"Royals '' was serviced as Lorde 's debut single in mid-2013, becoming an international crossover hit and made her the youngest solo artist to achieve a US number - one single on the Billboard Hot 100 since 1987. Lorde 's debut studio album Pure Heroine (2013) garnered positive reviews for her depiction of suburban adolescence; yielding the additional top - ten single "Team '', it topped the national charts in New Zealand and Australia and reached number three on the US Billboard 200. The following year, Lorde curated the soundtrack for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 1 (2014) and provided its lead single, "Yellow Flicker Beat ''. Lorde released her second studio album Melodrama (2017) after a three - year hiatus, launched with "Green Light '' as its lead single. The album debuted at number one in New Zealand and Australia, as well as topping the US Billboard 200. She served as an executive producer alongside Jack Antonoff. The record deals with themes of heartbreak and solitude.
when did lorde's first song come out
mid-2013