<P> `` 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 . </P>
<P> `` 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 . </P>
when did lorde 's first song come out
when did lorde 's first song come out
mid-2013
mid-2013