United Kingdom, Sept. 8 -- Lorde feels "a great deal of responsibility" to her fans.

The 28-year-old star was just 16 years old when she released Pure Heroine, her debut album, back in 2013, and Lorde now admits that she struggled to cope with the pressures of fame and success during her younger years.

The Royals hitmaker - who split from music executive Justin Warren in late 2023 - told Dazed: "I feel like I had a good, healthy teen experience. I never got wasted or ran around. It wasn't that. But I did put a lot of pressure on myself. And I very quickly understood that, being in this role, you have a duty to a lot of people.

"I really felt - and feel - a great deal of responsibility. But also, in my personal life, I was around people...