"Royals" is a song by Lorde, released on November 22, 2012 on SoundCloud and on March 8, 2013 in online stores in New Zealand and Australia as the lead single from her debut extended play, The Love Club EP, and from her debut album, Pure Heroine. Its music video, directed by Joel Kefali, was released on May 12, 2013. Lorde wrote the song in half an hour at her home in July 2012 and during a school break, she and Joel Little recorded the song at Golden Age Studios in Auckland in one week.

lyrics

Open in browser ↗

View on Last.fm →More by Lorde →Pure Heroine →