Today multiplatinum GRAMMY Award-winning recording artist LORDE unveiled her new single “Yellow Flicker Beat” [LAVA/Republic Records], the lead song from the soundtrack to The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 [Republic Records]. The single is available now on iTunes and will be on all digital retailers tomorrow.

Listen & share on Vevo here

Purchase on iTunes here

The highly anticipated single offers an intriguing glimpse into what has become one of the most talked about soundtracks of 2014. Co-produced by fellow GRAMMY® Award-winners Paul Epworth and Joel Little, “Yellow Flicker Beat” is LORDE’S third official U.S single. The single will be released as part of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 soundtrack, which is curated entirely by the 17-year old artist herself and will be released by Republic Records in November.

Visit the official The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 soundtrack page!

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 was directed by Francis Lawrence and stars Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth and Woody Harrelson. The film is the latest installment in Lionsgate’s global box office phenomenon based on Suzanne Collins’ bestselling “Hunger Games” trilogy and will be released in theaters worldwide on November 21, 2014.

It’s been almost a year to the day since LORDE’s game changing and critically acclaimed debutPURE HEROINE [LAVA/Republic Records] was released in North America. Since then, she has firmly established herself as one of the 21st century’s most vital and vibrant young female artists of a generation.

Her quadruple platinum selling single ‘Royals’ helped earn two Billboard Music Awards for‘Best New Artist’ and ‘Best Rock Song,‘ and two GRAMMY® Awards for ‘Song of the Year’and ‘Best Pop Solo Performance.’ She currently holds the record for ‘Longest #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 by a Female Artist in 2013′ and longest standing #1 for any female artist in the Billboard Alternative Chart history.

LORDE has graced the cover of Billboard Magazine, Rolling Stone Magazine and is currently the cover girl for ELLE Magazine’s October issue, on stands now nationwide.

Catch LORDE on tour this fall, tickets available at: http://tickets.lorde.co.nz

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
09/30 – The Joint – Las Vegas, NV
10/02 – Greek Theatre – Berkeley, CA – SOLD OUT
10/03 – Greek Theatre – Berkeley, CA
10/06 – Greek Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
10/07 – Greek Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
10/09 – Santa Barbara Bowl – Santa Barbara, CA
10/10 – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theater – San Diego, CA
10/10 – 10/12 @ Austin City Limits – Austin, TX (Weekend 2 only)

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I knew early on that I wanted to take my place among the stars. One day, my mother saw me reading The Washington Post at a very young age. Who would have known that it would be the building blocks of my journey? Since that day, I dedicated my life to learn all that is learnable. I read everything from encyclopedias, to books, to dictionaries, to magazines. I’m also an avid consumer of television, with my favorite genre being game shows. If you’ve seen me on Who Wants to be a Millionaire or Wheel of Fortune, then you know that this interest has served me well!

My unique style of reporting began back in junior high school, when I started to chronicle the events that shaped my life. Whether it was the annual family vacation or the local science fiction convention, I shot numerous pictures and recorded my thoughts so I could truly appreciate the history. During my senior year at Friendly High, I wrote what was to be my first masterpiece, “Advanced Space Academy – A One Week Journey.” I sent the eleven-page article back to the U.S. Space Camp staff. The article was highly praised for being “one of the best written articles in the history of U.S. Space Camp.” From then on, I knew what I wanted to do for rest of my life — to be a reporter.

Since then, I have trained in Broadcast Journalism at Bowie State University (2008) in Bowie, MD earning a B.S. in Communications. I gained experience in news production and editing through field experiences with Bowie Community Media Corporation, Prince George’s Community Television, and Bowie State University Television. I also wrote scripts for a variety of quiz shows for over five years.

As a lifelong movie buff, I now see close to 100 films every year. I took this love of movies to the next step when I became a co-host for Eclipse Magazine TV in the fall of 2005. While at EMTV, I interviewed celebrities, worked red carpets, and attended a wide variety of movie screenings. In January 2009, I took a leap of faith and started my own entertainment news magazine, The Rogers Revue. Shortly afterward, my life-long journey of studying the silver screen and writing about what I learned finally earned me a place in the Washington Area Film Critics Association.

All of this has led me here, giving you the latest entertainment news for the DMV and the entire nation, and I am truly excited for whatever will come next.

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