Lorde: 98.7 Penthouse Party Pad

Lorde performs at 98.7 FM’s Penthouse Party Pad at the Historic Hollywood Tower on Wednesday afternoon (September 25) in Hollywood.

Just the night before, the 16-year-old New Zealander singer recently spoke with USA Today about her new album, which debuts next week.

“The (new) record is quite different from the EP, musically, in that I just have kind of grown up a bit since I wrote the EP. I’m better at making beats and writing songs and stuff,” she shared. “The material feels more mature. I think it’s way better than the EP.”

Lorde added about the 10 tracks, “[Pure Heroine is] “not a super-long record. I hate it when albums drag.”