Guardian Music — Hammersmith Apollo, LondonThe crowd knew every word on the opening UK night of the Texan R&B singer’s Americana-laden tourKhalid’s success has Generation Z stamped all over it. Not only did the 20-year-old Texan R&B singer emerge online... more info

Nialler9 — Curated artist soundtracks are a relatively new concept in the world of OST with Lorde the most notable high-profile artist to “curate” the third Hunger Games soundtrack. That release served as a nice tie-in in music marketing for a mainstr... more info

Kings of A&R — Maria Milis , the 19 year old released her first ever 4 track dreamy-atmospheric EP which details a toxic relationship.  My favorite track Bring Out The Devil In Me has a Lorde vibe, while Medusa sounds like she was hanging with Adele when she wrot... more info

Stereogum — Between Lorde not being allowed to perform her own material, the distinct lack of awards going to women, and Recording Academy president Neil Portnow's stupid comments about women needing to "step up," the Grammys haven't been doing so hot on the who... more info

Dlisted — If Lorde hadn’t lost Album of the Year to Bruno Mars at the Grammys last Sunday, she probably would have gone up stage and gushed a bit over her muse Jack Antonoff before thanking her fans. But sadly her fans never got that shout-out. They were eve... more info

Chorus.fm — Lorde took out a full page ad in the The New Zealand Herald to thank her fans. more info

New York Times — The lawsuit targets two women in New Zealand who wrote a letter urging the singer to call off a planned performance in Tel Aviv. more info

Stereogum — An Israeli legal rights group said Wednesday it is suing two New Zealanders for allegedly convincing the pop singer Lorde to cancel her performance in Israel in what appears to be the first lawsuit filed under a contentious Israeli anti-boycott law. ... more info

Stereogum — Lorde was the only female musician nominated for Album Of The Year at the Grammys on Sunday, and not coincidentally, she was also the only nominee who wasn't invited to perform her own music during the ceremony. Only 11 of the 84 awards handed out we... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The musician and Grammy nominee turned to the works of Jenny Holzer to support the Time's Up movement. It was stitched to her fiery-red Valentino gown. more info