On September 29th 2014, Lorde released "Yellow Flicker Beat" as the lead single from the soundtrack of The Hunger Games : Mockingjay - Part 1

 

Commercial wise, the song entered the top 40 on official charts of countries such as Australia (#25), Austria (#35), Canada (#21), Germany (#38), Hungary (#16), United States (#34)

 

"Yellow Flicker Beat" achieved its highest peak worldwide in Lorde's native New Zeland with a #4 peak. 
 

It is certified Platinum by the RIAA

 

So ATRLers, what are your thoughts a decade later ?

 

Edited September 29, 20241 yr by youngpopariana
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Prime Lorde was something unmatched 

omg i was gonna make this thread later today 

 

A CLASSIC . 

 

she literally curated and compiled a whole soundtrack album for a movie when she was 17 whew...

 

lyrics of this song perfectly matches the movie with describing the rise of Katniss Everdeen and it was acclaimed & got nominated for a Golden Globe too  

 

 

 

8 minutes ago, shoganai said:

Prime Lorde was something unmatched 

she was 17 when this song was out and she's 27 now with just 3 albums... she's young we don't even know if she had her prime yet she has so many things to try 

Amazing song

1 hour ago, shoganai said:

Prime Lorde was something unmatched 

400 Lux from her debut is her best song imo !

Edited September 29, 20241 yr by youngpopariana

This song made me fall in love with her music for the first time. Still one of my favorite songs.

Spoiler

And the Kanye rework regrettably slaps but the original is still better

 

She should've won that Golden Globe…

I'd totally forgotten about this song and how good it is. The humming in the beginning is everything.

 

This + Meltdown + Magnets were such a 1-2-3 punch.

classic and also yfb mv could be her best mv one 

I randomly had it on my mind all week after not listening to it for a long time This classic

It's an actual holiday

Insane song

This song is soo good and as much as I hate him the Kanye West remix EATS 

The fact that she followed up "red, orange, yellow flicker beat" with "Green Light" is lowkey genius.

Still one of her best songs. Glad to see my country stanning

oh its iconic 

I will always maintain it's her best song its so addictive. Makes me wonder why more big movies don't have  artists curate their soundtracks 

21 hours ago, Rihinvention said:

The fact that she followed up "red, orange, yellow flicker beat" with "Green Light" is lowkey genius.

I was today years old when I connected the dots 

 

2 hours ago, youngpopariana said:

I was today years old when I connected the dots 

 

Lmao really? I love that.

 

I didn't realise that "my loneliness ain't killing me no more" (Stronger) was a reference to "my loneliness is killing me" (Baby One More Time) until I was like 25. But that was way more obvious.

 

In my defence, I was a kid when both songs came out, and I didn't really like Stronger as a kid, so I rarely listened to it.

23 hours ago, Rihinvention said:

The fact that she followed up "red, orange, yellow flicker beat" with "Green Light" is lowkey genius.

 

2 hours ago, youngpopariana said:

I was today years old when I connected the dots 

 

She also connected Melodrama with Solar Power if we look at it that way:

 

from Liability: They're gonna watch me disappear into the sun - you're all gonna watch me disappear into the sun

 

Makes me wonder if there are any hints about L4 on Solar Power too