Last week Tyler, The Creator posted on his Instagram this tabloid photo of Lorde and her 24-year-old boyfriend James Lowe at the beach.

The singer responded to Tyler, The Creator's post asking him if it was supposed to get a rise out of her.

And while Lorde didn't engage with him over the photo of her at the beach with Lowe, teenagers on Twitter did.
One Direction fans are claiming that Lorde called Justin Bieber and members of One Direction ugly and are attacking Lorde and her boyfriend over it.
Lorde is full of B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T calling One Direction and Justin Beiber ugly... like her boyfriend is better... dumb ass
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@_direction_lo_
Lorde is full of B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T calling One Direction and Justin Beiber ugly... like her boyfriend is better... dumb ass
Oddly enough, though, there is no evidence that Lorde ever called Bieber or One Direction ugly, they just seemed to come up with it on their own.
how can lorde call one direction ugly, has she seen her boyfriend, hoe
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@humaaa__
how can lorde call one direction ugly, has she seen her boyfriend, hoe
why is lorde's boyfriend look like a Chinese old fart seriously #mtvstars One Direction
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@staywithpaynee
why is lorde's boyfriend look like a Chinese old fart seriously
#mtvstars One Direction
Lorde: "All of One Direction are ugly." Come back to us when your boyfriend doesn't look like PSY gone wrong.
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@dxisychainzayn
Lorde: "All of One Direction are ugly."
Come back to us when your boyfriend doesn't look like PSY gone wrong.
When couples like Lorde and Lowe violate that tacit social contract (by, you know, just liking each other a lot while being different amounts of "hot"), the response is usually swift, bewildered, and thick with disgust.Even the tweets that don't specifically mention Lowe's race, I suspect, are at least partially driven by our culture's nasty stereotyping of Asian men as unsexy and sexless.
They also don't seem to be slowing down at all.
Lorde and her boyfriend are the weirdest looking couple ever like what's going on there
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@MadisonJaco
Lorde and her boyfriend are the weirdest looking couple ever like what's going on there
Yesterday I saw a pic of Lorde and her boyfriend... I've been dying of laughter ever since WTF
Ocບne
@Ocy_b
Yesterday I saw a pic of Lorde and her boyfriend...
I've been dying of laughter ever since WTF
how can lorde call one direction ugly, has she seen her boyfriend, hoe
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@humaaa__
how can lorde call one direction ugly, has she seen her boyfriend, hoe
Omg is it just me or does Lorde's boyfriend look like one of those awkward chinese people :'D
Prabhjot kaur
@Cuteprabh1
Omg is it just me or does Lorde's boyfriend look like one of those awkward chinese people :'D
lorde and her boyfriend make me cringe, sorry
Gods&Monsters
@MillieDelRey
lorde and her boyfriend make me cringe, sorry
Lorde & her boyfriend make me uncomfortable.
06.24.13
@RosiieBiebs
Lorde & her boyfriend make me uncomfortable.
i think its nice lorde didnt leave her boyfriend because she got famous, although she should probably leave him because he's ugly as fuck
@BXZZCUTSEASON
i think its nice lorde didnt leave her boyfriend because she got famous, although she should probably leave him because he's ugly as fuck
is lorde's boyfriend an asian guy or
nigga tl
@caylencloudx
is lorde's boyfriend an asian guy or
Lorde got a boyfriend and now I want to murder that Asian bastard
Ronak
@insertstatement
Lorde got a boyfriend and now I want to murder that Asian bastard
Lorde is 16 and her boyfriend is 23. Bit of a rapist
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@_ermyperdfert
Lorde is 16 and her boyfriend is 23. Bit of a rapist
what the fuck is lorde and that chinese sort of ostrich boyfriend anyway
marie
@whosxays
what the fuck is lorde and that chinese sort of ostrich boyfriend anyway
lorde's boyfriend looks like the chinese exchange student from sixteen candles
victoria
@THUGClTY
lorde's boyfriend looks like the chinese exchange student from sixteen candles
lorde's boyfriend ew
i am med
@MorganAimee98
lorde's boyfriend ew
lorde calling the boys ugly im like excuse u ur boyfriend is so ew and the boys are so aw
kei.
@SOBSHARRY
lorde calling the boys ugly
im like excuse u ur boyfriend is so ew
and the boys are so aw
Lorde never called Justin Bieber or One Direction ugly, but she has been critical of the pop stars. She has called One Direction overrated before and said this about Justin Bieber:
