Lorde says her raunchy Solar Power artwork is now an 'iconic image' and insists that she has no regrets over the half-naked photo of her derrière
Lorde went viral in June after posing half-naked on the cover of her comeback single, Solar Power.
And the Kiwi songstress has no regrets about baring her derrière to the world.
During an appearance on The Project on Thursday, the 24-year-old said that the artwork has now become iconic in pop culture.
'It's sexy': Lorde opened up about her raunchy Solar Power single cover, calling the artwork 'iconic' during an interview on The Project on Thursday
'I always loved that photo, it feels so playful and confident and free,' she told host Lisa Wilkinson.
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'It's a little bit sexy and I love it. I think it's a totally iconic image, I would wear it on a T-shirt,' she added.
The Royals singer previously shared that she kicked body-image issues 'out of the conversation' during her teenage years.
'I always loved that photo, it feels so playful and confident and free,' she told host Lisa Wilkinson
The 24-year-old, who released her debut album, Pure Heroine, in 2013, has revealed she made a conscious effort to distance herself from body-image issues during her younger years because she 'didn't want people to be talking' about her in that way.'
She said: 'I sort of kicked that out of the conversation. I was pretty intent about that. I didn't want people to be talking about what my body looked like. I was a kid.
'And I really wasn't "in" my body. As a teenager, you kind of wear your body like an outfit that doesn't fit yet.'
Lorde, who is releasing her long-awaited new album Solar Power this week, is ultimately glad she decided to approach the issue how she did, acknowledging that her body 'is not a big centre of curiosity now'.
Viral: Lorde went viral in June after posing half-naked on the cover of the single
She told the Irish Times newspaper: 'It definitely was something I very specifically did not invite. I think it all worked out. How my body looks is not a big centre of curiosity now, which I think is in part because of the grounding I lay as a teenager.
'So, yeah, I feel good about baby me doing that for future me.'
Lorde hasn't released an album in four years and admits returning to the spotlight after so long took some readjustment.
The pop star, whose real name is Ella Yelich-O'Connor, explained: 'This is a huge adjustment for me. All of a sudden people are touching me and looking and me. It's their job to have me looking a certain way.
'This new focus on my physicality is always a big adjustment. It's so strange to me.'
Confident: The songstress also showed off her fit physique in the Solar Power music video
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