"I can tell our ride, by comparison, sparkles significantly less for him."
Breakout Kiwi pop star Lorde is pretty famous; she’s a Grammy winner, a bona fide member of Taylor Swift’s girl squad, and a teen icon.
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But for better or worse, not everyone recognizes the generally low-key 19-year old. In fact, while taking an Uber on Tuesday, she tweeted that her driver was actually starstruck by some other celebrity passenger that he’d also had the privilege of chauffeuring, just before picking up Lorde.
uber driver currently busting a nut about the fact that there was a 'celebrity passenger' just before me
— Lorde (@lorde) July 26, 2016
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Lorde, who’s known for trying to keep it real, took the whole thing in stride with some tongue-in-cheek humor.
i can tell our ride, by comparison, sparkles significantly less for him
— Lorde (@lorde) July 26, 2016
i can feel it from the back seat, his dazed glow. he's probably now pretending that i am not here, that they are still together, and alone
— Lorde (@lorde) July 26, 2016
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Her amusing tweets also frankly sound like her song lyrics, which tend to be both cuttingly honest and poetic. (Remember “Royals?”) Lorde, we’re waiting for your sophomore album — and if your offhand Twitter musings are anything to go by, we know it’s going to be a good one.