“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1's” team has allowed Lorde to create a soundtrack for the film, and the 17-year-old has released the first single, “Yellow Flicker Beat.”
Lorde has been slowly releasing the lyrics to the single using her official Instagram account. The singer released a statement on her Tumblr, explaining she found inspiration for “Yellow Flicker Beat” by tapping into Katniss Everdeen’s mind.
“We are almost at the end, the point where this soundtrack gets taken away from me and becomes something real,” Lorde wrote. “I’m reminded of this day last year, when pure heroine came out in this country. The feeling of something very solitary that I had worked on spinning around and around further away from me, becoming someone else’s, everyone’s.
“The past year of my life has seen everything around me multiply in size and number - the stamps on my passport, the number of people I have to ask before I ride on the Ferris Wheel after my set at a festival, the decibels that follow me when I walk around in public. The other thing that’s grown is me - my fitness, my mental stamina, my ability to think clearly and make decisions - but most of all, my capacity for love.”
Lorde ended the statement explaining her excitement to continue to share new music and projects with her fans online.
"It's my first offering from what I hope will be a soundtrack you love," Lorde wrote. "It's my attempt at getting inside her head, Katniss’. I hope you like it."
“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1” will be released to theaters on Nov. 21.
