If Lorde's superstar status at the age of 17 hasn't totally intimidated you as an adult, this will do it. Proof has surfaced that the singer has been a bona fide rockstar since age 12.
The blog Consequence of Sound resurrected audio footage from 2009 of Lorde singing a stripped-down rendition of King of Leon's "Use Somebody" on an Auckland, New Zealand-based radio show (she then answered to the name Ella Yelich-O’Connor).
Even then, Lorde showcased the same powerful and haunting voice that helped launch her career and land her a gig curating the entire soundtrack to The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1.