Lorde defends teenagers

Lorde stood up for teens, especially teenage girls, in a new interview.  Here's why she thinks people worry too much about teenage girls: 

"People should stop worrying about their daughters. I don’t see a female without clothing as a terrible influence. There are worse things. Shooting people. Glorifying violence.”

She also spoke about teens in general: 

“A lot of people seem to think that all teenagers are super-misguided and not at all ambitious. [But] such a high proportion of the people my age I know are super-driven, super-focused and super-creative in a way I haven’t seen a lot of adults being."

Lorde added: 

"You can be as sophisticated and precocious as you want, but you can’t fake experience. That’s what I find endearing about the art that teenagers make. There’s something about that intensity.”