United Kingdom, Oct. 22 -- Lorde is relishing the "rawness" of her UltraSound tour.

The 28-year-old singer is performing at high-profile venues such as Madison Square Garden and the Kia Forum as part of her UltraSound tour, and Lorde has explained why she's taken the unusual step of doing her outfit changes on stage.

She told Variety: "I liked the idea of the audience getting to see that change, because it's a very simple change.

"You know, a belt comes off, jeans come off, a T-shirt comes off. And it becomes this different thing. It just fit with the rawness and the intimacy to do it in front of people. I tried to hold up all these tropes of an arena show and be like, why is it like that? How can we keep the tension?

"I didn't think ...