Lorde feels "a great deal of responsibility" to her fans

The Royals hitmaker - who split from music ex ecutive Justin Warren in late 2023 - told Dazed: "I feel like I had a good, healthy teen experience. I never got wasted or ran around. It wasn't that. But I did put a lot of pressure on myself. And I very quickly understood that, being in this role, you have a duty to a lot of people.

"I really felt - and feel - a great deal of responsibility. But also, in my personal life, I was around people who were quite a lot older. I moved into this house that was like one you'd have kids in - kind of suburban, swish. It wasn't until I got out of my relationship in 2023 that I was like, 'Hang on, I'm 26, and I think my life could reflect that a bit more.' Then I let a lot of new things in and found a lot of things that make me feel good."

Lorde has overhauled her lifestyle in recent years and she's now feeling better than she has done in a long time.

The chart-topping star also explained that she's "an artist all the time now".

Discussing how her lifestyle has evolved in recent years, Lorde shared: "I think my life's got a lot more physical. I started swimming a lot at that time, and biking as well. It sounds small, but if you're on a bike for an hour a day, it's one more hour you're connected to your physicality, not just staring at your phone.

"Also, I'd had this thing growing up where I was really compartmentalised - my art self and my non-art self. When I was home in New Zealand, I wasn't an artist. And then I would become an artist when I left. I've completely busted that - I'm an artist all the time now."