The original was removed from youtube, and this new version only has a snippet of audio. 

The surprises keep coming from Jack White on his Lazaretto tour.

After covering Jay Z’s “99 Problems” at a recent stop, the reigning king of the blues covered New Zealand pop-princess Lorde’s chart topper, but with a decidedly Whitean touch.

At the same stop, he brought a fan on stage to play Seven Nation Army with the band. Looks like White might be doing a little community outreach after the recent spate of bad press.

Maybe it’s just the bro in me, but I kind of like Diplo. It’s not that I listen to his stuff everyday, but I have had a lot of fun at Diplo shows over the years.

Today, he released the “Andre Agassi Remix” of Lorde’s “Tennis Courts,” and it’s a bass heavy groove laden mid-set kind of jam.

This isn’t going to be the highlight of the set, but it’ll be on a lot of your friends’ late-summer mix-tapes.

How stoked are you? Vote below!

New Zealand singer Lorde announced plans to return to North America this fall today, including a stop at Austin City Limits festival in October.

Considering her first single, “Royals,” is now quadruple platinum and the fact that she won “Song of the Year” and “Best Pop Solo Performance” awards at the 2014 Grammy Awards, I’d say we can expect this tour to sell out with a quickness.

Lorde 2014 Tour Dates:
08/01 – Lollapalooza – Chicago, IL
08/03 – Osheaga – Montreal, QC
09/05 – Mann Center – Philadelphia, PA
09/06 – Boston Calling Festival – Boston, MA
09/07 – Artpark – Lewiston, NY
09/11 – Ottawa Folk Festival – Ottawa, ON
09/12 – TD Echo Beach – Toronto, ON
09/14 – JBL Live at Pier 97 – New York, NY
09/15 – United Palace – New York, NY
09/16 – United Palace – New York, NY
09/18 – The Red Hat Amphitheater – Raleigh, NC
09/22 – Grand Ole Opry House – Nashville, TN
09/23 – LC Pavilion – Columbus, OH
09/24 – Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica – Cleveland, OH
09/26 – BMO Harris Pavilion – Milwaukee, WI
09/27 – Harrah’s Casino, Stir Grove – Council Bluffs, IA
09/28 – 1STBANK Center – Broomfield, CO
09/30 – The Joint – Las Vegas, NV
10/02 – Greek Theatre – Berkeley, CA
10/06 – Greek Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
10/09 – Santa Barbara Bowl – Santa Barbara, CA
10/10 – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theater – San Diego, CA
10/10 – 10/12 @ Austin City Limits – Austin, TX (Weekend 2 only)

In one of those rare, oddly public heart-to-heart’s that artists with mutual admiration can sometimes have, The New York Times facilitated a conversation between current teen obsession Lorde and the most popular person on every Make Out Club member’s freebie list, Conner Oberst.

In what is a very honest insight into their songwriting process, when asked if she writes on guitar or piano, Lorde admits, “I can’t play guitar; I am pretty bad at piano. I just bought a bunch of vintage Casiotone synths, because you can only play two keys at once.”

The two share sentiments about being labeled “young” musicians (Conner was 13 when he started releasing records with what would become Saddle Creek), and the woes of making “shirts with your name on it.”

Lorde — who’s real name is Ella Yelich-O’Connor — says she’d always wanted to be a faceless electronic musician, but felt she could be more successful as someone “that people could attach thoughts to.”

Read the full text of the conversation here.