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   16-year-old New Zealand singer Lorde is VH1’s You Oughta Know artist for September. Lorde (née Ella Yelich-O’Connor) might still be a teenaged school girl in New Zealand, but her single “Royals” has made her an international alternative music princess. “Royals” became the first song by a female artist to top the Billboard Alternative charts since Tracey Bonham cracked it 17 years ago with “Mother Mother,” and the song has also been called the fastest charting alternative song since Gotye‘s “Somebody That I Used To Know.” So what inspired the hit song that takes its own hit at the luxurious lifestyles of famous musicians? Apparently a National Geographic photo… 
   
   “I had this image from the National Geographic of this dude just signing baseballs,” Lorde told us when we sat down with her recently. “He was a baseball player and his shirt said, ‘Royals.'” Lorde was so taken by the image and the word that she penned the song around that idea. “It was just that word. It’s really cool.” 
   
   It wasn’t just a photo of a baseball player, though. Lorde is also a massive history buff and her love of the real life royals of the past also played a part in creating the song. 
   
   “Obviously I’ve had this fascination with aristocracy my whole life.” She adds, “Like, the kings and queens of 500 years ago…they’re like rock stars. If there was a TMZ 500 years ago, it would be about like Henry VIII and Marie Antoinette and all those people.” 
   
   For more information on VH1’s latest You Oughta Know artist, be sure and check out Lorde.VH1.com all month long. ||||| × San Francisco radio station bans the song “Royals” from airwaves 
   
   SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — A California radio station has banned a popular song until the conclusion of the World Series. 
   
   According to a website belonging to a San Fransico radio station, 96.5 KOIT, employees there have received numerous requests via emails and social media asking the station to ban the song “Royals” by recording artist Lorde until the “San Francisco Giants win the World Series.” 
   
   “Why are you playing Royals by Lorde still, are you a Royals supporter or Giants?” wrote one listener. 
   
   “Go Giants! KOIT why are you still playing Royals by Lorde? #gottogo” wrote another. 
   
   The program director of the station responded by saying: “Our listeners told us to do it, so we did it! As of 4pm today we’ve removed Lorde- Royals from the our playlist until the end of the World Series. Go Giants, beat the Royals!” 
   
   The first pitch for Game One of the World Series, which will occur on Tuesday, October 21, is slated for 7:07 p.m. between the Kansas City Royals and the San Francisco Giants. 
   
   CLICK HERE to hear Kansas City Royals’ own version of the song.
target: – From now until the end of the World Series, you probably won't be hearing Lorde's hit song, "Royals," playing in San Francisco. Locals have been asking the city's radio stations to ban the song until the series between the San Francisco Giants and the Kansas City Royals comes to a close, and at least two have obliged, Yahoo Sports reports. "No offense, Lorde, but for the duration of the World Series, KFOG Radio will be a 'Royals'-free zone. We're sure you understand," wrote one station on Facebook. And according to Fox 4, 96.5 KOIT has also decided to keep the song off-air for the duration of the series. Interestingly, the Kansas City Royals partially inspired the song, Lorde told VH1 last year. “I had this image from the National Geographic of this dude just signing baseballs," she explained. "He was a baseball player and his shirt said, 'Royals.' ... It was just that word. It's really cool."