“It’s my attempt at getting inside her head, Katniss’,” says Lorde of her new single ‘Yellow Flicker Beat’, set to appear on the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 soundtrack.
Lorde, teenage wunderkind, is curating the entire soundtrack, which is a lovely sentiment; a film about strong, brilliant teenagers expressed in music by a strong, brilliant teenager.
Teased through a series of lyrics written on her hand, on pavements and on scrap paper, the lyrics are – as per usual for Lorde – mature beyond her years. The chorus isn’t like anything from her début album Pure Heroine; it’s not danceable nor supremely catchy, but it’s epic – and something that will work perfectly in a climactic scene for the upcoming film, released in Australia November 20.
