Lorde - Royal.mp3

Single by Lorde
from the album The Love Club EP and Pure Heroine

"Royals" is a song recorded by New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde for her extended play debut, The Love Club EP, and also included on her September 2013 debut studio album, Pure Heroine. It was released as her first single on 2 August 2013. The song was drafted by Lorde in half an hour then refined with Joel Little, the single's producer. An art pop and minimal pop song, "Royals" was intended as a "response to everything that's on pop radio", the lyrics are described as turning "the aspirationalism of hip-hop culture on its head." The song concerns the luxury and lifestyle of pop artists.