Photo: Twitter, Lorde
After bringing The Weeknd on stage in New York, Taylor Swift invited Lorde on stage in Washington D.C. last night to perform 'Royals'. Watch it below.
Following on from her UK tour last month, including a massive Hyde Park gig as part of British Summertime, Swift is currently midway through her US stadium tour. Last night, that tour stopped off at Washington D.C's Nationals Park.
Part way through the show, Swift said to the crowd, "We talked earlier of the potential, if you kept up your awesomeness, for a potential surprise. It's a really good one. Maybe I'll give you some hints to see if you can guess it before I say who it is. Hint No.1 - this artist flew 19 hours from her hometown to be here to perform for you."
After a little more teasing, Swift brought out the New Zealand singer, who (along with most female celebrities under 30) is close friends with the singer, to perform her breakout single 'Royals'.
Watch Taylor Swift and Lorde perform 'Royals' below
Later, Lorde took to Twitter to show how pleased she was to have joined Swift, who released her fifth album, 1989, last year.
just laughing like "this is our job how lucky are we/this stadium is so loud and pretty/we are best buds/KILLING IT" pic.twitter.com/wNXNkLapFV
— Lorde (@lordemusic) July 14, 2015
i'm gonna talk more about the show when i see it in full tomorrow.. be prepared for live tweeting and/or a long reference-heavy tumblr post
— Lorde (@lordemusic) July 14, 2015
but seriously, @taylorswift13 is the leader of a great and beautiful galaxy that i'd live in forever
— Lorde (@lordemusic) July 14, 2015
Lorde is currently working on her "exciting, scary" new album after splitting from manager Scott Maclachlan in May.
