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title: "Lorde Releases Music Video For ‘Yellow Flicker Beat’"
url: https://altwire.net/lorde-releases-music-video-yellow-flicker-beat/
author: "Altwire Staff"
published: 2014-11-07T00:21:43+00:00
updated: 2023-12-06T11:36:37+00:00
categories: ["News"]
tags: ["Alternative", "Lorde", "Pop"]
source: "AltWire (altwire.net)"
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# Lorde Releases Music Video For ‘Yellow Flicker Beat’

*By Altwire Staff · November 6, 2014*

Lorde has released an official music video for her hit single 'Yellow Flicker Beat', which will be featured in the 3rd Hunger Games Movie: 'Mockingjay- Part 1'. The single soared to the number 1 spot of the iTunes Soundtrack Top Songs Chart upon it's release and within two weeks, scored 5.3 million views on Vevo. 'Yellow Flicker Beat' also set a record for 'Most Adds On a Female Artist in Mediabase History'. Considering today is Lorde's 18th birthday, it seems only fitting she celebrate the success and personal holiday with the release of a music video. Regarding the video's release, Lorde has written a note about the ideas behind the video;

*it’s midnight, and i’m all of ten seconds into being eighteen. the first thing that came into my head just now is that i thought i would have less acne at eighteen.. some things never change. lol. happy birthday me.*

*i’m in my bed in new zealand, and it just occurred to me i don’t think i’ve been home for one of these little notes in a while. on my seventeenth birthday, i wrote from my hotel bed in new york. on the team music video release, i wrote from paris. when yellow flicker beat came out, i wrote from the bus, whizzing across the las vegas desert. it feels nice to come full circle, in a way, back to where i typed out the little note to accompany the royals video, back where i sucked my thumb, and talked in my sleep, and dreamed.*

*this video is something i’m really proud of. there are so many beautiful shots and moments, and it’s really worth watching it a few times (in the highest possible quality ;~)) to see all the details. when i was dreaming it up, i wasn’t thinking too hard about story or a specific narrative, more a mood; a harsh, crackling heat. yellow flicker beat is about katniss realizing that things have crossed a line, about being pushed to the edge and right over it. my character in this video, whether she’s weaving her way through a decadent ballroom, hiding out in a grimy, neon-lit motel room (her hair ever-so-slightly dishevelled), or waiting in the night for her bus to come dressed in her whitest clothes, is a shapeshifter, full of intensity and impulse, kind of like katniss. whether she’s in a small space or a cavernous one, she’s fiery. i don’t really know what i’m trying to explain to you here, but don’t read the video like a story, just let it take you somewhere.*

*i guess that’s all i have to say right now - my mind is kind of whizzing about this new milestone. i hope you enjoy this. i’ll let you know what being eighteen is like when i’ve been it for a second. i love you lots and lots, you know. thanks for watching, and for still being here.*

*xxxx*

Check out the official music video below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PdILZ_1P74

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From AltWire: https://altwire.net/lorde-releases-music-video-yellow-flicker-beat/