Most pop stars are, entirely reasonably, done with proximity to fans and their bad behaviour. Billie Eilish would be within her rights to never do a barrier walk again after being violently grabbed in Miami last month. Ariana Grande was also jumped on by a fan on the red carpet last week.
So it was with an astounding amount of trust that Lorde put on a light-up jacket and descended from the stage of The O2 in London at the end of her Ultrasound Tour set and walked slowly and calmly through the crowd performing David from her latest album Virgin. “I don’t belong to anyone,” she sang to her camera operator, before climbing up a podium to get the whole crowd dancing to an encore of A World Alone and Ribs from her first album Pure Heroine.
