She skipped the Grammys red carpet on Sunday amid claims she wasn’t offered a solo performance spot.
And Lorde, 21, appeared to throw shade at event organisers in a cryptic tweet on Monday.
The New Zealand songstress, who was nominated for Album of the Year, told fans that she’s all too happy to prove her haters wrong on her upcoming Melodrama tour.
Cryptic tweet: Lorde appeared to throw shade at the Grammys in a cryptic tweet on Monday
Subtle shade: The 21-year-old told fans that she’s all too happy to prove her haters wrong on her upcoming Melodrama tour
‘IF YOU’RE DEBATING WHETHER OR NOT I CAN MURDER A STAGE… COME SEE IT FOR URSELF,’ she tweeted along with a link to her website.
It comes after Recording Academy President Neil Portnow and Grammys executive producer Ken Elrich explained why the two-time Grammy winner was not offered a solo spot.
‘I don’t know if it was a mistake. These shows are always a matter of choices, and we know we have a box and the box gets full and filled up,’ Ehrlich said, according to Billboard.
‘She had a great album, album of the year is a big honor, but there’s no way we can really deal with everybody. Sometimes people get left out that shouldn’t, but on the other hand, we did the best we can to make sure that it’s a representative and balanced show.’
A bit Melodrama-tic! On Sunday, TMZ reported Lorde, who was the only female nominated for Album of the Year, felt insulted after only being offered the option to perform as part of the late Tom Petty tribute – while all other nominees were invited to perform solo
Portnow added: ‘… Every year is different, we can’t have a performance from every nominee—we have over 80 categories. ‘
On Sunday, TMZ reported Lorde, who was the only female nominated for Album of the Year, felt insulted after only being offered the option to perform as part of the late Tom Petty tribute.
The site also claimed all other nominees were offered the opportunity to perform solo.
Statement dress: Lorde wore a feminist poem on the back of her designer dress at the Grammys after refusing to perform because she wasn’t offered a solo performance spot like her fellow male nominees
Three fellow nominees, Bruno Mars (who took home the gong), Childish Gambino and Kendrick Lamar are expected to hit the stage however, Jay-Z, declined the offer.
It comes after Lorde’s mother Sonja Yelich took to Twitter to throw some shade at the Grammys over the suspicious snub.
And the winner is: Fellow Album of the Year nominee Bruno Mars won the award
A slap in the face? TMZ reports the two-time Grammy award winner, who’s the only female nominated for Album of the Year, felt insulted after only being offered the option to perform as part of the late Tom Petty tribute
The 52-year-old tweeted out an article from the New York Times about the gender disparity between nominees, with the Times citing a report that claimed that out of the 899 people nominated at the last six Grammy Awards, only 9 percent were women.
The article also pointed out that Lorde was the only female artist nominated for Album of the Year this year, but isn’t scheduled to perform.
Tweeting out the article to her thousands of followers, Sonja cryptically wrote: ‘This says it all.’
Don’t mess with mama bear! It comes after Lorde’s mother Sonja Yelich took to Twitter to throw some shade at the Grammys over the suspicious snub
‘This says it all!’ The 52-year-old tweeted out an article from the New York Times about the gender disparity between Grammy nominees over the years, possibly implying that sexism could be behind Lorde’s Grammy snub
A recent report in Variety claims that all the male artists in the Album of the Year category -Childish Gambino, Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, and Bruno Mars – were offered solo performance slots.
Variety goes on to say that Lorde was offered to perform in a Tom Petty tribute but declined.
Daily Mail Australia has reached out to Sonja for comment.
Left out: A report in Variety this week claims that all the male artists in the Album of the Year category were offered solo performance slots, while Lorde was only offered a spot in a tribute performance to the late Tom Petty
Lorde previously performed at the 2014 Grammys, where she picked up Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo performance for her hit Royals.
The 60th Annual Grammy Awards are set to air on Sunday, January 28 (U.S. time).
Official performers at the show include Sting, U2, Pink, Kesha, Sam Smith, Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino, SZA, Bruno Mars, Cardi B, Miley Cyrus, Little Big Town and Lady Gaga.
Will YOU be watching? The 60th Annual Grammy Awards are set to air on Sunday, January 28