Lorde Expertly Mashed Up Kanye West's 'Runaway' With One Of Her Own Songs

Lorde's Melodrama tour has proven to be a wonderful showcase for the 21-year-old's personalized fandom as much as for her own masterful songwriting. Recently, she covered Frank Ocean's "Solo" at performances, and about the time of the Grammys, she gave Carly Rae Jepsen's "Run Away With Me" her own stripped-down reinvention.


On Tuesday night (March 27) in Rosemont, Illinois (just northwest of Chicago, hometown of Kanye West), the trend continued with Lorde paying homage by way of the two very special covers of her one-time style partner — a haunting cappella "Love Lockdown" as well as a piano-assisted "Runaway."


Because she is Lorde, the two covers sound purely hers, and to be fair, that might be because "Runaway" was more of an interpolation that she used as segment of her song "Liability." However yet still, that voice! It's the same top quality that makes her singing something like The Replacements' "Swingin Party" with barely any accompaniment so eerily appropriate.


I know the complete world tour thing might make this complex, yet what if Lorde rolled up to Kanye's mountaintop recording sessions in Wyoming? Imagine the music they would make together.


it could sound a little like this photo. Never forget.


Lorde's on tour by way of the summer. You could catch the complete list of dates over at her website.