Gomez, Jepsen join Lorde's celebrity fanclub

Lorde aka Ella Yelich-O'Connor.

Selena Gomez and Carly Rae Jepsen have joined Kiwi star Lorde's growing celebrity fan club.

The two popstars have both used social media to send out praise for the teenage Kiwi singer.

Gomez posted a picture of herself sitting on a car above a lyric from Lorde's song The Love Club to her Facebook page earlier today.

The lyric reads: "I'm sitting pretty on the throne, there's nothing more I want, expect to be alone."

Jepsen sent out a tweet overnight saying she was "obsessed" with Lorde's music.

I'm obsessed with @lordemusic right now. Only 16 and totally amazing. ??

Lorde - real name Ella Yelich-O'Connor - recently won plaudits after she was a late addition to the bill at the Splendour in the Grass music festival.

She replaced Frank Ocean at the three-day Australian festival after he suffered a small tear to his vocal chord.

"In quiet awe Lorde greeted the crowd with a beaming smile and a flick of those distinctive waist-length curls," wrote fasterlouder.com.au's Sarah Smith.

"She had them in the palm of her hand mid-way through opener Bravado, in raptures when she reached Tennis Court and in love when she finally dropped Royals ...

"If she was nervous to be standing in front of 25,000 frothing fans a mere two months since playing a 300-capacity room in Melbourne, she certainly didn't show it."

Use the audio player below to listen to part of Lorde's Splendour in the Grass performance, courtesy of Triple J/YouTube:

- nzherald.co.nz