The first single from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 has arrived!

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Lorde’s “Yellow Flicker Beat” starts off with a dark tone but turns into an upbeat and synthesized tune. Listen below:

‘Yellow Flicker Beat’ by Lorde lyrics

I’m a princess cut from marble, smoother than a storm

And the scars that mark my body, they’re silver and gold

My blood is a flood of rubies, precious stones

It keeps my veins hot, the fires find a home in me

I move through town, I’m quiet like a fire

And my necklace is of opal, I tie it and untie it

And our people talk to me, but nothing ever hits

So people talk to me, and all the voices just burn holes

I’m going in (ooh)

This is the start of how it all ever ends

They used to shout my name, now they whisper it

I’m speeding up and this is the

Red, orange, yellow flicker beat sparking up my heart

We rip the start, the colors disappear

I never watch the stars there’s so much down here

So I just try to keep up with them

Red, orange, yellow flicker beat sparking up my heart

I dream all year, but they’re not the same kinds

And the shivers move down my shoulder blades in double time

And now people talk to me I’m slipping out of reach now

People talk to me, and all their faces blur

But I got my fingers laced together and I made a little prison

And I’m locking up everyone that ever laid a finger on me

I’m going in (ooh)

And this is the red, orange, yellow flicker beat

Sparking up my heart

And this is the red, orange, yellow flicker beat-beat-beat-beat

What do you think of the song?

As Hypable writer Mitch pointed out, the “red, orange, yellow flicker” line is most likely a reference to the Mockingjay symbol of the same colors.

While we don’t yet know who else is on the Mockingjay, Part 1 soundtrack, we do know that Lorde handpicked the artists who are contributing. She says that some of the artists are people who we haven’t heard from in a while.

We’ll be sure to share additional details about the Mockingjay, Part 1 soundtrack once they’re announced. Since the first single is out, we can’t be too far from more information.

Mockingjay, Part 1 hits theaters November 21.