Lorde has revealed that she turned down the chance to support Katy Perry on her upcoming Prismatic tour.

The singer told Kyle Sandilands' radio show that she would rather perform her own headline shows than open up for someone else.

The 17-year-old New Zealander put this down to being too "stubborn" and "independent".

She said: "I think in the really early stages of any artist’s career it’s important for them to establish themselves for themselves. I’m just basically really stubborn and I want to be really independent and so I wanted to be headlining my own shows as opposed to supporting someone else."

Lorde was also questioned by so-called 'shock jock' Sandilands about her blossoming relationship with Taylor Swift, with the radio man asking:

"I see you guys’ pictures everywhere are you guys together now? Not together as in lesbians, I’m not talking about 'Ellen together', I’m talking about, like you guys are friendly right?"

She then answered: "What do you mean you’re not talking about 'Ellen together', is there something wrong with lesbians?"

Sandilands responded: "Oh my god no, I would love that! Are you going to confirm now you’re in a lesbian relationship with her?"

Lorde then concluded: "Don't even try it."

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