Lorde was in New Zealand this week on the first night of her tour where she performed a Te Reo Māori rendition of “Oceanic Feeling” according to NME. Te Reo Māori is the indigenous language of New Zealand. Photo Credit: Nicole Ditt.
Lorde has this Te Reo Māori version on her companion EP Te Ao Mārama to her album Solar Power. Released in 2021 including five songs from Solar Power sung in Te Reo Māori.
Showcasing her New Zealand roots is something that is important to her. She said in a newsletter to fans that it was important for her to make this EP to show who New Zealanders are.
Lorde is not Māori, but it is a culture, and way of life for a majority of people in New Zealand.
“Te ao Māori and tikanga Māori are a big part of why people who aren’t from here intuit our country to be kind of ‘magical,’ I think,” says Lorde when speaking about New Zealand.
Lorde released her fourth studio album this summer titled Virgin. Lorde’s music is inspired using traditional Māori principals as previously she said that “the sun showed her the Path on Solar Power.
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