Two San Francisco radio stations have issued a temporary ban on Lorde's "Royals."
San Fran fans of the New Zealand-born singer won't hear the hit on their local radio stations for the duration of the 2014 World Series. As the San Fransisco Giants go head to head with Kansas city's Royals, the song has been put in a temporary blacklist in the area.
KFOG took to their social media accounts to announce their decision, saying "No offense, Lorde, but for the duration of the World Series, KFOG Radio will be a "Royals"-free zone. We're sure you understand."
The station's program director Jim Richards spoke about the ban in an interview with the NBC Bay Area, saying "Why send any positive vibes to Kansas City? Why not give the song a rest? No one is going to get hurt over it."
96.5 KOIT, on the other hand, said the decision was made due to many requests from their listeners. The station's program director Brian Figula announced the ban on Friday, saying "Our listeners told us to do it, so we did it! As of 4 pm today we've removed Lorde-Royals from ... our playlist until the end of the World Series. Go Giants, beat the Royals!"
Meanwhile, Kansas City's 99.7 The Point answered the ban with a plan to do a heavy rotation of the song in their station. A statement from the station said they'll play the song "on the hour, every hour, from 7 am to 7 pm, Tuesday" when the World Series opens.
While it might seem superstitious and silly, the singer did mention in a previous interview that she was inspired to pen the hit song after seeing a photo of Kansas City Royals player George Brett on an old issue of the National Geographic.
"I had this image from the National Geographic of this dude just signing baseballs," Lorde told VH1. "He was a baseball player and his shirt said, 'Royals.'"
