沪江英乐：
自发布后的《Royals》获得了音乐评论家的一致好评，并将此曲与英国音乐天后阿黛尔的音乐歌曲相比。《Royals》位列美国公告牌百强单曲榜冠军，它还在加拿大和新西兰的单曲榜上达到头号巨峰，并两次获得NZ音乐铂金认证，且Lorde凭借此曲获得2014格莱美最佳歌手奖，2014全英音乐奖国际最佳女歌手奖。

Lorde  《Royals》MV

歌词：
I've never seen a diamond in the flesh
I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies
And I'm not proud of my address, in the torn-up town
No post code envy
But every song's like gold teeth,Grey Goose, trippin' in the bathroom
Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room,
We don't care, we're driving cadillacs in our dreams.
But everybody's like cristal, maybach,diamonds on your time piece
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash.
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair.
And we'll never be royals..
It doesn't run in our blood,
that kind of luxe just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz.
Let me be your ruler, you can call me queen Bee
And baby I'll rule I'll rule I'll rule I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.
My friends and I we've cracked the code.
We count our dollars on the train to the party.
And everyone who knows us knows that we're fine with this,
we didn't come from money.
But every song's like gold teeth,grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom.
Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room,
We don't care, we're driving cadillacs in our dreams.
But everybody's like cristal, maybach, diamonds on your time piece.
Royals
Royals
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash
We don't care we aren't caught up in your love affair
And we'll never be royals,
it doesn't run in our blood
That kind of luxe just ain't for us
We crave a different kind of buzz.
Let me be your ruler, you can call me queen Bee
And baby I'll rule I'll rule I'll rule I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.
Oooh ooooh ohhh
We're bigger than we ever dreamed,
and I'm in love with being queen.
Oooooh ooooh ohhhhh
life is game without a care
We aren't caught up in your love affair.
And we'll never be royals,
it don't run in our blood
That kind of luxe just ain't for us
We crave a different kind of buzz
Let me be your ruler, you can call me queen Bee
And baby I'll rule I'll rule I'll rule I'll rule,
Let me live that fantasy.