Several celebrities posted tributes to David Bowie on Monday after news of the legendary singer's death broke. Among them was New Zealand-born singer Lorde, who shared a heartfelt tribute on her Facebook page, recalling the time she met the late rocker and the impact it had on her life.
"I've never met a hero of mine and liked it. It just sucks, the pressure is too huge, you can't enjoy it," Lorde wrote about Bowie, who died on Monday following an 18-month battle with cancer.
"David was different. I'll never forget the caressing of our hands as we spoke, or the light in his eyes. That night something changed in me - I felt a calmness grow, a sureness," she said, referring to the time she was introduced to Bowie nearly two years ago at an event honoring Bowie's close friend Tilda Swinton, according to Rolling Stone. "I realized I was proud of my spiky strangeness because he had been proud of his. And I know I'm never going to stop learning dances, brand new dances. It's not going to change, how we feel about him. For the rest of our lives, we'll always be crashing in that same car. Thank you, David Bowie."
This isn't the first time the "Royals" singer has publicly spoken about her encounter with the late singer. In a 2014 interview with Rookie magazine, Lorde said she could "creatively die and just be happy forever" after meeting her idol.
"I never tell anyone about that experience, because it meant so much to me, and I feel like it would be dulled or something if I always talked about it in magazines or whatever. It's my special thing," she said at the time.
Read Lorde's touching tribute below:
When a hero dies, everyone wants a quote. I woke up this morning with a tender head from tears and that big red cup of...
Posted by Lorde on Monday, 11 January 2016
