Yellow Flicker Beat is a song.
`` Yellow Flicker Beat '' is a song by New Zealand singer Lorde . Written by Lorde and Joel Little and produced by Little and Paul Epworth , the song was released on 29 September 2014 as the lead single from the soundtrack for The Hunger Games : Mockingjay -- Part 1 by Republic Records . The lyrics of the track refer to the rise of The Hunger Games heroine Katniss Everdeen .