Did The Kansas City Royals Inspire Lorde's Hit "Royals"?

Were the Kansas City Royals the inspiration behind Lorde's breakout smash "Royals"? Apparently it is, and it isn't about the hierarchy of kings and queens like we so thought. The song has been virtually inescapable this year, spending weeks on end at #1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the Hot Alternative Songs chart, and it seems that a certain Royals player inspired Lorde to write her breakout smash. In an interview she did with VH1 back in September, Lorde explained that she had seen a picture in National Geographic of a man signing baseballs wearing a jersey that said 'Royals' and she really gravitated towards that word and thought it would make for a fitting song title.

The man who she saw in the photo was none other than George Brett, who spent his entire 21 year career with the Royals and led the team to a 1985 World Series Championship over their in state rivals, the St. Louis Cardinals. I'm amazed that the song is actually about the baseball team as I'm a huge MLB fanatic, and I was actually rooting hard for the Kansas City Royals to make the playoffs this year since they haven't made it to the postseason in years and I constantly played the song as a way to subconsciously root for them to win. While they didn't make it to the postseason, I think the song is a fitting way to pay tribute to a team that has an underdog characteristic to them that is a huge quality that I admire about sports teams, and their constant undying quest to win and go against what is expected of them.