In the tweet, Lorde posts a photo of Simon Runt and writes, "this man has been stalking me, photographing me and refusing me privacy. i am scared of him. he frequents central akl (Auckland)."

The teen went on to write several other tweets that stated, "this should not be an accepted standard for young women or anyone in this industry" and "i refuse to stay complicit and i refuse to stay passive about men systematically subjecting me to extreme fear."