Kiwi music artist Lorde will not be working with the producer of her debut album 'Pure Herione', Joel Little, for her upcoming album. Little said he wasn't producing "at this point" the follow-up to Pure Heroine, Ella Yelich O'Conner's 2013 album that netted two Grammys and turned the Devonport teen into a household name. Mr Little said back in May 2015 he'd started working on ideas with Lorde for the follow-up to Pure Heroine. But he clarified his role on the record today, saying: "We wrote together, but I'm not producing the record ... In a now deleted Instagram comment, Lorde last addressed her second album to a fan who asked her why it was taking so long.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 20, 2016 06:00 UTC