Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor born on 7 November 1996, known by her stage name Lorde, is a New Zealand singer-songwriter.She performed in various singing and drama classes as a child, and at the age of 13 signed with Universal.She then  adopted her stage name due to her fascination with "royals and aristocracy", but felt the name Lord was too masculine so added an 'e' to make it more feminine. Her musical debut was an EP, entitled The Love Club, which was released in