Lorde sticks it to school bullies with ultimate revenge: a 'Vogue' cover

The 20-year-old Grammy-winner flipped the bird on Twitter.
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Lorde sticks it to school bullies with ultimate revenge: a 'Vogue' cover
Lorde performs at iHeartRadio Beach Ball on Sept. 3, 2017 in Vancouver, Canada. Credit: andrew chin/Getty Images

Nothing sticks it to the jerks who teased you in school better than a Vogue cover shoot.

Monarch of hater-shaming, Lorde has landed a new Vogue cover, appearing on the October 2017 issue of Vogue Australia, out Sept. 25.

Ever the no-bullshit artist, Lorde took the opportunity to flip the bird to her schoolyard bullies, who apparently used to call her 'monobrow'.

It's Lorde's second Vogue Australia cover and third Vogue cover including one for Teen Vogue in the U.S. This time, the 20 year old was shot by photographer Nicole Bentley and styled by Vogue Australia senior fashion editor Kate Darvill.

Lorde's Vogue cover is released one day before the start of her mammoth Melodrama world tour, which kicks off on Sept. 26 in Manchester and will go for 60 dates worldwide.

We'd call two albums, a 60-date world tour and couple of Grammys at 20 years old pretty solid revenge on schoolyard jerks, but a Vogue cover is some sweet, sweet icing on the cake. Eat it, bully scum.

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Shannon Connellan
UK Editor

Shannon Connellan is Mashable's UK Editor based in London, formerly Mashable's Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives in the Creel House. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about entertainment, tech, social good, science, culture, and Australian horror.

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