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(Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images for NARAS) NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 28: Recording artist Lorde, dress detail, attends the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Madison Square Garden on January 28, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images for NARAS) Lester Cohen—Getty Images for NARAS by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jan 29, 2018 6:48 PM UTC Lorde may not have taken home any of the top prizes at [Sunday night’s Grammy Awards](http://time.com/5119621/grammys-2018-recap/?iid=sr-link3), but she still aced the night. The artist was in the spotlight after skipping the red carpet and the stage when she did not give audiences a solo performance [nominated album](http://time.com/5122724/kendrick-lamar-bruno-mars-grammys/?iid=sr-link3), _Melodrama_, unlike the other album of the year nominees, who were all men. But Ella Yelich-O’Connor, a.k.a. Lorde, proved that she didn’t need to say a word to make her feelings about the night known. While many attendees wore white roses to show solidarity with the #TimesUp movement, Lorde arrived at the show wearing a red dress adorned with an excerpt of artist Jenny Holzer’s _Inflammable Essays_ on the back of her dress, which [she posted on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/BehB27UHojJ/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed). “My version of a white rose — THE APOCALYPSE WILL BLOSSOM — an excerpt from the greatest of all time, jenny holzer,” Lorde wrote in her caption. That wasn’t her only accessory, though. Lorde paired her red dress with a matching flask, which she used to applaud the many, many men who [ took home awards](http://time.com/5122250/grammys-2018-winners-list/?iid=sr-link4). The internet fell in love with the image, calling Lorde both a “[mood](https://twitter.com/emmanialll/status/957782864954839040)” and a “[true queen](https://twitter.com/Olidavs3/status/957816072434061313)” for her fashion statement, which made her feelings known, without saying a word. > [](https://twitter.com/musicnewsfact/status/957783261622644738) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5123187/grammys-2018-lorde-outfit/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5123187/grammys-2018-lorde-outfit/"},"headline":"Lorde Made a Sneaky But Powerful Statement With Her Grammys Outfit Without Saying a Word","datePublished":"2018-01-29T18:48:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:10.669Z","description":"Lorde knows how to make a statement without saying a word","url":"https://time.com/5123187/grammys-2018-lorde-outfit/","keywords":["Newsfeed","awards","Music","grammys","Lorde","grammys2018"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7452632ff760680/6988f9d8ab6d77b8386b1884/gettyimages-911531136.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7452632ff760680/6988f9d8ab6d77b8386b1884/gettyimages-911531136.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"60th Annual GRAMMY Awards - Roaming Show","caption":"60th Annual GRAMMY Awards - Roaming Show","creditText":"Lester Cohen—Getty Images for NARAS","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/5123187/grammys-2018-lorde-outfit/","name":"Lorde Made a Sneaky But Powerful Statement With Her Grammys Outfit Without Saying a Word"}}]}] ```