Lorde posted the album 's release date along with its cover art and track listing to her Twitter account on 12 August 2013 . The album 's release was preceded by an advertising campaign which had the lyrics of her songs displayed on buses and shop windows and faxed to media outlets . On 23 September 2013 , " Buzzcut Season " was released as a promotional single in several iTunes Stores in Asia . " Ribs " was subsequently offered as the free single of the week on the iTunes Store during the week of the album 's release . An extended version of the album was released on 13 December 2013 , featuring " No Better " ( previously released as a free promotional single ) and five tracks from '' The Love Club EP '' : " Bravado " , " Million Dollar Bills " , " The Love Club " , " Biting Down " and " Swingin Party " ( " Royals " was also originally included on the original New Zealand release of '' The Love Club EP '' but was not duplicated for obvious reasons . ) To promote the album , Lorde did several performances worldwide . She made her first televised performance in the United States on '' Late Night with Jimmy Fallon '' , performing " Royals " and " White Teeth Teens " . Lorde replaced Frank Ocean , who cancelled due to illness , at the 2013 Splendour in the Grass Festival . In September 2013 , Lorde appeared on New Zealand 's '' 3rd Degree '' and performed on '' Later ... with Jools Holland '' . Two months later , Lorde performed several songs from the album and her EP on '' Live with Letterman '' and at a concert the singer held at the Warsaw Venue in Brooklyn . She further promoted the album by performing " Royals " on '' The Ellen DeGeneres Show '' on 9 October 2013 . The singer also performed " Team " at the 2013 ARIA Awards and opened the 2013 New Zealand Music Awards with " Royals " . At the 56th Annual Grammy Awards , Lorde performed a stripped down version of the song ; the performance received praise from rapper Mac Miller and Chrissy Teigen
ARIA Awards
ARIA Music Awards of 2013
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