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Lorde Explains Why She Abandoned Social Media · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Lord has been largely
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Speaker 1: silent on social media for quite some time now, other
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Speaker 1: than a single post earlier in the fall encouraging her
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Speaker 1: fellow New Zealanders to vote while simultaneously hinting that an
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Speaker 1: album was coming in. And she's just explained why she's
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Speaker 1: more or less ditched her online presence for good in
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Speaker 1: the new interview magazine. Turns out she came to the
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Speaker 1: conclusion she's just too sensitive for it. She says, part
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Speaker 1: of what made me peace out on social media, apart
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Speaker 1: from feeling like I was losing my free will, was
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Speaker 1: the massive amount of stress I was feeling about our planet,
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Speaker 1: about systemic racism, and about police brutality. Tuning out the
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Speaker 1: chatter also allowed her to devote more time for her
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Speaker 1: next album, and if the rumors hold true, we might
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