by Hannah MarderBuzzFeedBuzzFeed StaffI'm a Senior Staff Writer based in New York City, where I've been covering classic BuzzFeed-style content since 2020. 1. Lorde broke on to the music scene in a big way at just 17 years old with "Royals," but that doesn't mean she likes it! She said she understood why it was a hit, but groaned when talking about it, calling the melody "just not as good as something I could have written now" and the song "a bit of a relic." She also called herself "naive" when she wrote it, especially due to criticisms of racism in the song.