"Royals" is a song from Lorde, featured on her EP titled "The Love Club EP", released in 2012.
"Royals" was later included in her debut album, "Pure Heroine".
With praise for the production and the lyrics, the song peaked on the top of charts in countries such as Canada, New Zealand, Ireland and UK. The single has sold a total of over 10 million copies.
Being performed by Lorde live for different shows, such as "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon", "The Ellen DeGeneres Show", as well as the "2013 New Zealand Music Awards". The song has been reported as being written by Lorde herself in only 30 minutes.
Another astonishing fact is that in a week’s time, she has also managed to record the entire song. The singer cites as inspirations for the song the following: hip-hop music and Lana Del Rey.
Getting described as an art pop song and with many praises for the minimalist style of the production, "Royals" has a tempo of only 85 beats per minute and features instrumented specifics such as finger snaps and light bass. With an "addictive hook" and a "spare and haunting production", the song has received many praises and got ranked as the best song of the year by Consequence of Sound and second by Rolling Stone, third only by Billboard editors.
Winning the Grammys for Best Pop Solo Performance and Song of the Year, as well as Single of the Year at the "2013 New Zealand Music Awards", the song has two music videos, the US version becoming the main one.
The lyrics are about the extreme luxury in some stars’ life.
The music video also won an award at the New Zealand Music Awards, as well as a VMA for "Best Rock Video" in 2014.
Remixed and covered by artists such as T-Pain, Wale, Rick Ross and Magazeen, as well as Selena Gomez and the band Saints of Valory, just to name a few, "Royals" has surely earned a spot in the highlight of the musical scene, aiding to make Lorde known throughout the world.
Getting certified 7 times Platinum in the US and several other times in Canada, New Zealand, Italy and Sweden, "Royals" is a nice and unique sounding song, for which we present free piano sheets, listed just below.
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