Lorde paid tribute to Kanye West during a concert in his hometown of Chicago
by singing a capella covers of his songs, “Love Lockdown” and “Runaway” on Tuesday night.
The New Zealand pop singer, who’s currently on her Melodrama tour following her album of the same name, gave a shoutout to West and Chi-town’s residents before launching into her covers.
“Thanks Chicago! It must be nice to come from the same place as Kanye West,” she said.
The two artists are friendly, having collaborated on a remix of “Yellow Flicker Beat” together in 2014. Lorde has also said that West is her “idol” and was one of the celebrities in attendance at his Yeezy Season 2 presentation.
See Lorde’s Kanye covers below.
Lorde just went acapella on “Love Lockdown”
— Corbin Reiff (@CorbinReiff) March 28, 2018
“Thanks Chicago! It must be nice to come from the same place as Kanye West.” pic.twitter.com/vSZApBTYql
Lorde performing a cover of Runaway. @lorde @TeamKanyeDaily @ComplexMusic pic.twitter.com/Gtn0yJ0bTD
— Esco (@CadillacGabe) March 28, 2018