Kanye West Gives Lorde's "Yellow Flicker Beat" a Minimalist Makeover
Lorde's latest track is now a mini dark, twisted fantasy—or at least that's what it sounds like now that Kanye West has gotten his hands on it.
"Yellow Flicker Beat" is Lorde's contribution to the soundtrack for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, which she also curated. The soundtrack not only boasts the striking single but a stripped-down re-working of "Yellow Flicker Beat" courtesy of Mr. West, who removed the majority of the song's percussion in favor of focusing on a lush orchestration of various vocals.
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