Lorde at age 12 (2009) with her school band + interview at
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- Опубліковано 5 лис 2013
- Lorde, aka Ella Yelich-O'Connor at age 12, with her Belmont Intermediate School band "Extreme" competing in the covers category of the Intermediate Schools Battle of the Bands Finals 2009 . Ella and the band are interviewed briefly at 7:58. They placed 3rd in the competition.
If you're interested in Ella's rise to fame, there's an excellent article at: www.fasterlouder.com.au/headli...
Thinking in that all those kids are sharing stage with a 4 grammys nominated. Wow.
The amazing part is who would have known. Something small could have changed in her life to steer her a completely different path. For example, if the record executive never watched this video of her. I guess that's what makes life tremendously beautiful.
she's looked 16 since she was 12... this is crazy
I love the way the blonde girl is doing the hand slaps with the audience like she was famous and she didn't know them.
Never mind the singers, look at the band. NZ is nurturing some serious talent.
when I was 12 I was so tiny and I swear I would pass for an 8 year old but she would pass for 15 I think
Lorde, age 12, still 1000x cooler than me.
Ugh I wish I was Lorde. She's so beautiful and talented and...ugh. Amazing girl.
But you are beautiful and unique. If you were Lorde, who would be you?
Natchitoches Levi
you gigolo
Natchitoches Levi smooth asf
but you're beutiful the way you are, you have your beauty, like ella. being someone else is not cool ;)
be just you it s great.-
lorde looks so much older than she is omfg
what? 12 year-old kids singing AND playing a Ronnie James DIO song? fucking badasses! lorde is the best thing to happen to mainstream pop music in ages!
Leon Jacobs at Belmont Intermediate does a phenomenal job with the rock band kids. Every year Belmont would churn out fantastic classic rock like this. Search for Intermediate Battle of the Bands 2009, you'll find some other good stuff :)
See, this is what happens when you introduce your kids to awesome music when their young.
The bass player is killing it! How come nobody else is commenting on how great he is?!?!?!?
yep slays the bottom end
That drummer is solid.
She's beautiful.
Ik this is like 6years old but but was 12... chill nonce
She came from this stage 4 years ago and now look at her... Shes on the world stage.
I am listening to a 12 years of age band and they are very good. what is going on here??? these THEY ARE 12 YEARS OLD!!!!! I own a LORDE CD and she was 16 when she released it. i have to give respect to these kids lol
I think her movements are quite childish in this video, she was a 12 year old having fun, but now i think she truly feels her music,and her movements are what comes out of everything she is holding inside and trying to say through her songs. I don't think it's a way to win public or something like that, in that case she would do some cute little dance or something more attractive. Actually i think she acts very natural on stage nowadays.
Really interesting to see how mature she was at12. I would have guessed 18-24. Love her music, hope her popularity continues on over the years.
Lorde should do a catch up with this band. Would be great to hear them all again. Such talent from nz!
They never had awesome contests like this at my school lol.
Jesus when I was 12 I look ugly af and look at lorde
Even back then you could see Lorde’s potential... she has what is referred to as the ‘it’ factor - an undeniable stage presence and charisma, not to mention her genuine talent as an artist and songwriter which is the most important. Also, why didn’t my school have cool young people who appreciated good music like this? 😭
What a great performance from all of them. THIRD??? What the heck was better than that?
Her whole band is talented beyond imagination...seriously WOW!!mind blown!!
she moves the same way, LOL!
If you move forward in this video to 7:58 there's an interview with Ella and the band.
WONDER if she is still friends with her band lol
She used to go to my school, BIS.
She wrote a little Tumblr post back then about how they used to chill and she would listen to them chat about Pokemon (:
imagine being the girl singing with Lorde and her getting big from this video and you just sitting at home
She definetly acted A LOT more crazier than she does now like she is SOOOO mature now she was into ROCK when she was 12 and she is into Pop but I LOVE HER TO DEATH!!!!
She had the weird dance at 12?????????? I love her even more now!!!!!!
wow she really has great stage presence
I feel bad for the keyboard person who had to just stand there clapping awkwardly.
Trueeee
She is very very very young but she has an old soul...
I' m in compelte awe right now SHES AMAZING NOW JUST LIKE WHENEVER SHE 12 YRS OLD I'M IMPRESSED! :D
Lorde looks the same .in a good way
She's one year older than me and she's 17 right now. She really has a unique voice.
That's crazy that she was so talented at such a young age. I pray that Ella doesn't sell her soul like most of mainstream music.
This was so good. I liked the second song they sang.
She don't look 12 O.o
and now she looks like shes 30. i wonder if she had a rough childhood
Autumn D.
Maybe reading a 1000 books by the age of 12 does that ;) But what a great result eh.I think she's a camelion she looks different in every clip.Where she's not made up she looks younger.
haha yeah i guess there really is a such thing as studying too much
Autumn D. I had a friend who looked like she was 25 when she was 12.. it does happen
Kate ikr
Little Queen B,rocking out!! Thanks for uploading this.
Canada loves Lorde :)
Man, I love Rainbow, Dio etc and I worship this girl... without trying to be some obsessed fan, she is divine!
Unbelievable cool performance from such young kids!
Awww fetus Ella
Even at 12 she was amazing go new Zealand's lorde!!! I'm from nz
born to rock
When I was sure that I can't love her even more, she is singing a Rainbow song. I can't even-
A Lorde está tão linda. Desde cedo mostrando como é talentosa. O estranho só é a extraordinária mudança dela para o que é hoje. De qualquer forma, Ella/Lorde é incrível!
The early stages of the twitching
It’s called feeling the music try it sometime
Wow they are cool for young people.
Back when she was only 32 years old.
This looks like lorde when she's 17, but now she looks 25-30 lol. But she still pretty and I love her 😎
When the band members introduce themselves near the end of the video, I feel like they might as well be going "Isaac, Connor, Gavin, Tom, multi-million-selling pop star, Sophie, and Evelyn."
Loved this. Interesting how her body language changed through the years.
OMG this lorde looks more superficial and like an average teenage girl. I mean don't get me wrong, I like that too, but now she is more learned and thanks to that she could write those amazing songs
David m
Hayst ty for this... I know that she's not 40+ years old... She's young all the way
thanks for the video! it does looks to be her! wow!
Her dance in this video was cute and like a rocker, but now she's changed a lot. Love Lorde.
These kids def rocked~hopefully, some of them can follow in her footsteps...Cool vid!
this video is a GEM.
She looks so pretty.
Awww she looks so cute!!!
Wow, even here she does not look or sound her age. She's so mature for her age, I am jealous.
I did NOT look like that at 12. Lol
So, she's always been awesome!
OMG my gurl, she's awesome
She's awesome
Ella Yellich-O'Connor i love her so much! I'm from indonesia
I love the drummer boyXD
that's 12 y.o Lorde?? Really??
LOVE YOU ELLA
amazing!!! :-)
greatings from austria!
I'm just glad we're past this early 2000's fashion.
Cute:-)my idol is so very cuuuuuttteee!!!!!!:-):-):-):-):-)
her friend is probably so pissed she became famous
I doubt it. Why get jealous, when you can be proud!
LOOK AT THAT GUY ON THE DRUMS SKILLS HE IS AMAZING AT 4:49
Although I can guarantee none of these young musicians would have known who RJD, Richie Blackmore or The Cult was back then, the energy in their performance comes across like they ran home after school to listen to them on an old worn out record player everyday. A good mentor will always keep the greats alive!
OMG ELLA!
Woow good band for such a young age
Wow that harmony 🙌🙌🙌
I got a kick out of this! I mean I laughed, but in a good way - like loving my youth. I felt like a sick old man loving Lorde, but to see the earlier Ella was good... for her to be singing stuff from my generation before making a name for herself makes me feel better about listening to her today? ...make sense? I like the vocals, the music (the simplistic electronica, the emo' aspect, etc. - it agrees with me... it makes me dance like a hippie-punk.
Brian Bodnar you sound weird.
i'm a new zealander and if you saw how some of our girls dress you would think they way older then they look i know i got grand daughters her age and they in their young ages but if dressed up look like they in their mid teens or older but most kiwis don't care what people think of us or how we dress or look
How cool!
Her kitten heels, bless.
she changes so much, grow up fast. in 2009 she is 12 and looks like 16 years old teen girl .and she's a maturely adult in 2013 which she is 17.she might become a granny-mind woman in 2016.
I WONDER IF THEY ARE ALL STILL GOOD FRIENDS TILL THIS DAY???.
Age 16 in 2009 more likely
she is 17
No, she's a tall 12 year old here; Grade 7 US Year 8 NZ!
She need see herself on this video. so natural, i prefer than today; really
shes better at interviews at this age than now; she needs this kind of confidence back.
OMG SO CUTE HAHAHAHA
I wish my school had these band stuff
she is so cooooool
As an enormous Ronnie James Dio/Rainbow this was a downright badass surprise to see
Rock on Dio. His music lives foreverrrrrrrr!!!
I wonder what her band mates think of her current success. Especially the blonde co-lead singer girl. She must have really weird mixed emotions watching Lorde win grammys after her shift at applebees is over.
We don't have applebees in New Zealand sooo more like McDonalds..
Well she's only in high school so maybe she would be seeing the grammy's after school. And while she may not be famous she can still graduate and go to university and have a nice life.
That's funny. I was thinking the same thing.
All of them are super proud of her :) and the other singer is really happy for her and her success
applebees, cold as ice. lol
12? I looked like I was 10 when I was 12
She so cute at the end lol
she is so tall for a 12 year old.... i wish i was that tall
The band is great.
glad to see Christine McVie is still working
I love her! She's such a spazz! love her
If you're interested in more of Lorde's early performances back when she was 12, also check out this one of Extreme in the heats. vimeo.com/7460233