Lorde - Royals Lyrics
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[Verse 1]
I've never seen a diamond in the flesh
I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies
And I'm not proud of my address,
In a torn-up town, no post code envy
But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom
Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room,
We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams.
But everybody's like Crystal, Maybach, diamonds on your time piece.
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash.
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair.
And we'll never be royals (royals).
It don't run in our blood,
That kind of luxe just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz.
Let me be your ruler (ruler),
You can call me queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.
[Verse 2]
My friends and I - we've cracked the code.
We count our dollars on the train to the party.
And everyone who knows us knows that we're fine with this,
We didn't come for money.
But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom.
Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room,
We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams.
But everybody's like Crystal, Maybach, diamonds on your time piece.
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair
And we'll never be royals (royals).
It don't run in our blood
That kind of luxe just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz.
Let me be your ruler (ruler),
You can call me queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.
Ooh ooh oh
We're bigger than we ever dreamed,
And I'm in love with being queen.
Ooh ooh oh
Life is great without a care
We aren't caught up in your love affair.
And we'll never be royals (royals).
It don't run in our blood
That kind of luxe just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz
Let me be your ruler (ruler),
You can call me queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.
I've never seen a diamond in the flesh
I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies
And I'm not proud of my address,
In a torn-up town, no post code envy
But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom
Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room,
We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams.
But everybody's like Crystal, Maybach, diamonds on your time piece.
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash.
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair.
And we'll never be royals (royals).
It don't run in our blood,
That kind of luxe just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz.
Let me be your ruler (ruler),
You can call me queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.
[Verse 2]
My friends and I - we've cracked the code.
We count our dollars on the train to the party.
And everyone who knows us knows that we're fine with this,
We didn't come for money.
But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom.
Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room,
We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams.
But everybody's like Crystal, Maybach, diamonds on your time piece.
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair
And we'll never be royals (royals).
It don't run in our blood
That kind of luxe just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz.
Let me be your ruler (ruler),
You can call me queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.
Ooh ooh oh
We're bigger than we ever dreamed,
And I'm in love with being queen.
Ooh ooh oh
Life is great without a care
We aren't caught up in your love affair.
And we'll never be royals (royals).
It don't run in our blood
That kind of luxe just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz
Let me be your ruler (ruler),
You can call me queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.
Writer: Little, Joel / Yelich-O'Connor, Ella
Copyright: Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing
Copyright: Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing
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Royals Info:
Royals was released on March 8th 2013,
as the lead single from Lorde's debut EP.
Lorde and Joel Little co-wrote and produced the song.
Musically, "Royals" is a minimal and art pop song. Lyrically, it expresses the protagonist's
disdain for the lavish lifestyles of music stars.
The Lyrics are described as turning "the aspirationalism of hip-hop culture on its head." The song concerns the luxury and lifestyle of pop artists. The first verse focuses on her early life and sorrow over pop growing up in Auckland.
Lorde had thought of writing a song about the luxury of pop musicians after seeing a National Geographic image. It showed a Kansas City Royals-player signing baseballs, with his team's name emblazoned across his shirt - according to Lorde, "It was just that word. It's really cool." More broadly, historic aristocrats were also inspirational.
She wrote the Lyrics to "Royals" at her house in only half an hour. She was listening to a lot of rap and hip-hop-influenced music, especially Lana Del Rey, while writing. Lorde has mentioned that "all those references to expensive alcohol, beautiful clothes and beautiful cars - I was thinking, "This is so opulent, but it's also bullshit.'" Lorde later went to the studio to show the Lyrics to producer Joel Little, who said "Yeah, this is cool", and "Royals", along with two other songs, was produced in a week for The Love Club EP.
The song won for Song Of The Year at the Grammy Awards in 2014. "This is the one thing I did not expect most out of tonight," Lorde said in accepting the award. She also took the award for Best Pop Solo Performance for the song, and was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album and Record Of The Year.
Lorde won the 2014 MTV VMA for Best Rock for this song as well.
The Lyrics are described as turning "the aspirationalism of hip-hop culture on its head." The song concerns the luxury and lifestyle of pop artists. The first verse focuses on her early life and sorrow over pop growing up in Auckland.
Lorde had thought of writing a song about the luxury of pop musicians after seeing a National Geographic image. It showed a Kansas City Royals-player signing baseballs, with his team's name emblazoned across his shirt - according to Lorde, "It was just that word. It's really cool." More broadly, historic aristocrats were also inspirational.
She wrote the Lyrics to "Royals" at her house in only half an hour. She was listening to a lot of rap and hip-hop-influenced music, especially Lana Del Rey, while writing. Lorde has mentioned that "all those references to expensive alcohol, beautiful clothes and beautiful cars - I was thinking, "This is so opulent, but it's also bullshit.'" Lorde later went to the studio to show the Lyrics to producer Joel Little, who said "Yeah, this is cool", and "Royals", along with two other songs, was produced in a week for The Love Club EP.
The song won for Song Of The Year at the Grammy Awards in 2014. "This is the one thing I did not expect most out of tonight," Lorde said in accepting the award. She also took the award for Best Pop Solo Performance for the song, and was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album and Record Of The Year.
Lorde won the 2014 MTV VMA for Best Rock for this song as well.
From the Album:
Pure Heroine (2013)
The Love Club EP (2012)
Released:
March 8th, 2013
Format:
Digital download
Recorded:
2012 at Golden Age Studios, Auckland, New Zealand
Genre:
Minimal, art pop
Length:
3:09
3:21 (U.S. video mix)
Writers:
Ella Yelich O'Connor, Joel Little
Producer: Joel Little
Music video:
"Royals" on YouTube
In line with the subject of the song, the video for "Royals" mostly consists of normal teenagers doing unexceptional
things in slow motion. The actors in the music video are Lorde's schoolmates. In the international version, with
the exception of one extended frame of Lorde singing, Lorde herself rarely appears in the video.
On her lack of appearance in the video, Lorde said, "The music video for me was about creating a piece of
art and I wanted it to feel cinematic and like it's something you can immerse yourself in.
Having me in it didn't feel like something that was necessary to create that world.
So I'm just in it for just a little bit. I think it works well."
The US version of the song uses the same clips as the international; however, it intersperses more clips of Lorde singing. It also omits scenes from the beginning and the end, which made reference to two of Lorde's other songs. This cut the running time from 4:02 to 3:21.
The US version of the song uses the same clips as the international; however, it intersperses more clips of Lorde singing. It also omits scenes from the beginning and the end, which made reference to two of Lorde's other songs. This cut the running time from 4:02 to 3:21.
"Royals" US Version on YouTube
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