Lorde curated the soundtrack for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay: Part 1. With the soundtrack releasing today, she decided it was time for a Twitter Q&A with her fans.
Lorde answered question for an hour. Here’s some of the information we’ve learned:
She was very hands-on with the soundtrack.
.@joeywenceslao every artist on the soundtrack was personally selected and approached by me – it was awesome to work/communicate 1 on 1 🙂
— Lorde (@lordemusic) November 17, 2014
She’s well aware that a lot of the songs are “downbeat,” and there’s a reason for it.
.@pickleperfect i think there are a lot of downbeat songs on the soundtrack (plan the escape, the leap, kingdom, the ladder song etc) and.. — Lorde (@lordemusic) November 17, 2014
.@pickleperfect it was important to me that there was balance. also i felt that while there was sadness and loss in part 1, it was as much.. — Lorde (@lordemusic) November 17, 2014
.@pickleperfect about inner strength and working up the courage to fight back
— Lorde (@lordemusic) November 17, 2014
She ripped her foot open on the set of her “Yellow Flicker Beat” music video.
.@Ibrahimbadran2 i walked onto set in socks to practise the fall and ripped my foot open on a staple LOL blood everywhere — Lorde (@lordemusic) November 17, 2014
Not every song made the cut.
.@mauiencar yes, i actually introduced tiny ruins to david lynch and they collab’d on a BEAUTIFUL song but i felt it didn’t fit in tonally
— Lorde (@lordemusic) November 17, 2014
Here’s why she chose to cover Bright Eyes’ “Ladder Song.”
.@LORDESGENTLEMEN to me it felt like the perspective of a divine being (or even a modern-day reader) looking down at the events in panem — Lorde (@lordemusic) November 17, 2014
.@LORDESGENTLEMEN ‘no-one knows where the ladder goes’ felt like a really sad pretty sentiment after so much bloodshed/for the greater good
— Lorde (@lordemusic) November 17, 2014
If she could be any character, she’d obviously be Cinna.
.@shradergamess CINNA FOREVER — Lorde (@lordemusic) November 17, 2014
Lorde is officially Team Peeta.
.@seriouslypolly i mean i shouldn’t pick sides peeta
— Lorde (@lordemusic) November 17, 2014
She really does care about this fandom.
.@amateurgatsby i really care about the hunger games fandom & know how important the films’ music is to them, so i wanted them to enjoy it.. — Lorde (@lordemusic) November 17, 2014
.@amateurgatsby or at least understand the kind of sonic world i was trying to build even if some of the styles weren’t their thing <3
— Lorde (@lordemusic) November 17, 2014
Yes, she loves Jennifer Lawrence just as much as Jennifer Lawrence loves her.
.@JENSPLZZA haha she was so cute, very excited that i was there! she kept running over between takes to chat/we double fangirled. i luv jen — Lorde (@lordemusic) November 17, 2014
According to Lorde, Mockingjay is the most emotional of the films.
.@jordanxcx yes. and i also remember my fist going into the air….. by far the most emotional of the 3 films. it really is a masterpiece
— Lorde (@lordemusic) November 17, 2014
Her three chosen words to describe the soundtrack are…
.@teenidling TOUGH. BRAVE. SHIMMERING. — Lorde (@lordemusic) November 17, 2014
