She was performing new music from her upcoming album, 'Melodrama.'
While Lorde debuted some new material on Saturday Night Live, her wild, hair-flinging dance during her performance of "Green Light" had everybody talking, and drawing some comparisons to Elaine's "little kicks" dance on Seinfeld.
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Fans took to Twitter to ridicule the New Zealand singer by posting jokes about the routine online.
my mom said Lorde's dancing on SNL looked like Elaine's from Seinfeld.
— MiKayla J. (@awkwardblab) March 12, 2017
she was right pic.twitter.com/4Z9RAWwbMe
Lorde dances like Elaine but in a good way and is too young to know what that means. #SNL
— Karen DaltonBeninato (@kbeninato) March 12, 2017
Lorde went to the Elaine Benes School of Dancing. #SNL
— soros makes me tweet (@Nick_McGurk) March 12, 2017
Just now watching SNL and realizing Lorde dances just like Elaine from Seinfeld. https://t.co/t8FMC68qYY pic.twitter.com/ji3ZiLDDUf
— Jason Spooner (@jasonspooner) March 13, 2017
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who famously portrayed Elaine, has not commented on Lorde’s moves, but took the opportunity to share a video of her character's ridiculous dance, but for a different reason.
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After her son, Charlie Hall, made it to the NCAA tournament with Northwestern University’s men’s basketball team, she tweeted the iconic move from Seinfeld with the caption: “We're going to the dance, boys!"
We're going to the dance, boys! @NUMensBball making history! #proud #B1GCats #poundtherock #NCAA @marchmadness pic.twitter.com/TpuoqtvxRV
— Julia Louis-Dreyfus (@OfficialJLD) March 12, 2017
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