Lorde performing a surprise set at Glastonbury last month

Lorde has opened up about a debilitating eating disorder that she says prevented her from making music.

The New Zealand-born performer recently unveiled her fourth album Virgin, which became the first of her career to top the UK charts.

However, during a new interview with BBC Radio 1, the Green Light singer admitted that making the album initially proved difficult while she was still dealing with her eating disorder.

“All I was thinking about was trying to weigh as little as possible,” she explained. “Going to sleep thinking about food, waking up thinking about food and exercise – that was my creative pursuit.”

Lorde added that when she entered recovery, she began to feel creative again.

The Grammy winner first publicly alluded to her eating disorder when she contributed her verse to a new version of Charli XCX’s Brat cut Girl, So Confusing last year, on which the two stars sang about their........

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