics words of encouragement: “I am like, ‘Come on!’” However, she insists, “I am quite well-behaved these days.”
Her album Melodrama is due to release next Friday.
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