Lorde posts heartfelt apology for 'extremely poorly chosen' Instagram caption
Lorde has apologised to fans after Instagramming a photo of a bathtub captioned with a Whitney Houston lyric.
Lorde posted a photo of a bathtub on her Instagram alongside the words "and iiiii will always love you"—a lyric from "I Will Always Love You." Whitney Houston's version of the song—penned by Dolly Parton in 1973—became a huge hit after it featured on the soundtrack of The Bodyguard in 1992.
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But, the coupling of the image and its caption prompted fans to criticise Lorde for being "insensitive." Whitney Houston was found dead in a bathtub in 2012. The autopsy report revealed her death was caused by drowning and "effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use."
Lorde's post has since been deleted, but not before Whitney fans tweeted screenshots of the post, calling the choice of caption "disgusting."
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Others rushed to Lorde's defence, stating that the caption was a "very bad coincidence."
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Lorde posted a prompt apology on her Instagram Story. "Extremely extremely poorly chosen quote," wrote Lorde. "I'm so sorry for offending anyone—I hadn't even put this together, I was just excited to take a bath."
"I'm an idiot. Love Whitney forever and ever. Sorry again," she added.
Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.
