Lorde isn't very active on social media. But today, the New Zealand pop star has made a rare appearance on Instagram to encourage you to vote -- in New Zealand. Shockingly, not everything is about us Americans!

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Tomorrow, the prolific and long-running Japanese fuzz-metal overlords Boris will self-release their new album NO. Let me just tell you: I have heard NO. It is raw as fuck, and it kicks every conceivable variety of ass. For many of us, Boris are the kind of band that you can sometimes take for granted. They…

A couple weeks ago, Lorde sent out a rare email dispatch to her fans talking about the progress of her new album and her mindset during the pandemic. Today, she's sent out another one, this time addressing the George Floyd protests and weighing the value of white celebrities "strik[ing] a balance between self-serving social media…

Lorde checked in last fall to inform the world that her progress on the follow-up to Melodrama -- this website's favorite album of 2017 -- had been deterred by the death of her dog. Today she's back with another update on another delay due to, you guessed it, the world-disrupting pandemic known as COVID-19.