Backbeat Parties Over Heard: Lorde's Encore Snub, New Future Material

One time only: At the first of Lorde's back-to-back headlining shows at New York's Webster Hall on Sept. 30, Lava Records president Jason Flom watched from the VIP balcony and fielded congratulations by other onlookers as the 16-year-old pop prodigy ended the set with her "Pure Heroine" closer "A World Alone." The biggest surprise of the night: Despite loud cries for an encore, Lorde did not return to the stage, and never played her new single, "Team." Flom explained to Billboard that Lorde dislikes encores and never performs them.