Stereogum — For two straight weeks, South Park has built jokes around the New Zealand teenage pop phenom Lorde, cooking up a strange story about how Stan’s dad Randy Marsh is actually Lorde. Apparently, Lorde is not a South Park fan, but she’s still flattere... more info

TMZ — Lorde is a 45-year old geologist ... at least according to last night's episode of "South Park" -- and the pop star has spoken out ... saying it's pretty damn weird.The episode -- named "The Cissy" -- took on transgender equality ... and Stan's dad�... more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — The BBC went all out on its tribute to "God Only Knows," the Brian Wilson-penned classic by the Beach Boys. Featuring some of the biggest voices and personalities in music, the clip covers genres, continents and galaxies as it celebrates one of the g... more info

Perez Hilton — God only knows what we'd do without this amazing cover! On Tuesday evening, BBC Music aired a very special performance of God Only Knows, a classic Beach Boys song from 1966. Big music stars like One Direction, Lorde, Kylie Minogue, Sam Smith, and El... more info

Stereogum — “Easy” is one of the highlights from Son Lux’s great 2013 album Lanterns, a song that was made even more haunting when Lorde appeared on a remix. Director David Terry Fine’s video is not for the Lorde version of the song, but it’s good and ... more info

The Telegraph — One Direction, Lorde, Sam Smith and Pharrell Williams join Brian Wilson as he performs BBC version of the Beach Boys' classic, God Only Knows more info

Stereogum — The BBC describes its new initiative BBC Music as “an ambitious wave of new programmes, innovative partnerships and ground-breaking music initiatives that amount to the BBC’s strongest commitment to music in 30 years.” To mark the launch, the m... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — About a year ago, Lorde played her last headlining L.A. concerts, at the Fonda Theatre and the Belasco. After that, she played on the Grammys telecast and at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. At each of those shows, she seemed steely and re... more info

NME — Florence Welch, Pharrell Williams, Chris Martin, Sam Smith and One Direction are also involved in the star-studded recording of the classic Beach Boys track more info