New York, Sep 8 (TIWN) New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde's scheduled performance at the MTV Video Music Awards on September 12 has been cancelled. "Due to a change in production elements, Lorde can no longer perform," the VMAs tweeted.

Lorde's 'Solar Power' arrived last month. Her video for the title track is nominated for Best Cinematography at the VMAs.  This is the second time that Lorde elected not to sing at the VMAs. In 2017, battling a nasty flu, Lorde instead danced her way through her song 'Homemade Dynamite'. In a since-deleted tweet recalled by Deadline, Lorde said of the performance, "you can't tell in these pictures but i have the flu so bad i needed an IV #showgoeson #cutelilproppedupcorpse."