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Lorde's Asian boyfriend is target of racist Twitter rants
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Dec 17, 2013
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Lorde's Asian boyfriend is target of racist Twitter rants
Lorde is a young and talented singer from New Zealand who's hit, "Royals", has been nominated for a Grammy for Record of the Year. But lately there's been almost as much buzz about her dating life as there is her music.
New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde with her rumored boyfriend, James Lowe.
New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde with her rumored boyfriend, James Lowe.
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Lorde is a young and talented singer from New Zealand who's hit, "Royals", has been nominated for a Grammy for Record of the Year. But lately there's been almost as much buzz about her dating life as there is her music.

Lorde is a young and talented singer from New Zealand who's hit, "Royals", has been nominated for a Grammy for Record of the Year. But lately there's been almost as much buzz about her dating life as there is her music.

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KPCC's Josie Huang wrote about this at KPCC.org and she joins us now.