Lorde Finally Met Her Inspiration for the Song "Royals," George Brett

ESPN - Lorde has finally met George Brett, the inspiration for her hit song “Royals.” 

A story that started with the click of a shutter before a baseball game in 1976 came full circle in Las Vegas on Tuesday night, when Lorde met Brett, the baseball Hall of Famer whose photo in an old magazine helped launch her singing career.

In case you don't know the story: A teenage girl in New Zealand, aspiring to a music career, comes across Ted Spiegel's photo of George Brett in a 1976 issue of National Geographic. The photo of a young, smiling Brett in his home Royals jersey, surrounded by autograph seekers holding brand-new baseballs, inspires the girl's song about missing out on the lifestyles of the rich and famous. The song becomes a worldwide hit, wins multiple Grammy awards, and turns the 17-year-old girl from Auckland into a star.

When a hoped-for meeting in March didn't materialize, the Royals sent Lorde an autographed Brett jersey. This time, she got to meet her inspiration in person -- and tied a bow on a story that took 38 years and two continents to complete. 

So in case anyone was unaware of this, Lorde's inspiration for naming her song Royals came from seeing this photo of George Brett:

which seems pretty fucking ridiculous to me. I mean yeah, it's a cool picture of our Buddy Jorge, but it's got me thinking is this what all musicians do? They get some serious writer's block and look at pictures to help inspire them? Why hasn't a song been written about me yet then? I have a TON of great pictures of me. In fact, I'll take some right now to prove it.

Here's a song that could be called: "Overweight Aspiring Blogger is Depressed Over His Lack of Job Prospects"

Here's another song that could be called, "Just Spotted Some Thin Mints!"

This last one can only really be called, "Cat."

(I had to make it with arrows, but you get the idea.)

So here ya go Lorde, there's some fresh new material for you to name your songs after. Have your call people call my people (my mom) and we'll see where it goes.

PS - Be on the lookout for my parody of "Royals" called "Hungry" based on this photo of Mike Tyson.

PPS - Do people think Lorde is hot? Or is she one of those girls where her friends say, "she has a great voice and personality!" I'm thinking the latter. Don't get me wrong I would, but only for the story.