Yellow Flicker Beat is a musical work.
Yellow Flicker Beat . `` Yellow Flicker Beat '' , which features an electronic production , is characterised as an art pop and electropop song . The lyrics of the track refer to the rise of The Hunger Games heroine Katniss Everdeen . Lorde performed the song at the 2014 American Music Awards on 23 November 2014 . The song was nominated for Best Original Song at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards , and Best Song at the 20th Critics ' Choice Awards .