 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Apo Lorde naLittle vakapedza basa ravo rekutanga rekushandira pamwe, The Love Club EP, Maclachlan akairumbidza se chikamu chakasimba chemimhanzi, asi akanetseka kana EP yaigona kuwana purofiti nekuti Lorde yakanga isingazivikanwe panguva iyoyo. MunaNovember 2012, muimbi akazvisunungura EP kuburikidza neakaundi yake yeSoundCloud kurodha mahara. UMG yakaburitsa The Love Club munaKurume 2013 mushure mekunge yadzikiswa ka60,000, izvo zvakaratidza kuti Lorde akange akwezva vateereri vazhinji. Yakava nhamba yechipiri muNew Zealand neAustralia. Royals, iyo EPs single, yakabatsira Lorde kusimukira mukurumbira mushure mekunge yave kubudirira uye yekutengesa kubudirira, ichitengesa anopfuura mamirioni gumi mayuniti pasi rese. Yakasvika panhamba yekutanga pa Billboard Hot 100, ichiita kuti Lorde, ipapo aine makore gumi nematanhatu, ave muimbi mudiki kuwana nhamba-imwe chete muUnited States kubvira Tiffany muna 1987, uye kubvira ipapo yakasimbiswa nedhaimani neRecording Industry Association of America RIAA. Rwiyo rwacho rwakakunda mibairo miviri yeGrammy yeBest Pop Solo Performance uye Rwiyo rweGore pamhemberero yechi56. Kubva mukupera kwa2013 kusvika kutanga kwa2016, Lorde aive muhukama nemutori wemifananidzo weNew Zealand James Lowe. 