Lorde Of The Rings? Singer Admits 'I Look Like Gollum When I Perform'

By James Montgomery

December 16, 2013 / 11:09 AM

Lorde may have wrapped up [article id="1718976"]a pretty remarkable 2013[/article] by heading back to New Zealand, but she still found time to knock out a quick Reddit AMA session on Sunday.

In the chat, the 17-year-old sensation revealed (surprise, surprise) that she's currently lining up a run of U.S. festival dates next year and has big plans for upping her merch game -- you can expect "embroidery" -- but she also took a moment to reflect on her breakout year, and what she's learned about the music industry on her ride to the top of the charts.

"I feel like I learned early on how things worked, and that gave me a good understanding of what could be f---ed with/which rules were dumb and shouldn't have to be followed," she wrote. "Plus, I can sit down with basically the most intimidating people in the industry and not flinch. And maybe even make them flinch ... or cry. Heh."

Lorde also took a moment to discuss her favorite films ("Fight Club" and "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" -- "1971 version," she clarified), and big up Nicki Minaj for her stance on feminism -- linking to her famous pickle juice speech. And then, she weighed in on one of the year's most pressing topics: the similarities she shares onstage with a certain "Lord of the Rings" antagonist: Gollum.

"I know when I'm onstage, I don't think about how it looks, I just concentrate on really feeling what I hear," she wrote. "But I totally know I look like Gollum when I perform, so it's cool."

Lorde's 2014 tour dates, North American leg:

» 3/3 -- Austin, TX @ Austin Music Hall

» 3/4 -- Dallas, TX @ Southside Ballroom

» 3/5 -- Houston, TX @ Bayou

» 3/7 -- Washington, DC @ Echostage

» 3/8 -- Philadelphia, PA @ Tower Theatre

» 3/11,12 -- New York, NY @ Roseland Ballroom

» 3/14 -- Boston, MA @ Oprheum

» 3/15 -- Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy

» 3/16 -- Detroit, MI @ Filmore

» 3/18 -- Chicago, IL @ Aragon

» 3/20 -- St. Louis, MO @ Peabody Opera House