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" I come from a big, loud family, and I'm the quieter one. Performing is something I have to switch on. I've heard I get real sassy onstage, which I'm not in real life! It's fun to be that person for an hour a night. "

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Words

Great

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Interviews

Never

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Fun

Amazing

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Lorde

Think

Time

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Love

Wrong

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Lorde

Think

Learning

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Lorde

World

Time

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Lorde

Friends

Parents

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Musicians

Get

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Time

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Lorde

Short

Fiction

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