Despite being the song that ignited her career, Lorde has admitted that she’s not a fan of her own biggest hit.

During an interview with the Daily Record Lorde gave her scathing opinion on the original release of ‘Royals’.

The teenage Grammy winner said: “I listen to people covering the song and putting their own spin on it, and I listen to it in every single form except the original one I put out, and I realise that actually it sounds horrible.”

Still talking about her million-selling song she stated: “It sounds like a ringtone from a 2006 Nokia. None of the melodies are cool or good. It's disastrous. Awful… But for the same reason, in the context of the way I released it, it just worked out.”

Lorde – real name Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor – also recently spoke about her early struggle with performing live.

Watch the video for ‘Royals’ below: