We'll Never Be Royals

This year has seen the rise of 16-year-old New Zealand singer Lorde in the music world. Helping her popularity has been her hit song, "Royals." What does any of this have to do with baseball? Well, it's recently been discovered that one of the sources of her inspiration for this song is a photograph of Hall of Famer George Brett in his Kansas City Royals uniform!

George Brett

In an interview with VH1, Lorde explained how she “had this image from the National Geographic of this dude signing baseballs. He was a baseball player and his shirt said, ‘Royals.’... It was just that word. It’s really cool.”

National Geographic has confirmed that this is the only photo in the archives of a Royals baseball player signing autographs. There you have it!