Given her current hype status, was invited to perform on the “Live on Letterman” webcast that’s normally reserved for heavy hitters like J. Cole and the Avett Brothers. On Tuesday, fans were treated to a triple scoop helping of Lorde with an additional 26 minute performance that . For the TV broadcast, Lorde performed “Team,” the latest single from her international hit album “Pure Heroine.”
Lorde will also appear on the upcoming “Hunger Games: Catching Fire” soundtrack. The 16-year-old contributed a sinister cover of the ’80s classic, “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” by Tears for Fears. A good song selection, considering the change of fortune for main characters Katniss and Peeta in the second installment of “Hunger Games.” For extra credit, can you identify what ’80s movie ends with “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” and stars Uncle Rico from “Napoleon Dynamite?”
Lorde “Team”
Lorde “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” (Tears for Fears cover)
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Julio Enriquez is a Denver writer and photographer, editor of the blog and a regular contributor to Reverb
