Popular US website Buzzfeed has hailed Kiwi singer Lorde as a future star whose talent should make Taylor Swift cry.
A post titled Listen To This Teen Singer From New Zealand Right Now from Buzzfeed staffer Rachel Sanders says Lorde, a 16-year-old North Shore student called Ella Yelich-O'Connor, is about to be a "very big deal".
It says her voice is "something like a cross between Adele and Ellie Goulding" and every song on her The Love Club EP is worth listening to repeatedly.
"And she writes her own songs (did I mention she's 16? Go cry yourself to sleep, Taylor Swift)," the post says.
It goes on to urge readers to start streaming Lorde's music on her website.
