Lorde Penned A Letter to Fans Thanking Them for “Believing in Female Musicians”

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Pie L
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Lorde at the MusiCares Person of the Year Gala in 2018.
Lorde at the MusiCares Person of the Year Gala in 2018. Photo by Stephen Lovekin/REX/Shutterstock (9335827ea)

Lorde took out an ad in The New Zealand Herald, in which she expressed her gratitude to her fans for accepting her album, Melodrama, and for their support to female artists.

Shayne Currie, the managing editor of the newspaper’s media company NZME, posted a photo of the full-page ad on Twitter Tuesday.

“Oh, hi there! I’m writing this from New York City,” the letter reads. “[My brother] Angelo and I sat in Madison Square Garden last night and saw a lot of crazy and wonderful things. I just wanted to say thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for loving and embracing Melodrama the way you did. My nomination belongs to you. Thank you, also, for believing in female musicians. You set a beautiful precedent! All my love, Lorde.”

Lorde was the only female nominee for Album of the Year at this year’s GRAMMYs but lost the award to Bruno Mars. Many viewers thought the awards night lacked representation of female artists and executives. Alessia Cara, who won the award for Best New Artist, was the only woman to win in a major category. The lack of female winners led viewers to tweet #GrammySoMale.

According to Variety, the “Royals” singer was asked to perform a part of a tribute to Tom Petty in which she declined. But her fellow male nominees – JAY-Z, Childish Gambino, Kendrick Lamar and Bruno Mars – were all offered solo performances.

Executive producer Ken Ehrlich responded on Lorde not being asked to perform solo. “I don’t know if it was a mistake,” Ehrlich said backstage, ET reports. “These shows are always a matter of choices and we know we have a box and the box gets full and the box gets filled up.”

“She had a great album,” he added. “I mean, Album of the Year is a big honor, but there is no way we can really deal with everybody. So, sometimes maybe people get left out that shouldn’t, but on the other hand, we did the best we could to put on a really balanced show.”

Following the GRAMMYs, Lorde announced her upcoming tour dates implying a message.

“If you’re debating whether or not I can murder a stage … come see it for urself,” she tweeted.