--- title: Lorde's Uber Driver Loved Driving a Different Celebrity description: Kiwi pop star Lorde went unrecognized in an Uber on Tuesday — because her driver was starstruck from a different celebrity passenger. canonical: https://time.com/4425153/lordes-uber-driver-is-pumped-about-famous-people-who-arent-lorde/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-26T21:50:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:49.460Z og:title: Lorde’s Uber Driver Is Only Pumped About Other Famous People og:description: The Aussie singer's driver was starstruck from a different celebrity passenger. og:url: https://time.com/4425153/lordes-uber-driver-is-pumped-about-famous-people-who-arent-lorde/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lorde’s Uber Driver Is Only Pumped About Other Famous People twitter:description: The Aussie singer's driver was starstruck from a different celebrity passenger. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Lorde’s Uber Driver Is Pumped About Famous People Who Aren't Lorde  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 26, 2016 9:50 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 26, 2016 9:50 PM UTC Breakout Kiwi pop star Lorde is pretty famous; [she’s a Grammy winner](http://time.com/2133/twitter-couldnt-stop-talking-about-lorde-at-the-grammy-awards/?iid=sr-link8), a bona fide member [of Taylor Swift’s girl squad](http://time.com/3956960/taylor-swift-1989-tour-lorde-royals/?iid=sr-link1), and [a teen icon](http://time.com/3486048/most-influential-teens-2014/?iid=sr-link2). But for better or worse, not everyone recognizes the [generally low-key](http://time.com/4073724/lorde-fan-questions-tumblr/?iid=sr-link9) 19-year old. In fact, while taking an Uber on Tuesday, she tweeted that her driver was actually starstruck by some _other_ celebrity passenger that he’d also had the privilege of chauffeuring, just before picking up Lorde. > [](https://twitter.com/lorde/status/758005079643258880) Lorde, who’s known [for trying to keep it real](http://time.com/43699/not-so-flawless-lorde-protests-photoshopping/?iid=sr-link2), took the whole thing in stride with some tongue-in-cheek humor. > [](https://twitter.com/lorde/status/758005657790361600) > [](https://twitter.com/lorde/status/758006916773576704) Her amusing tweets also frankly sound like her song lyrics, which tend to be both cuttingly honest and poetic. (Remember “Royals?”) Lorde, we’re waiting for your sophomore album — and if your offhand Twitter musings are anything to go by, we know it’s going to be a good one. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4425153/lordes-uber-driver-is-pumped-about-famous-people-who-arent-lorde/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4425153/lordes-uber-driver-is-pumped-about-famous-people-who-arent-lorde/"},"headline":"Lorde’s Uber Driver Is Pumped About Famous People Who Aren't Lorde","datePublished":"2016-07-26T21:50:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:34:49.460Z","description":"\"I can tell our ride, by comparison, sparkles significantly less for him\"","url":"https://time.com/4425153/lordes-uber-driver-is-pumped-about-famous-people-who-arent-lorde/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrities","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4425153/lordes-uber-driver-is-pumped-about-famous-people-who-arent-lorde/","name":"Lorde’s Uber Driver Is Pumped About Famous People Who Aren't Lorde"}}]}] ```