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Lorde: "85% of what I write is autobiographical"

Lorde has stated that most of her lyrics come from her own experiences.

The singer went into conversation with Bright Eyes star Conor Oberst earlier this week for the New York Times and the musicians opened up about their songwriting.

Speaking about the assumption that lyrics are autobiographical, Lorde said:

"I reckon 85 percent of what I write is autobiographical. I’ll tweak stuff if I don’t think it sounds good in the story - my friends have been like, I’m pretty sure that didn’t happen in that way. But I struggle with being too honest. I remember writing a song when I was like 15, which was on my first EP, and it had the line, 'my mother’s love is choking me', because I’d had this fight with my mum..."

Oberst said: "Did that bum her out?"

The 'Royals' star then continued: "Yeah, it’s the one thing that she hears and she always feels kind of sad about. Even though I told her so many times, I didn’t mean it, I’m sorry! It’s intense, dealing with that sort of stuff, but always wanting to just be straight up and express exactly what you were feeling."

Lorde meanwhile said in the same interview that she doesn't like connotations associated with females and pop music, with the New Zealander siding more with "faceless" artists who don't seek fame.

Watch Lorde perform live below: