Watch Lorde perform at her school's Battle of the Bands competition

Nowadays she may be pop’s most promising acts, with a number one single to her name already, but just a few years back Lorde was performing in a local Battle of the Bands competition – one that she didn’t even win.

Lorde represented her school, Belmont Intermediate, at the regional contest in 2009, finishing in third place. Her band at the time were named “Extreme”.

Watch a 12 year old Ella Yelich-O’Connor perform some classic rock-inspired numbers below:

[via Stereogum]