Pure Heroine

Since she was 14 years old, Lorde worked with Universal to develop her sound and artistic vision. She was signed to Universal by her manager, Scott Maclachlan, at age 13 and was paired with a succession of songwriters in unsuccessful attempts to develop her own music. Maclachlan told HitQuarters, "Fundamentally I think she understood that she was going to write her own music but would need someone to help with the production side of it."{{cite web |url=http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_ScottM.html |title=Interview with Scott MacLachlan |publisher=HitQuarters |date=21 January 2014 |access-date=22 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222152225/http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview%2Fopar%2Fintrview_ScottM.html |archive-date=22 February 2019 |url-status=dead }} Lorde began writing songs on guitar at the age of "13 or 14".{{cite web|url=http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2013/05/taking-flight-16-year-old-ella-yelich-oconnor-vs-lorde-popstar|title=Taking Flight: 16-Year-Old Ella Yelich-O'Connor vs. Lorde, Popstar|last=White|first=Caitlin|publisher=Pigeons and Planes|date=21 May 2013|access-date=18 August 2013|archive-date=22 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822082535/http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2013/05/taking-flight-16-year-old-ella-yelich-oconnor-vs-lorde-popstar/|url-status=live}}
{{cite web|url=http://stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/culture/performance/8654143/Lorde-NZs-newest-pop-star|title=NZ newest pop star|last=White|first=Caitlin|publisher=Tom Cardy|date=5 October 2013|access-date=8 November 2013|archive-date=9 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109044707/http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/culture/performance/8654143/Lorde-NZs-newest-pop-star|url-status=live}} She was eventually paired with New Zealand writer and producer Joel Little in December 2011, and their working relationship clicked almost immediately. Lorde's debut extended play (2013's The Love Club EP) was praised by music critics, who compared the EP to work by other female alternative pop artists such as Sky Ferreira, Florence and the Machine, Lana Del Rey, and Grimes.{{cite web|last=Christopher Monger|first=James|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0002512787|pure_url=yes}}|title=The Love Club EP – Lorde|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=7 September 2013}} It reached number one in New Zealand, number two in Australia, where it was certified five times platinum for shipments of 350,000 copies,{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/chart/singles/|title=ARIA Singles Chart – 02/09/2013|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=31 August 2013|access-date=8 September 2013|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054850/http://www.ariacharts.com.au/chart/singles|url-status=dead}} and number twenty-three on the US Billboard 200.{{cite magazine |title=Lorde – Chart history: Billboard 200 |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/1553855/lorde/chart?f=305 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |access-date=25 December 2019 |archive-date=31 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731162704/http://www.billboard.com/artist/1553855/lorde/chart?f=305 |url-status=live }}
{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/5657605/chart-moves-lordes-love-rises-cody-simpson-surges-the-supremes-return-to|title=Chart Moves: Lorde's 'Love' Rises, Cody Simpson Surges, the Supremes Return to Billboard 200|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|magazine=Billboard|date=16 August 2013|access-date=19 August 2013|archive-date=26 May 2014|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6PrEDw8e0?url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/5657605/chart-moves-lordes-love-rises-cody-simpson-surges-the-supremes-return-to|url-status=live}}

Before beginning work on Pure Heroine, Lorde said that she intended her debut album to be a "cohesive" work. Like The Love Club EP, Pure Heroine was recorded with producer Joel Little at Golden Age Studios, a small studio without expensive technology, in Auckland,{{cite news| url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10880718| title= Lorde: Behind the success story (+audio)| date= 2 May 2012| work= The New Zealand Herald| access-date= 15 August 2013| archive-date= 28 March 2016| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160328073025/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10880718| url-status= live}} and was completed in less than a year. Initially, Lorde and Little played demos to A&R Scott Maclachlan in which they discussed songs, exchanged comments and changed aspects of the songs.{{cite web |url=http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_ScottM.html |title=A&R, Record Label / Company, Music Publishing, Artist Manager and Music Industry Directory |publisher=Hitquarters.com |access-date=10 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222152225/http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview%2Fopar%2Fintrview_ScottM.html |archive-date=22 February 2019 |url-status=dead }} She later showed the lyrics to James Lowe, her boyfriend at the time, saying that sharing things with him inspired her to write most of the album.{{cite web |author=Effie Mann |url=http://www.dailylife.com.au/dl-people/five-life-lessons-from-tavis-interview-with-lorde-20140106-30cfj.html |title=Five life lessons from Tavi's interview with Lorde |publisher=Dailylife.com.au |date=6 January 2014 |access-date=10 March 2014 |archive-date=5 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205013034/http://www.dailylife.com.au/dl-people/five-life-lessons-from-tavis-interview-with-lorde-20140106-30cfj.html |url-status=dead }} Recording of the album was overseen by Lorde and Little, and was described by Maclachlan as a fairly-short process; most of what Lorde played for him ended up on the album. Lorde wanted to write her own music, and the album's content was co-written with Little.{{cite web |author=Kate Mossman |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/nov/24/lorde-pop-royals-ella-yelich-oconnor |title=Lorde: 'People have treated me like a fascinating toy' |work=The Guardian |date=24 November 2013 |access-date=10 March 2014 |archive-date=3 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203163441/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/nov/24/lorde-pop-royals-ella-yelich-oconnor |url-status=live }} Ten songs were included in the album's final track listing, with seven or eight tracks not making the cut. Lorde and Maclachlan decided to keep the final track listing at ten to avoid "filler material."

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Lorde's vocals on Pure Heroine have been noted for her range and powerful delivery.{{cite web|last=Sawdey |first=Evan |url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/175719-lorde-pure-heroine/ |title=Lorde: Pure Heroine |work=PopMatters |access-date=16 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104192220/http://www.popmatters.com/review/175719-lorde-pure-heroine/ |archive-date= 4 November 2014}} She said that she felt it essential for her voice to be the album's focus, since she was unfamiliar with playing instruments.{{cite web |url=http://noisey.vice.com/blog/meet-lorde-shes-a-talented-teenage-badass |title=Meet Lorde: She's a Talented Teenage Badass |publisher=Noisey.vice.com |date=27 June 2013 |access-date=16 December 2013 |archive-date=28 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131028031927/http://noisey.vice.com/blog/meet-lorde-shes-a-talented-teenage-badass |url-status=live }} The A.V. Club editor Kevin McFarland called the singer's voice the "alpha and omega of her talent. ... Her voice isn't booming or overpowering, but rather mystifying and alluring, both floating on its own in a sea of reverb and digital blips and awash in an army of chorused overdubs."{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/review/lorde-ipure-heroinei-103883|title=Lorde: Pure Heroine {{*}} Music Review|work=The A.V. Club|first=Kevin|last=McFarland|date=8 October 2013|access-date=8 September 2014|archive-date=12 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212094225/http://www.avclub.com/review/lorde-ipure-heroinei-103883|url-status=live}} PopMatters{{'}}s Evan Sawdey described Lorde's vocals as being "unique and powerfully intriguing", while Billboard noted her vocals for being "smoky and restrained".

The album is built around Little's production, which incorporates deep bass, loops, and programmed beats. During its recording, Lorde said that she "didn't really have a specific sound in mind". She cited James Blake and minimalist music as the main inspirations for Pure Heroine.{{cite web| title= NZ Music Sensation, Lorde, Releases First Music Video For "Royals"| url= https://thediplomat.com/asia-life/2013/05/nz-music-sensation-lorde-releases-first-music-video-for-royals/| work= The Diplomat| access-date= 12 August 2013| date= 15 May 2013| archive-date= 22 August 2013| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130822075137/http://thediplomat.com/asia-life/2013/05/nz-music-sensation-lorde-releases-first-music-video-for-royals/| url-status= live}} The album's song structures were influenced by hip hop, electronic and pop music as the singer listened to those genres to develop a "real taste" of the direction the production would follow.{{cite web |last=Darwin |first=Liza |url=http://noisey.vice.com/blog/meet-lorde-shes-a-talented-teenage-badass |title=Meet Lorde: She's a Talented Teenage Badass |publisher=Noisey.vice.com |date=27 June 2013 |access-date=10 March 2014 |archive-date=23 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223143634/http://noisey.vice.com/blog/meet-lorde-shes-a-talented-teenage-badass |url-status=live }} Several publications noted its minimalist production, and compared its arrangements to singers such as Robyn and Santigold.{{cite web |url=http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/lorde-pure-heroine |title=Lorde – Pure Heroine |work=Clash |date=11 October 2013 |access-date=10 March 2014 |archive-date=17 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217082322/http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/lorde-pure-heroine |url-status=live }} Pure Heroine has been described by critics as an electronica,{{cite web|url=http://www.listener.co.nz/culture/music/the-listener-reviews-pure-heroine-by-lorde/|title=The Listener Reviews Pure Heroine, by Lorde|work=New Zealand Listener|first=Nick|last=Bollinger|date=8 October 2013|access-date=20 June 2014|archive-date=8 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208154037/http://www.listener.co.nz/culture/music/the-listener-reviews-pure-heroine-by-lorde/|url-status=live}} dream pop,{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/175719-lorde-pure-heroine/ |title=Lorde: Pure Heroine |first=Evan |last=Sawdey |work=PopMatters |date=10 October 2013 |access-date=1 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104192220/http://www.popmatters.com/review/175719-lorde-pure-heroine/ |archive-date= 4 November 2014}} and electropop{{cite web|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/09/album-review-lorde-pure-heroine/|title=Lorde – Pure Heroine|publisher=Consequence of Sound|date=30 September 2013|first=Jon|last=Hadusek|access-date=20 June 2014|archive-date=3 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003142142/http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/09/album-review-lorde-pure-heroine/|url-status=live}} album.

The album deals with themes of youth,{{cite web |last1=Gleason |first1=Holly |title=Lorde: Pure Heroine |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/lorde/lorde-pure-heroine/ |website=Paste Magazine |access-date=10 May 2020 |date=1 October 2013 |archive-date=15 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915010953/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/lorde/lorde-pure-heroine/ |url-status=live }} and critiques mainstream culture, exploring materialism,{{cite news |last1=Hunter-Tilney |first1=Ludovic |title=Lorde: Pure Heroine |url=https://www.ft.com/content/32677434-3b70-11e3-a7ec-00144feab7de |access-date=10 May 2020 |work=Financial Times |date=25 October 2013}} fame, consumer culture,{{cite web |title=Lorde releases Pure Heroine in New Zealand and Australia |url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/page/lorde-releases-debut-album-pure-heroine-new-zealand-and-australia |website=New Zealand History |access-date=10 May 2020 |archive-date=26 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226132747/https://nzhistory.govt.nz/page/lorde-releases-debut-album-pure-heroine-new-zealand-and-australia |url-status=live }} and social status. Classic teen pop themes such as social anxiety, romance,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lordes-teenage-dream-20131028|title=Lorde: The Rise of Pop's Edgiest Teen|first=Jonah|last=Weiner|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=28 October 2013|access-date=16 December 2013|archive-date=21 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221081146/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lordes-teenage-dream-20131028|url-status=live}} and "adolescent aggrievance and angst" are also present on the album. According to NME, its lyrics indicate that Lorde is "bored". In an interview with the magazine, she said that she used words of inclusion (such as "we" and "us") throughout the album.{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/features/lorde-interview-2017-melodrama-nme-2088564|title=Lorde talks fame, growing up and her new album 'Melodrama' – NME|website=NME|last=Mackay|first=Emily|date=16 June 2017|access-date=19 June 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617220114/http://www.nme.com/features/lorde-interview-2017-melodrama-nme-2088564|archive-date=17 June 2017}} The singer's lyrics detail "the mundanity of teenage life" and celebrate the "often ignored intelligence of the next generation."{{cite web |last=Maine |first=Sammy |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17931/reviews/4147053 |title=Album Review: Lorde – Pure Heroine / Releases / Releases |work=Drowned in Sound |date=24 October 2013 |access-date=10 March 2014 |archive-date=17 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717063916/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17931/reviews/4147053 |url-status=live }} Lorde also uses metaphors involving teeth, describing the "Hollywood smile", which several publications related to social class structures and economic inequality. In an analysis piece from i-D, writer Wendy Syfret states that Pure Heroine presented suburban dreams and a realistic teenage life, saying the record is "perhaps the most direct and eloquent statement about the eternal teen juxtaposition of wanting it all ... but knowing deep down that to leave this stage is to make an exit you can never undo."{{cite news |last1=Syfret |first1=Wendy |title=Lorde's First Album Captured Suburban Dreams and Realistic Teenage Life |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en_au/article/papbjg/lordes-first-album-captured-suburban-dreams-and-realistic-teenage-life |access-date=2 July 2018 |work=i-D |publisher=Vice |date=1 March 2017 |archive-date=3 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703021851/https://i-d.vice.com/en_au/article/papbjg/lordes-first-album-captured-suburban-dreams-and-realistic-teenage-life |url-status=live }}

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The album's opening track, "Tennis Court", addresses Lorde's new fame{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rock-genius/10-reasons-why-lordes-pur_b_4006183.html|title=10 Reasons Why Lorde's Pure Heroine Is a Lyrical Masterpiece|work=The Huffington Post|date=30 September 2013|access-date=11 January 2014|archive-date=25 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925005241/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rock-genius/10-reasons-why-lordes-pur_b_4006183.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/review/lorde-ipure-heroinei-103883|title=Lorde: Pure Heroine|work=The A.V. Club|first=Kevin|last=McFarland|date=8 October 2013|access-date=13 January 2014|archive-date=12 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212094225/http://www.avclub.com/review/lorde-ipure-heroinei-103883|url-status=live}} and criticises the "high life."{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jun/07/new-band-lorde|title=New band of the day: Lorde (No 1,528)|work=The Guardian|date=7 June 2013|first=Paul|last=Lester|access-date=12 January 2014|archive-date=12 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112055044/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jun/07/new-band-lorde|url-status=live}} Described by critics as a downtempo hip hop and EDM-influenced alternative pop, art pop and electropop song,{{cite web|url=http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/musicandnightlife/lorde-iggy-azalea-eminem-outkast-among-must-see-acts-at-lollapalooza-in-chicago-b99317936z1-269125141.html|title=Lollapalooza 2014|work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|first=Piet|last=Levy|date=30 July 2014|access-date=2 August 2014|archive-date=26 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926031650/http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/musicandnightlife/lorde-iggy-azalea-eminem-outkast-among-must-see-acts-at-lollapalooza-in-chicago-b99317936z1-269125141.html|url-status=live}}
{{cite news |url=https://www.spin.com/2013/09/lorde-royals-debut-album-pure-heroine-stream/ |title=Stream Lorde's Full 'Royals'-Featuring Debut Album 'Pure Heroine' |date=23 September 2013 |work=Spin |access-date=20 June 2014 |archive-date=25 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125065905/https://www.spin.com/2013/09/lorde-royals-debut-album-pure-heroine-stream/ |url-status=live }} it uses synthesisers and electronic pulses in its arrangement.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102194034/http://mamacolive.com/thefly/reviews/album/1021866/lorde-pure-heroine/|url=http://mamacolive.com/thefly/reviews/album/1021866/lorde-pure-heroine/|title=Lorde – Pure Heroine / New Album Reviews|work=The Fly|first=Lisa|last=Wright|date=1 November 2013|archive-date=2 November 2013}}
{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1726770/lordes-tennis-court-gets-some-serious-balls-with-flume-remix/ |title=Lorde's 'Tennis Court' Gets Some Serious Balls With Flume Remix |work=MTV News |first=Brenna |last=Ehrlich |date=24 April 2014 |access-date=13 June 2014 |archive-date=3 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003025634/http://www.mtv.com/news/1726770/lordes-tennis-court-gets-some-serious-balls-with-flume-remix/ |url-status=dead }} Little and Lorde first wrote the music and beat, and the lyrics were written later.{{cite AV media| people =Lorde | year =2013 | title =Lyrical Influences (VEVO LIFT): Brought to You By McDonald's | medium =video| url =https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCSFHsd7NWA | access-date =22 November 2013 | publisher =VEVO/YouTube |time=1:49| quote =I think my writing process with "Tennis Court" was quite different to how I normally write. Generally, I will have a lyric forming before I go into the studio. But with this one, we wrote the music and beat before we wrote anything lyrically}} "400 Lux", named for the brightness of a sunrise or sunset, was interpreted by critics as the album's first love song, with lyrics detailing suburban life. Lipshutz of Billboard described its instrumentation as "over canyon-sized bass and popping percussion".{{cite magazine| url= http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/5733177/lorde-pure-heroine-track-by-track-review| title= Lorde, 'Pure Heroine': Track-By-Track Review| last= Lipshutz| first= Jason| magazine= Billboard| date= 25 September 2013| access-date= 26 September 2013| archive-date= 11 December 2013| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131211064504/http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/5733177/lorde-pure-heroine-track-by-track-review| url-status= live}}

Lorde wrote the lyrics to "Royals" in half an hour and recorded the song within a week during a school break.{{cite magazine| url= http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5687161/lorde-the-billboard-cover-story| title= Lorde: The Billboard Cover Story| first= Jason| last= Lipshutz| magazine= Billboard| date= 6 September 2013| access-date= 6 September 2013}}
{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/apr/11/joel-little-lorde|title=The secrets of Lorde's right-hand man, Joel Little|work=The Guardian|first=Huw|last=Oliver|date=11 April 2014|access-date=2 June 2014|archive-date=13 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413213429/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/apr/11/joel-little-lorde|url-status=live}} She was inspired after seeing a photo by Ted Spiegel in the July 1976 issue of National Geographic of Kansas City Royals player George Brett signing baseballs, with his team's name (Royals) emblazoned across his shirt. Although Lorde was also inspired by historic aristocrats and hip hop-influenced artists such as Jay-Z, Kanye West and Lana Del Rey when writing the song, she criticised their "bullshit" references to "expensive" alcohol and cars.{{cite journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128132128/http://www.nzmusician.co.nz/index.php/ps_pagename/article/pi_articleid/3521|url= http://www.nzmusician.co.nz/index.php/ps_pagename/article/pi_articleid/3521|title=Joel Little – Rings of the Lorde|journal=NZ Musician|volume=7|issue=9|date=October–November 2013|first=Richard|last=Thorne|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 January 2015}} Lorde cited her fear of ageing and a party she threw at her house while her parents were away as the main inspirations behind "Ribs",{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/945658/lorde-opens-up-about-ribs.jhtml |title=Lorde Opens Up About 'Ribs' |work=MTV News |publisher=Viacom |date=21 August 2013 |access-date=11 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806180238/http://www.mtv.com/video-clips/2uobij/lorde-opens-up-about-ribs |archive-date=6 August 2017}}
{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/lorde-is-blissful-during-six-song-live-on-letterman-set-20131113 |title=Lorde Is Blissful During Six-Song 'Live on Letterman' Set |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=13 November 2013 |access-date=9 January 2014 |last=Grow |first=Kory |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106185630/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/lorde-is-blissful-during-six-song-live-on-letterman-set-20131113 |archive-date=6 January 2014}} described by critics as a deep house-influenced electronica and electropop song.{{cite web|url=http://renownedforsound.com/index.php/album-review-lorde-pure-heroine/|title=Renowned for Sound – Album Review: Lorde – Pure Heroine|date=11 October 2013|work=Renowned for Sound|access-date=14 March 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107031605/http://renownedforsound.com/index.php/album-review-lorde-pure-heroine/|archive-date=7 November 2017}}
{{cite web |url=http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/lorde-pure-heroine |title=Lorde – Pure Heroine |first=John |last=Murphy |work=musicOMH |date=24 October 2013 |access-date=1 July 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408141649/http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/lorde-pure-heroine |archive-date=8 April 2014}} "Buzzcut Season", influenced by tropical music, uses a xylophone in its instrumentation.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/review/a525574/lorde-pure-heroine-album-review-a-startlingly-confident-debut.html|title=Lorde: 'Pure Heroine' album review: 'A startlingly confident debut'|first=Robert|last=Cospey|publisher=Digital Spy|date=22 October 2013|access-date=9 January 2014|archive-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107234406/http://www.digitalspy.com/music/album-reviews/review/a525574/lorde-pure-heroine-album-review-a-startlingly-confident-debut/|url-status=live}} Its lyrics, describing the "ridiculousness of modern life",{{cite web|url=http://www.3news.co.nz/Lorde---Pure-Heroine-track-by-track-review/tabid/418/articleID/314906/Default.aspx|title=Pure Heroine: Track-by-track Review|publisher=3News|first=David|last=Farrier|date=27 September 2013|access-date=9 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928210731/http://www.3news.co.nz/Lorde---Pure-Heroine-track-by-track-review/tabid/418/articleID/314906/Default.aspx|archive-date=28 September 2013|url-status=dead}} include themes of refuge and reassurance.{{cite news |last1=Pareles |first1=Jon |title=She's 16, but Not Thinking of Sweet |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/02/arts/music/shes-16-but-not-thinking-of-sweet.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=577586A3F4F9E9942ACB6F31C59CED60&gwt=pay |access-date=28 June 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=1 October 2013 |archive-date=28 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628234202/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/02/arts/music/shes-16-but-not-thinking-of-sweet.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=577586A3F4F9E9942ACB6F31C59CED60&gwt=pay |url-status=live }}

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The album's sixth song, "Team", is a hybrid alternative pop and electro-hop{{cite web |url=http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/PopAndRock/lorde |title=Lorde – Pure Heroine |work=Exclaim! |last=Patrick |first=Ryan B. |date=30 September 2013 |access-date=10 November 2013 |archive-date=7 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207151036/http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/PopAndRock/lorde |url-status=live }} song which features synthesiser, bass,{{cite news |url=http://www.thefader.com/2013/09/13/stream-lorde-team/ |title=Stream: Lorde, 'Team' |first=Naomi |last=Zeichner |work=The Fader |date=13 September 2013 |access-date=30 December 2013 |archive-date=29 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929221910/http://www.thefader.com/2013/09/13/stream-lorde-team/ |url-status=live }} and snare drum instrumentation over a handclap-based beat.{{cite web |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/09/listen-to-lordes-triumphant-new-single-team/ |title=Listen to Lorde's triumphant new single, 'Team' |first=Chris |last=Coplan |publisher=Consequence of Sound |date=13 September 2013 |access-date=30 December 2013 |archive-date=26 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926015854/http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/09/listen-to-lordes-triumphant-new-single-team/ |url-status=live }}
{{cite web |url=http://idolator.com/7484052/lorde-team |title=Lorde's 'Team': Hear The Triumphant New Single |first=Sam |last=Lansky |publisher=Idolator |date=12 September 2013 |access-date=30 December 2013 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924051854/http://www.idolator.com/7484052/lorde-team |url-status=live }}
{{cite web |url=http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2013/09/13/lorde-team/ |title=Lorde Is Totally Anti-Fist Pumping in Her Latest Song, 'Team' |first=Jenna Hally |last=Rubenstein |publisher=MTV Networks |date=13 September 2013 |access-date=30 December 2013 |archive-date=12 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012062413/http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2013/09/13/lorde-team/ |url-status=dead }} Written when Lorde was travelling the world, the song was a "tribute to her friends and country".{{cite web |url=http://www.clashmusic.com/news/lorde-prepares-new-single-team |title=Lorde Prepares New Single 'Team' |work=Clash |first=Robin |last=Murray |date=13 September 2013 |access-date=20 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014072311/http://www.clashmusic.com/news/lorde-prepares-new-single-team |archive-date=14 October 2013 |url-status=live}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/articles/lorde-team-stream|title=Lorde Is Too Old for This Rebellion Crap on 'Team'|date=13 September 2013|work=Spin|access-date=4 January 2014|first=Dan|last=Reilly|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030121414/http://www.spin.com/articles/lorde-team-stream/|archive-date=30 October 2013|url-status=live}} The next song, "Glory and Gore" is a chillwave and hip hop-influenced electropop ballad{{cite web |url=http://www.idolator.com/7486757/lordes-pure-heroine-album-review |title=Lorde's 'Pure Heroine': Album Review |first=Mike |last=Wass |publisher=Idolator (Spin Media) |date=30 September 2013 |access-date=28 February 2014 |archive-date=31 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331190313/http://www.idolator.com/7486757/lordes-pure-heroine-album-review |url-status=live }}
{{cite web |url=http://mamacolive.com/thefly/reviews/album/1021866/lorde-pure-heroine/ |title=Lorde – 'Pure Heroine' |first=Lisa |last=Wright |work=The Fly |date=1 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102194034/http://mamacolive.com/thefly/reviews/album/1021866/lorde-pure-heroine/ |archive-date=2 November 2013 }} with pulsing synthesisers.{{cite web |url=http://www.3news.co.nz/Lorde---Pure-Heroine-track-by-track-review/tabid/418/articleID/314906/Default.aspx |title=Lorde – Pure Heroine track-by-track review |first=David |last=Farrier |work=3 News |publisher=MediaWorks New Zealand |date=27 September 2013 |access-date=1 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928210731/http://www.3news.co.nz/Lorde---Pure-Heroine-track-by-track-review/tabid/418/articleID/314906/Default.aspx |archive-date=28 September 2013 |url-status=dead}} Lorde uses black satire throughout the song to express disdain for the modern emphasis on violence, and compares celebrity culture to gladiatorial combat.

"Still Sane" is a spare ballad, with lyrics grappling with Lorde's "ambition and fears of how fame will affect her." "White Teeth Teens", influenced by doo-wop music, incorporates military drums with lyrics detailing the differences between the appearance and true character of a white-toothed teen. In a PopMatters analysis, Scott Interrante describes the use of teeth in the song's lyrics as "preppy, popular teens, using their white teeth as their defining characteristic."{{cite news |last1=Interrante |first1=Scott |title=Gold Teeth, White Teeth, and Lorde's 'Pure Heroine' |url=https://www.popmatters.com/175777-gold-teeth-white-teeth-and-lordes-pure-heroine-2495718477.html |access-date=4 June 2018 |work=PopMatters |date=17 October 2013 |archive-date=28 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628234931/https://www.popmatters.com/175777-gold-teeth-white-teeth-and-lordes-pure-heroine-2495718477.html |url-status=live }} "A World Alone", the album's closing track, was described as a "dark disco diamond". It begins with a "lonely guitar note" before transitioning into a "roaring dance beat".{{cite news |last1=Newman |first1=Melinda |title=B Review: Lorde's 'Pure Heroine' is a royal success |url=https://uproxx.com/hitfix/review-lordes-pure-heroine-is-a-royal-success/ |access-date=28 June 2018 |work=Uproxx |date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=28 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628233446/https://uproxx.com/hitfix/review-lordes-pure-heroine-is-a-royal-success/ |url-status=live }} The song's final line, "Let 'em talk", was cited by critics as a call and response to the album's opening line, "Don't you think that it's boring how people talk?" in "Tennis Court".

Lorde posted the album's release date along with its cover art and track listing to her Twitter account on 12 August 2013.{{cite web|title=Lorde Announces Debut Album 'Pure Heroine'|url=http://thecorner.co.nz/2013/08/13/lorde-announces-debut-album-pure-heroine/|publisher=The Corner|access-date=13 August 2013|author=Hussein Moses|date=13 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917162153/http://thecorner.co.nz/2013/08/13/lorde-announces-debut-album-pure-heroine/|archive-date=17 September 2013|url-status=dead}} The album's release was preceded by an advertising campaign which had the lyrics of her songs displayed on buses and shop windows and faxed to media outlets.[http://www.3news.co.nz/Lordes-lyrics-leaked-around-NZ/tabid/418/articleID/314812/Default.aspx Lorde's lyrics leaked around NZ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928210726/http://www.3news.co.nz/Lordes-lyrics-leaked-around-NZ/tabid/418/articleID/314812/Default.aspx |date=28 September 2013 }}. 3 News NZ. 26 September 2013. On 23 September 2013, "Buzzcut Season" was released as a promotional single in several iTunes Stores in Asia.{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/sg/album/buzzcut-season-single/id710452539 |title=Buzzcut Season – Single by Lorde |work=iTunes Store (SG) |publisher=Apple |access-date=23 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009010116/https://itunes.apple.com/sg/album/buzzcut-season-single/id710452539 |archive-date=9 October 2013 }}
{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/hk/album/buzzcut-season-single/id710452539|title=Buzzcut Season – Single by Lorde|work=iTunes Store (HK)|publisher=Apple|access-date=23 September 2013|archive-date=8 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008222456/https://itunes.apple.com/hk/album/buzzcut-season-single/id710452539|url-status=dead}} "Ribs" was subsequently offered as the free single of the week on the iTunes Store during the week of the album's release.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ribs-single/id716908688 |title=Ribs – Single by Lorde |work=iTunes Store (US) |publisher=Apple |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012173517/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ribs-single/id716908688 |archive-date=12 October 2013 |url-status=dead}} An extended version of the album was released on 13 December 2013, featuring "No Better", previously released as a free promotional single,{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/be/album/no-better-single/732835277|title=No Better – Single by Lorde| date=January 2013 |publisher=iTunes Store (BE)|access-date=22 May 2014|archive-date=27 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027142238/https://itunes.apple.com/be/album/no-better-single/id732835277|url-status=live}}
{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/promotions/10515390/itunes-12-days-of-gifts.html |title=iTunes 12 Days of Gifts |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=13 December 2013 |access-date=23 May 2014 |archive-date=26 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626201412/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/promotions/10515390/itunes-12-days-of-gifts.html |url-status=live }} and five tracks from The Love Club EP.{{efn|The tracks from The Love Club EP that were featured on the extended version of Pure Heroine include: "Bravado", "Million Dollar Bills", "The Love Club", "Biting Down" and "Swingin Party".{{cite web |title=Pure Heroine (Extended) by Lorde on Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/pure-heroine-extended/1440819345 |website=Apple Music |access-date=10 May 2020 |date=13 December 2013 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716193828/https://music.apple.com/us/album/pure-heroine-extended/1440819345 |url-status=live }} "Royals" was included on the original New Zealand release of the EP but was not duplicated.}}

To promote the album, Lorde did several performances worldwide. She made her first televised performance in the United States on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, performing "Royals" and "White Teeth Teens".{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2013/10/02/lorde-performs-royals-on-late-night-with-jimmy-fallon/|title=Lorde Performs 'Royals' on 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'|access-date=2 October 2013|archive-date=2 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002164911/http://www.rap-up.com/2013/10/02/lorde-performs-royals-on-late-night-with-jimmy-fallon/|url-status=live}} Lorde replaced Frank Ocean, who cancelled due to illness, at the 2013 Splendour in the Grass Festival.{{cite news|title=Lorde's calling delivers her to splendour|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/music/lords-calling-delivers-her-to-splendour/story-fn9d2mxu-1226687182632?net_sub_uid=44933799|last=Sheddon|first=Iain|newspaper=The Australian|date=29 July 2013|access-date=29 July 2013|archive-date=6 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106101059/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/music/lords-calling-delivers-her-to-splendour/story-fn9d2mxu-1226687182632?net_sub_uid=44933799|url-status=live}} In September 2013, Lorde appeared on New Zealand's 3rd Degree{{cite web| url= http://www.3news.co.nz/Full-interview-with-Lorde/tabid/1771/articleID/313757/Default.aspx| title= Full interview with Lorde| date= 18 September 2013| author= Samantha Hayes| work= 3rd Degree| publisher= TV3| access-date= 18 September 2013| url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130927090903/http://www.3news.co.nz/Full-interview-with-Lorde/tabid/1771/articleID/313757/Default.aspx| archive-date= 27 September 2013}} and performed on Later... with Jools Holland.{{cite web| url= http://bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03bkwpl| title= BBC Two – Later… with Jools Holland, Series 43, Episode 1| publisher= BBC Programmes| access-date= 18 September 2013| archive-date= 24 September 2013| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130924052626/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03bkwpl| url-status= live}}
{{cite web| url= http://gigwise.com/news/84258/kanye-west-lorde-perform-on-later-with-jools-holland| title= Kanye West, Lorde perform on Later With Jools Holland| date= 18 September 2013| author= Andrew Trendell| work= Gigwise| access-date= 18 September 2013| archive-date= 21 September 2013| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130921042937/http://www.gigwise.com/news/84258/kanye-west-lorde-perform-on-later-with-jools-holland| url-status= live}} Two months later, Lorde performed several songs from the album and her EP on Live with Letterman{{cite web |author=Sam Lansky |url=http://www.idolator.com/7493358/lorde-live-with-letterman |title=Lorde Performs On 'Live With Letterman': Watch The Full Stream | Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on |publisher=Idolator.com |date=13 November 2013 |access-date=7 December 2013 |archive-date=8 December 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131208000658/http://www.idolator.com/7493358/lorde-live-with-letterman |url-status=live }} and at a concert the singer held at the Warsaw Venue in Brooklyn.{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2013/10/lorde-concert-review-brooklyn-warsaw|title=Live Review: Lorde Brings Brooklyn More Than a Chart-Topper|first=Foster|last=Kamer|date=4 October 2013|work=Complex|access-date=2 January 2014|archive-date=27 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427232143/http://www.complex.com/music/2013/10/lorde-concert-review-brooklyn-warsaw|url-status=live}} She further promoted the album by performing "Royals" on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on 9 October 2013.{{cite news |url=http://www.rap-up.com/2013/10/09/lorde-performs-royals-on-ellen/ |title=Lorde Performs 'Royals' on Ellen |work=Rap-Up |date=9 October 2013 |access-date=10 October 2013 |archive-date=12 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012040916/http://www.rap-up.com/2013/10/09/lorde-performs-royals-on-ellen/ |url-status=live }} The singer also performed "Team" at the 2013 ARIA Awards{{cite web |author=Mike Wass |url=http://www.idolator.com/7496241/lorde-team-aria-awards#more-7496241 |title=Lorde Delivered A Dark And Gloomy Rendition Of "Team" At The ARIA Awards in Australia: Watch | Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on |publisher=Idolator.com |date=2 December 2013 |access-date=7 December 2013 |archive-date=9 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309174406/https://www.idolator.com/7496241/lorde-team-aria-awards#more-7496241 |url-status=dead }} and opened the 2013 New Zealand Music Awards with "Royals".{{cite news |title=Official Programme – Run of Show |at=lift-out booklet: p. 14 |work=The New Zealand Herald |publisher=APN News & Media |date=21 November 2013}} At the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, Lorde performed a stripped-down version of the song.{{cite web |url=http://www.rap-up.com/2014/01/26/lorde-performs-royals-at-grammys/#more-178020 |title=Lorde Performs 'Royals' at Grammys |publisher=Rap-Up.com |date=26 January 2014 |access-date=10 March 2014 |archive-date=23 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223005151/http://www.rap-up.com/2014/01/26/lorde-performs-royals-at-grammys/#more-178020 |url-status=live }}

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The album received further promotion from her first headlining concert tour, the Pure Heroine Tour, which started on 28 July 2013 in Byron Bay, Australia.{{cite web |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Farts%2Fmusic%2Flords-calling-delivers-her-to-splendour%2Fnews-story%2F65ca73b32f1cb9bb7e2281505096a83d&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium |title=Lorde's calling delivers her to splendour |date=29 July 2013 |work=The Australian |access-date=28 September 2017 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=9 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309174440/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Farts%2Fmusic%2Flords-calling-delivers-her-to-splendour%2Fnews-story%2F65ca73b32f1cb9bb7e2281505096a83d&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&nk=1fb9d86edccaf1940392d0fdb5f15a58-1615311880 |url-status=live }} It was Lorde's first concert tour with North American shows in August,{{cite web |url=http://www.vanyaland.com/2013/08/07/lorde-announces-north-american-tour-dates-but-theres-no-boston-show/ |title=Lorde announces North American tour dates, but there's no Boston show |date=7 August 2013 |website=Vanyaland |access-date=9 September 2017 |archive-date=4 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004035929/http://www.vanyaland.com/2013/08/07/lorde-announces-north-american-tour-dates-but-theres-no-boston-show/ |url-status=live }} followed by two dates in Europe.{{cite web |url=http://www.electru.de/2013-09-11/introducing-lorde/ |title=Introducing: Lorde |date=11 September 2013 |website=Electru |access-date=14 September 2017 |archive-date=4 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004035351/http://www.electru.de/2013-09-11/introducing-lorde/ |url-status=live }} The singer returned to North America to perform in eight additional shows before flying to Australia for six shows. In 2014, Lorde performed an additional 40 shows in North America, 19 in Asia, 6 in Europe and 3 in South America.{{cite web |url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/87530/lorde-sells-out-all-16-dates-of-her-us-tour-which-starts-in-march-2014 |title=Lorde sells out all 16 dates of her US tour, which starts in March 2014 |publisher=Gigwise |date=13 January 2014 |access-date=10 March 2014 |archive-date=25 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325014038/http://www.gigwise.com/news/87530/lorde-sells-out-all-16-dates-of-her-us-tour-which-starts-in-march-2014 |url-status=live }}
{{cite web |author=The Bachelor |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment-news/lorde-offers-young-fans-cheap-tickets-auckland-show-5794877 |title=Lorde offers young fans cheap tickets to Auckland show – One News |publisher=TVNZ |date=9 January 2014 |access-date=10 March 2014 |archive-date=12 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112041737/http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment-news/lorde-offers-young-fans-cheap-tickets-auckland-show-5794877 |url-status=live }} 9 Oceania dates were cancelled; one due to scheduling conflict and 8 for a chest infection she was diagnosed with.{{cite web |url=http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/news/7558/Lorde-To-Play-Headline-Show-in-Place-of-Laneway-Festival-2014-Appearance.utr |title=Lorde To Play Headline Show in Place of Laneway Festival 2014 Appearance |date=9 December 2013 |website=Under the Radar |access-date=15 September 2017 |archive-date=4 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004084852/http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/news/7558/Lorde-To-Play-Headline-Show-in-Place-of-Laneway-Festival-2014-Appearance.utr |url-status=live }}
{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6062786/lorde-sick-with-chest-infection-postpones-australia-tour |title=Lorde Sick With Chest Infection, Postpones Australia Tour |last1=Brandle |first1=Lars |date=22 April 2014 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=13 September 2017 }}

The set list consisted of songs from The Love Club EP and Pure Heroine.{{cite web |url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/lorde/2014/aragon-ballroom-chicago-il-6bc236e2.html |title=Lorde Concert Setlist at Aragon Ballroom |date=19 March 2014 |publisher=setlist.fm |access-date=9 September 2017 |archive-date=4 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004035224/https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/lorde/2014/aragon-ballroom-chicago-il-6bc236e2.html |url-status=live }} Lorde appeared on stage with new outfits to accommodate the mood of the songs.{{cite news |last1=Kangavary |first1=Aileen |last2=Chidbachian |first2=Rita |title=Concert Review: Lorde is heroine of night |url=https://www.thepearlpost.com/7277/entertainment/concert-review-lorde-is-heroine-of-night/ |access-date=30 June 2018 |work=The Pearl Post |date=23 October 2014 |archive-date=1 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701030444/https://www.thepearlpost.com/7277/entertainment/concert-review-lorde-is-heroine-of-night/ |url-status=live }} The singer performed most of her songs in a silhouette; her face was frequently hidden from the crowd.{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Ashley |title=Lorde Hides and Shines at Sold-Out Roseland Ballroom in NYC: Concert Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/lorde-roseland-ballroom-nyc-concert-review-687742 |access-date=30 June 2018 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=11 March 2014 |archive-date=1 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701030506/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/lorde-roseland-ballroom-nyc-concert-review-687742 |url-status=live }} She also premiered an unreleased song called "Good Fights".{{cite news |last1=Rettig |first1=James |title=Hear Lorde's Pure Heroine Outtake "Lost Boys" |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1724066/hear-lordes-pure-heroine-outtake-lost-boys/mp3s/ |access-date=30 June 2018 |work=Stereogum |date=10 December 2014 |archive-date=1 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701002036/https://www.stereogum.com/1724066/hear-lordes-pure-heroine-outtake-lost-boys/mp3s/ |url-status=live }} It received positive critical reception with critics complementing her vocal clarity, stage presence and minimalist setting.{{cite news |last1=Finn |first1=Timothy |title=A fervent crowd at the Midland gives Lorde a heroine's welcome |url=https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article343026/A-fervent-crowd-at-the-Midland-gives-Lorde-a-heroine%E2%80%99s-welcome.html |access-date=30 June 2018 |work=The Kansas City Star |date=22 March 2014 |archive-date=1 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701030501/https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article343026/A-fervent-crowd-at-the-Midland-gives-Lorde-a-heroine%E2%80%99s-welcome.html |url-status=live }}

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"Royals" was released as the album's lead single on 3 June 2013, through digital distribution.{{cite web |url=http://www.allaccess.com/triple-a/future-releases |title=Future Releases on Triple A (AAA) Radio Stations |publisher=All Access Music Group |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509123559/http://www.allaccess.com/triple-a/future-releases |archive-date=9 May 2013}} The song received widespread acclaim with reviewers complimenting its minimalist production and lyrics.{{cite news|title=Heavy Rotation: 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing|url=https://www.npr.org/2013/06/06/188301709/heavy-rotation-10-songs-public-radio-cant-stop-playing|access-date=7 January 2018|publisher=National Public Radio|date=6 June 2013}} It achieved commercial success by topping the charts in New Zealand,{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Lorde&titel=Royals&cat=s|title=Lorde – Royals|work=charts.nz|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=7 May 2013}} Canada,{{cite magazine|title=Canadian Music: Top 100 Songs Chart|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2013-11-16|access-date=8 January 2018|magazine=Billboard|date=16 November 2013}} the Republic of Ireland,{{cite magazine| url= http://billboard.com/articles/news/5748190/justin-timberlake-scores-his-second-no-1-album-of-2013| title= Justin Timberlake Scores His Second No. 1 Album Of 2013| magazine= Billboard| access-date= 31 October 2013| archive-date= 30 March 2014| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140330221052/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5748190/justin-timberlake-scores-his-second-no-1-album-of-2013| url-status= live}} the United Kingdom and the United States.{{cite news| url= http://bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24696518| title= Lorde claims UK number one spot| work= BBC News| date= 28 October 2013| access-date= 30 October 2013| archive-date= 31 October 2013| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131031201023/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24696518| url-status= live}} She became the youngest artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart since Tiffany's "I Think We're Alone Now" (1987) and the first New Zealand act to reach number one as a lead artist.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5740767/lordes-royals-crowns-hot-100|magazine=Billboard|title=Lorde's 'Royals' Crowns Hot 100|first=Gary|last=Trust|date=2 October 2013|access-date=2 October 2013|archive-date=30 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330184844/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5740767/lordes-royals-crowns-hot-100|url-status=live}}
{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11133893 |title=Lorde hits number one in the US |work=The New Zealand Herald |publisher=APN News & Media |date=3 October 2013 |access-date=3 October 2013 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181201/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11133893 |url-status=live }} The song received three Grammy nominations for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance, winning in the latter two categories.{{cite news|last1=Holpuch|first1=Amanda|title=Daft Punk and Lorde win top honours at 2014 Grammy awards|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/27/daft-punk-lorde-2014-grammy-awards|access-date=7 January 2018|work=The Guardian|date=27 January 2014|archive-date=12 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112213341/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/27/daft-punk-lorde-2014-grammy-awards|url-status=live}}

"Tennis Court" was released as the second single from the album.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/nz/album/tennis-court-single/657273441|title=Tennis Court – Single by Lorde|work=iTunes Store (NZ)| date=January 2013 |publisher=Apple|access-date=7 June 2013|archive-date=9 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009010239/https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/tennis-court-single/id657273441|url-status=live}} It was also well-received from critics, most of whom praised the song's production and musical style.{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/lorde/14604|title=Album Review: Lorde – Tennis Court|work=NME|first=Siân|last=Rowe|date=19 July 2013|access-date=8 January 2014|archive-date=9 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809060706/http://www.nme.com/reviews/lorde/14604|url-status=live}} To promote the song, Lorde released an accompanying EP of the same name through digital stores in the United Kingdom on 7 June 2013 and a physical CD single on 22 June 2013.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/tennis-court-ep/id657273465|title=Tennis Court – EP by Lorde|work=iTunes Store (UK)|publisher=Apple|access-date=23 July 2013|archive-date=9 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009064047/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/tennis-court-ep/id657273465|url-status=dead}}
{{cite web|url=http://theleftoversessions.co.uk/2013/06/06/lorde-tennis-court-ep/|title=Lorde: 'Tennis Court' EP|author=Mary|publisher=The Leftover Sessions|date=6 June 2013|access-date=25 June 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021095234/http://theleftoversessions.co.uk/2013/06/06/lorde-tennis-court-ep/|archive-date=21 October 2013}} It performed modestly on international charts, debuting at number one in New Zealand{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/2013-06-14|title=NZ Top 40 Singles Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=14 January 2014|archive-date=19 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019094506/http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=2215|url-status=live}} and charting in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/singles-chart/|title=Official Singles Chart UK Top 100|publisher=Official Charts Company|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013231436/http://www.officialcharts.com/singles-chart/|archive-date=13 October 2013|access-date=16 January 2014|url-status=live}}
{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6070135/chart-highlights-lordes-tennis-court-nets-adult-pop-songs-debut |title=Chart Highlights: Lorde's 'Tennis Court' Nets Adult Pop Songs Debut |first=Gary |last=Trust |magazine=Billboard |date=28 April 2014 |access-date=29 April 2014 |archive-date=1 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140501110652/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6070135/chart-highlights-lordes-tennis-court-nets-adult-pop-songs-debut |url-status=live }}

"Team" was announced as the third single from the album.{{cite magazine|title=Lorde Q&A: New Zealand Star on Next Single, Nicki Minaj & Staying Mysterious|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5687330/lorde-qa-new-zealand-star-on-next-single-nicki-minaj-staying|magazine=Billboard|access-date=13 September 2013|date=10 September 2013|archive-date=3 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203100042/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5687330/lorde-qa-new-zealand-star-on-next-single-nicki-minaj-staying|url-status=live}} It was leaked by Australian radio station Triple J on 12 September and as a result, the single was released digitally in Australia and New Zealand on 13 September.{{cite magazine| url= http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5695042/lorde-unveils-team-single-listen-to-the-royals-follow-up| title= Lorde Unveils 'Team' Single: Listen To The 'Royals' Follow-Up| last= Lipshutz| first= Jason| magazine= Billboard| access-date= 13 September 2013| archive-date= 4 January 2014| archive-url= https://www.webcitation.org/6MNBtCUc0?url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5695042/lorde-unveils-team-single-listen-to-the-royals-follow-up| url-status= live}}
{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/team-single/id703269857|title=Team – Single by Lorde|date=13 September 2013|work=iTunes Store (NZ)|publisher=Apple|access-date=13 September 2013|archive-date=8 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208230856/https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/team-single/id703269857|url-status=dead}}
{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/team-single/id703269857|title=Team – Single by Lorde|work=iTunes Store (AUS)|publisher=Apple|access-date=13 September 2013|date=13 September 2013|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055448/https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/team-single/id703269857|url-status=dead}} The single became available in the United States on 13 September as part of the pre-order for Pure Heroine.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/pure-heroine/703590196|title=Pure Heroine by Lorde|work=iTunes Store (US)|publisher=Apple|access-date=13 September 2013|date=13 September 2013|archive-date=22 September 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130922011720/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/pure-heroine/id703590196|url-status=live}} The song was critically acclaimed by critics who praised its catchy production and "club-ready" atmosphere. "Team" was a commercial success, reaching the top 10 in New Zealand,{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Lorde&titel=Team&cat=s|title=Lorde: Team|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=2 January 2014}} Canada, Mexico,{{cite web |url=http://monitorlatino.com.mx/ChartsRD.aspx?f=3 |title=Monitor Latino Top Inglés |publisher=Monitor Latino |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016123159/http://monitorlatino.com.mx/ChartsRD.aspx?f=3 |archive-date=16 October 2013 |language=es |access-date=30 June 2018 |url-status=dead}} and the United States.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/1553855/lorde/chart|title=Lorde: Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2 January 2014|archive-date=29 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329085618/http://www.billboard.com/artist/1553855/lorde/chart|url-status=live}}

"Glory and Gore" was released as the album's fourth and final single on 11 March 2014 after being sent to US modern rock radio.{{cite web|url=http://www.allaccess.com/alternative/future-releases |title=Future Releases on Alternative Radio Stations |publisher=All Access Music Group |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014203540/http://www.allaccess.com/alternative/future-releases/ |archive-date=14 October 2013 |url-status=dead}} The song received mixed reviews. Some praised its hook while others criticised its forced lyrics and production. It failed to match the success of the previous singles, charting outside the top 10 in New Zealand,{{cite web |url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/aotearoa-singles/2013-10-04 |title=Top 20 New Zealand Singles Chart |date=7 October 2013 |publisher=Recorded Music NZ |access-date=28 February 2014 |archive-date=21 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170521123558/http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/nzsingles?chart=2281 |url-status=live }} and at low-tier positions in Australia and the United States.{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/news/33225/chartifacts|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514225238/http://www.ariacharts.com.au/news/33225/chartifacts|title=Chartifacts|publisher=ARIA Charts|archive-date=14 May 2014}}
{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/1553855/lorde/chart?f=379 |title=Lorde |magazine=Billboard |access-date=28 February 2014 |archive-date=25 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925052307/https://www.billboard.com/artist/1553855/lorde/chart?f=379 |url-status=live }}

{{Music ratings

| ADM = 7.6/10{{cite web|title=Pure Heroine by Lorde reviews|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/5885/Lorde-Pure-Heroine.aspx|publisher=AnyDecentMusic?|access-date=6 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807112214/http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/5885/Lorde-Pure-Heroine.aspx|archive-date=7 August 2017|url-status=dead}}

| MC = 79/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/pure-heroine/lorde|title=Reviews for Pure Heroine by Lorde|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=28 October 2013|archive-date=4 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004044906/http://www.metacritic.com/music/pure-heroine/lorde|url-status=live}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/pure-heroine-mw0002574004|title=Pure Heroine – Lorde|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=29 September 2013|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|archive-date=1 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701235843/http://www.allmusic.com/album/pure-heroine-mw0002574004|url-status=live}}

| rev2 = The A.V. Club

| rev2score = B+{{cite web|last=McFarland|first=Kevin|url=http://www.avclub.com/review/lorde-ipure-heroinei-103883|title=Lorde: Pure Heroine|work=The A.V. Club|date=8 October 2013|access-date=7 December 2013|archive-date=12 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212094225/http://www.avclub.com/review/lorde-ipure-heroinei-103883|url-status=live}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3score = A−{{cite magazine|last1=Smith|first1=Grady|last2=Catucci|first2=Nick|last3=Anderson|first3=Kyle|last4=Rahman|first4=Ray|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2013/10/04/albums-october-11-2013|title=Albums: October 11, 2013|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=4 October 2013|access-date=7 December 2013|archive-date=8 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108065117/http://www.ew.com/article/2013/10/04/albums-october-11-2013|url-status=live}}

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite news|last=Sullivan|first=Caroline|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/24/lorde-pure-heroine-review|title=Lorde: Pure Heroine – review|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=24 October 2013|access-date=3 March 2014|archive-date=12 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112090127/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/24/lorde-pure-heroine-review|url-status=live}}

| rev5 = The Independent

| rev5score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite news|last=Gill|first=Andy|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-review-lorde-pure-heroine-universal-8901904.html|title=Album review: Lorde, Pure Heroine (Universal)|work=The Independent|location=London|date=25 October 2013|access-date=7 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102062125/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-review-lorde-pure-heroine-universal-8901904.html|archive-date=2 November 2013}}

| rev6 = NME

| rev6score = 6/10{{cite web|last=Barlow|first=Eve|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/lorde/14893|title=Lorde – 'Pure Heroine'|work=NME|date=28 October 2013|access-date=7 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321064445/http://www.nme.com/reviews/lorde/14893|archive-date=21 March 2015|url-status=dead}}

| rev7 = Pitchfork

| rev7score = 7.3/10{{cite web|last=Zoladz|first=Lindsay|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18614-lorde-pure-heroine/|title=Lorde: Pure Heroine|work=Pitchfork|date=3 October 2013|access-date=3 October 2013|archive-date=7 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307115506/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18614-lorde-pure-heroine/|url-status=live}}

| rev8 = Q

| rev8score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite journal|title=Lorde: Pure Heroine|journal=Q|issue=329|date=December 2013|page=108}}

| rev9 = Rolling Stone

| rev9score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Dolan|first=Jon|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/pure-heroine-20131007|title=Pure Heroine|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=7 October 2013|access-date=7 December 2013|archive-date=13 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113093911/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/pure-heroine-20131007|url-status=live}}

| rev10 = Spin

| rev10score = 6/10{{cite web|last=Johnston|first=Maura|author-link=Maura Johnston|url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/lorde-pure-heroine-royals-universal/|title=Lorde's 'Pure Heroine' Is Awash in (Possibly Fake) Teen-Pop-Star Ennui|work=Spin|date=27 September 2013|access-date=7 December 2013|archive-date=29 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629072339/http://www.spin.com/reviews/lorde-pure-heroine-royals-universal/|url-status=live}}

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Pure Heroine received generally positive reviews from critics; aggregating website Metacritic reports a normalized rating of 79, based on 28 reviews. Jason Lipshutz of Billboard described it as "immaculate" and an "exploration into the soul of a quiet girl in the Internet age, trying to feel something and not envy everything." In his favorable A− review, Ray Rahman of Entertainment Weekly said the album's production, vocal performance and lyricism "signals the arrival of a new kind of star." In contrast, Spin reviewer Maura Johnston suggested that Lorde used her age as a "clumsy ploy", declaring her music "aggressively okay" and washed in "(possibly fake) teen-pop-star ennui". Lindsay Zoladz, writing for Pitchfork, described Lorde as a "correspondent on the front lines of elegantly wasted post-digital youth culture and working-class suburban boredom".

James Reed of The Boston Globe said Pure Heroine was similar to the production aesthetic of R&B singers the Weeknd and Jessie Ware.{{cite news |last1=Reed |first1=James |title=Lorde, 'Pure Heroine' |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2013/09/30/album-review-lorde-pure-heroine/WuFOkA2ZOVrAEPx8JhHEcK/story.html |access-date=20 November 2018 |work=The Boston Globe |date=1 October 2013 |archive-date=20 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120095731/https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2013/09/30/album-review-lorde-pure-heroine/WuFOkA2ZOVrAEPx8JhHEcK/story.html |url-status=live }} PopMatters{{'}}s Evan Sawdey suggested that the "album's production... [evokes] an ethereal, nighttime soundscape that just so happens to congeal into sturdy pop songs, sometimes in exciting, unexpected ways."{{cite web|last=Sawdey |first=Evan |url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/175719-lorde-pure-heroine/ |title=Lorde: Pure Heroine |work=PopMatters |date=9 October 2013 |access-date=9 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104192220/http://www.popmatters.com/review/175719-lorde-pure-heroine/ |archive-date= 4 November 2014}} The New Zealand Herald{{'}}s Lydia Jenkin concluded, "[Lorde's] knack for combining her insights, with strong phrasing, and ear-worm phonaesthetics ... make her a musical heroine ... The impressive level of self-awareness is what makes her youthful commentary so compelling."{{cite news|last=Jenkin|first=Lydia|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11131222|title=Review: Godzone's perceptive, 21st century pop star|work=The New Zealand Herald|date=28 September 2013|access-date=1 October 2013}} Conversely, Adam Offitzer of Pretty Much Amazing awarded the album a B grade, asserting it was "no masterpiece", but engaging enough to keep Lorde relevant.{{cite web |author=Adam Offitzer |url=http://prettymuchamazing.com/reviews/lorde-pure-heroine |title=Review: Lorde – Pure Heroine « PMA |publisher=Pretty Much Amazing |date=25 May 2013 |access-date=1 October 2013 |archive-date=30 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930165718/http://prettymuchamazing.com/reviews/lorde-pure-heroine |url-status=live }} Robert Christgau gave the album a two-star honourable mention ({{Rating-Christgau|hm2}}) and said, "Her ambition's in the right place, but the reason she always co-writes is that 16-year-olds don't just crank out hits."{{cite web |last1=Christgau |first1=Robert |title=Album: Lorde: Pure Heroine |url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Lorde |website=RobertChristgau.com |access-date=3 July 2018 |archive-date=3 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703050859/https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Lorde |url-status=live }}

Pure Heroine was named the best album of 2013 by FasterLouder,{{cite web|title=FL's Top 50 Albums of 2013|url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/37856/FLs-Top-50-Albums-of-2013?page=6|work=Faster Louder|publisher=Faster Louder Pty Ltd|access-date=4 December 2013|date=3 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113053037/http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/37856/FLs-Top-50-Albums-of-2013?page=6|archive-date=13 November 2014|url-status=dead}} The Herald Sun,{{cite news |last1=Adams |first1=Cameron |title=Best and worst albums of 2013 |url=https://www.news.com.au/best-and-worst-albums-of-2013/news-story/aadae330e094e76cac58caa017548a95 |access-date=10 March 2019 |work=Herald Sun |date=19 December 2013 |archive-date=20 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220230054/http://www.news.com.au/best-and-worst-albums-of-2013/news-story/aadae330e094e76cac58caa017548a95 |url-status=live }} The Mercury News,{{cite news |last1=Harrington |first1=Jim |title=Best of 2013 pop: Newcomer Lorde delivered year's best album |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2013/12/18/best-of-2013-pop-newcomer-lorde-delivered-years-best-album/ |access-date=29 June 2018 |work=The Mercury News |date=18 December 2013}} and The New York Times.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/15/arts/music/lorde-rules-a-year-end-list.html | work=The New York Times | first=Jon | last=Pareles | title=Lorde Rules a Year-End List | date=13 December 2013 | access-date=28 February 2017 | archive-date=1 May 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501193109/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/15/arts/music/lorde-rules-a-year-end-list.html | url-status=live }} It featured highly in other end-of-year best album lists: at number two by Entertainment Weekly,{{Cite magazine |url=http://ew.com/music/best-albums-of-2017/2-kendrick-lamar-damn/ |title=The 25 Best Albums of 2017 |date=5 December 2017 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=8 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107192951/https://ew.com/music/best-albums-of-2017/2-kendrick-lamar-damn/ |archive-date=7 January 2018}} at number four by Billboard,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/5840321/15-best-albums-of-2013-critics-picks|title=15 Best Albums of 2013: Critics' Picks|date=19 December 2013|magazine=Billboard|access-date=30 December 2013|archive-date=3 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103021106/http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/5840321/15-best-albums-of-2013-critics-picks|url-status=live}} at number four by Slant,{{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/features/article/the-25-best-albums-of-2013/P5|title=The 25 Best Albums of 2013|date=12 December 2013|work=Slant Magazine|access-date=14 December 2013|archive-date=14 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214081052/http://www.slantmagazine.com/features/article/the-25-best-albums-of-2013/P5|url-status=live}} at number seven by Rolling Stone,{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-albums-of-2013-20131202/lorde-pure-heroine-19691231 |title=50 Best Albums of 2013: Lorde, Pure Heroine |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=2 December 2013 |access-date=11 December 2013 |archive-date=4 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204213325/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-albums-of-2013-20131202/lorde-pure-heroine-19691231 |url-status=live }} and at number ten by The A.V. Club.{{cite web |url=http://www.avclub.com/article/the-23-best-albums-of-2013-106233 |title=The 23 Best Albums of 2013 |publisher=The A.V. Club |date=5 December 2013 |access-date=11 December 2013 |archive-date=5 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205121715/http://www.avclub.com/article/the-23-best-albums-of-2013-106233 |url-status=live }} The record featured at number 25 in The Village Voice{{'}}s 2013 Pazz & Jop critics' poll, with 317 points.{{cite news |url=http://furia.com/pjs/table_album_2013_total.html |title=Pazz & Jop Statistics |publisher=Furia.com |access-date=15 January 2014 |author=McDonald, Glenn |archive-date=16 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116130433/http://furia.com/pjs/table_album_2013_total.html |url-status=live }} Metacritic ranked it the fifth best-reviewed album of 2013, with 34 points.{{cite news|last1=Dietz|first1=Jason|title=Music Critic Top 10 Lists|url=http://www.metacritic.com/feature/critics-pick-top-ten-albums-of-2013|access-date=8 January 2018|publisher=Metacritic|date=4 December 2013|archive-date=12 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140412154618/http://www.metacritic.com/feature/critics-pick-top-ten-albums-of-2013|url-status=live}} In 2014, Pure Heroine was named Album of the Year and Best Pop Album at the New Zealand Music Awards,{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11361733 |title=Lorde wins all the Tuis |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=20 November 2014 |access-date=20 November 2014}} and was awarded the Taite Music Prize.{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11239442 |title=Taite Prize: Lorde giveth back |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=16 April 2014 |access-date=16 April 2014}} It was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.{{cite web |title=Grammys 2014: Winners list |url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/01/26/showbiz/grammys-winners-list/index.html |publisher=CNN |access-date=21 January 2019 |date=27 January 2014 |archive-date=10 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510005205/https://www.cnn.com/2014/01/26/showbiz/grammys-winners-list/index.html |url-status=live }}

The album debuted atop the Official New Zealand Chart, and was certified platinum in its first week;{{cite news|title=Lorde's Pure Heroine goes No. 1, platinum in first week|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11134905|work=The New Zealand Herald |publisher=APN News & Media|access-date=5 October 2013|date=5 October 2013}} it remained at number one for the following two weeks.{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/2013-10-11|title=The Official New Zealand Music Chart|access-date=12 October 2013|archive-date=12 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012030642/http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=2297|url-status=live}}
{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/2013-10-18|title=The Official New Zealand Music Chart|access-date=18 October 2013|archive-date=18 October 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131018050812/http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=2304|url-status=live}} After eleven weeks on the chart, Pure Heroine rebounded to number two and was certified triple platinum.{{cite web |url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/2013-12-13 |title=NZ Top 40 Albums Chart | The Official New Zealand Music Chart |publisher=Nztop40.co.nz |date=16 December 2013 |access-date=10 March 2014 |archive-date=14 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214135117/http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=2341 |url-status=live }} At week eighteen, it rose from number three to number one and was certified quadruple platinum.{{cite web |url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/2014-01-31 |title=NZ Top 40 Albums Chart | The Official New Zealand Music Chart |publisher=Nztop40.co.nz |date=3 February 2014 |access-date=10 March 2014 |archive-date=9 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209053059/http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=2409 |url-status=live }} The album also debuted at number one on Australia's ARIA Chart.{{cite web|title=Lorde Has Risen to Top of ARIA Album Chart|url=http://themusic.com.au/news/all/2013/10/05/lorde-debuts-at-number-one-on-australian-aria-albums-chart/|publisher=themusic.com.au|access-date=6 October 2013|date=5 October 2013|archive-date=7 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007032803/http://themusic.com.au/news/all/2013/10/05/lorde-debuts-at-number-one-on-australian-aria-albums-chart/|url-status=live}} It then fell to number two, but was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).{{cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/aria-albums-miley-cyrus-takes-on-lorde-and-wins-20131012|title=ARIA Albums: Miley Cyrus Takes on Lorde And Wins|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|date=12 October 2013|publisher=Noise11|access-date=12 October 2013|archive-date=2 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102170907/http://www.noise11.com/news/aria-albums-miley-cyrus-takes-on-lorde-and-wins-20131012|url-status=live}} The album was ninth on ARIA's 10 Albums of 2013, with sales of about 100,000 copies.{{cite news |last=Adams |first=Cameron |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/aria-album-charts-pink-and-katy-perry-score-highest-sellers-in-australia-in-2013/story-e6frfmq9-1226796832354 |title=ARIA album charts: Pink and Katy Perry score highest sellers in Australia in 2013 |publisher=News.com.au |date=8 January 2014 |access-date=10 March 2014 |archive-date=1 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301044326/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/aria-album-charts-pink-and-katy-perry-score-highest-sellers-in-australia-in-2013/story-e6frfmq9-1226796832354 |url-status=live }}

Pure Heroine entered the Canadian Albums Chart at number two, with first-week sales of 15,000 copies, and was later certified platinum by Music Canada (MC) for shipments of 80,000 copies.{{cite web |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/justin-timberlake-scores-his-second-no-1-album-of-2013/ |title=Justin Timberlake Scores His Second No. 1 Album Of 2013 |publisher=Billboard |date=9 October 2013 |access-date=27 November 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Pure%20Heroine&sa=Lorde&smt=0 |title=Gold Platinum Database |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131102083410/http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Pure+Heroine&sa=Lorde&smt=0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 November 2013}} The album sold 18,294 copies in its debut at number four on the Official Charts Company's UK Albums Chart, where it was later certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipments of 100,000 copies.{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Alan |url=http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-arcade-fire-lp-sells-45k-to-hit-no-1/056607 |title=Official Charts Analysis: Arcade Fire LP sells 45k to hit No.1 |work=Music Week |date=4 November 2013 |access-date=10 December 2013 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202334/http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-arcade-fire-lp-sells-45k-to-hit-no-1/056607 |url-status=live }}
{{cite web |url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx |title=Certified Awards |format=Enter the keyword "Lorde" to search |publisher=British Phonographic Industry |access-date=5 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124005813/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx |archive-date=24 January 2013 }}

It debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 129,000 copies.{{cite magazine| url= http://billboard.com/articles/news/5748190/justin-timberlake-scores-his-second-no-1-album-of-2013| title= Justin Timberlake Scores His Second No. 1 Album of 2013| first= Keith| last= Caulfield| location= Los Angeles| magazine= Billboard| date= 9 October 2013| access-date= 10 October 2013| archive-date= 30 March 2014| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140330221052/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5748190/justin-timberlake-scores-his-second-no-1-album-of-2013| url-status= live}} In its second week on the chart the album fell to number six, with a 51-percent drop in sales to 63,000 copies.{{cite magazine| title= Miley Cyrus' 'Bangerz' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200| url= http://billboard.com/articles/news/5755773/miley-cyrus-bangerz-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200| last= Caulfield| first= Keith| magazine= Billboard| date= 16 October 2013| access-date= 17 October 2013| archive-date= 16 October 2013| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131016204506/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5755773/miley-cyrus-bangerz-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200| url-status= live}} Pure Heroine fell to number seven in its third week, selling 48,000 copies, but rose to number five the following week and sold 40,000 copies.{{cite news | url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/23/lorde-and-eminem-battle-at-the-top-of-the-singles-chart/?_r=0 | work=The New York Times | first=Ben | last=Sisario | title=Lorde and Eminem Battle at the Top of the Singles Chart | date=23 October 2013 | access-date=24 October 2013 | archive-date=29 October 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192320/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/23/lorde-and-eminem-battle-at-the-top-of-the-singles-chart/?_r=0 | url-status=live }}
{{cite web|url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-oct-27-2013-albums-katy-perry-151049350.html|title=Katy Perry Knocks Miley Cyrus Down a Couple Pegs|last=Grein|first=Paul|date=30 October 2013|publisher=Chart Watch. Yahoo! Music|access-date=27 October 2013|archive-date=2 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102000513/http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-oct-27-2013-albums-katy-perry-151049350.html|url-status=live}} According to Nielsen Soundscan, the album sold 413,000 copies by 3 December 2013; by 19 December, it was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of 541,000 copies.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5812361/lordes-team-video-royals-follow-up-features-motorcycle-jousting |title=Lorde's 'Team' Video: 'Royals' Follow-Up Features Motorcycle Jousting |first=Jason |last=Lipshutz |location=New York |magazine=Billboard |date=3 December 2013 |access-date=4 December 2013 |archive-date=8 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140608113443/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5812361/lordes-team-video-royals-follow-up-features-motorcycle-jousting |url-status=live }}
{{cite web|last=Graham|first=Adam|url=http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2013-12-19/soundscanner-beyonce-beyonce/|title=SoundScanner: Beyonce Turns The Lights Out on the Competition (XO!), Setting Sales Records on the Way|publisher=VH1|date=19 December 2013|access-date=19 December 2013|archive-date=20 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220195002/http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2013-12-19/soundscanner-beyonce-beyonce/|url-status=dead}} Pure Heroine had a 14-percent US sales increase during the holiday season, selling 78,000 copies and moving from number eleven to number seven on the Billboard 200.{{cite web |url=http://themusic.com.au/news/all/2014/01/03/lorde-enjoys-172-us-sales-jump-post-christmas/ |title=Lorde Enjoys 172% US Sales Jump Post-Christmas ♫ Latest news at |publisher=Themusic.com.au |access-date=10 March 2014 |archive-date=16 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316141012/http://themusic.com.au/news/all/2014/01/03/lorde-enjoys-172-us-sales-jump-post-christmas/ |url-status=live }} On 9 January 2014, the album rose from seventh to fifth on the chart and sold a further 46,000 copies; it held its position the following week, selling 33,000 copies.{{cite web |url=http://www.rap-up.com/2014/01/08/beyonce-ousted-from-no-1-spot-by-frozen-soundtrack/#more-176513 |title=Beyoncé Ousted From No. 1 Spot by 'Frozen' Soundtrack |publisher=Rap-Up.com |access-date=10 March 2014 |archive-date=8 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108202419/http://www.rap-up.com/2014/01/08/beyonce-ousted-from-no-1-spot-by-frozen-soundtrack/#more-176513 |url-status=live }}
{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5869748/frozen-chills-for-second-week-at-no-1-on-billboard-200 |title='Frozen' Chills For Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=10 March 2014 |archive-date=17 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140117160222/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5869748/frozen-chills-for-second-week-at-no-1-on-billboard-200 |url-status=live }} In July 2014, Billboard released a mid-year chart; Pure Heroine was number four, selling 641,000 copies in the first half of the year.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6143254/frozen-pharrell-williams-lead-mid-year-soundscan-charts-2014|title='Frozen,' Pharrell Williams Lead Mid-Year SoundScan Charts| magazine=Billboard |access-date=3 July 2014|archive-date=3 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140803165057/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6143254/frozen-pharrell-williams-lead-mid-year-soundscan-charts-2014|url-status=live}} It was the sixth-bestselling album of 2014, selling 841,000 copies and 6.8 million tracks.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/5884996/macklemore-daft-punk-lorde-jay-z-beyonce-retailers-predict-this-years |title=Macklemore, Daft Punk, Lorde, Jay Z & Beyonce: Retailers Predict This Year's Grammys Bump |magazine=Billboard |access-date=10 March 2014 |archive-date=5 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140405064307/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/5884996/macklemore-daft-punk-lorde-jay-z-beyonce-retailers-predict-this-years |url-status=live }}
{{cite magazine | url = https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6422411/taylor-swift-1989-beats-frozen-top-selling-album-2014 | title = Taylor Swift's '1989' Beats 'Frozen' As Top Selling Album of 2014 | author = Keith Claufield | magazine = Billboard | date = 31 December 2014 | access-date = 1 January 2015 | url-access = subscription | archive-date = 2 July 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180702224532/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6422411/taylor-swift-1989-beats-frozen-top-selling-album-2014 | url-status = live }}

Pure Heroine had an 86-percent increase in sales after Lorde's performance at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, rising from number five back to number three on the Billboard 200 and selling 68,000 copies.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5893985/grammy-awards-rock-charts-daft-punk-returns-to-top-10-on-billboard-200 |title=Grammy Awards Rock Charts, Daft Punk Returns to Top 10 on Billboard 200 |magazine=Billboard |date=6 April 2013 |access-date=10 March 2014 |archive-date=1 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301205629/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5893985/grammy-awards-rock-charts-daft-punk-returns-to-top-10-on-billboard-200 |url-status=live }} After slipping to number eight for the week ending 19 February, Pure Heroine rose to number seven with 39,000 copies sold (a nine-percent increase).{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5908511/eric-church-scores-second-no-1-album-with-the-outsiders |title=Eric Church Scores Second No. 1 Album With 'The Outsiders' |magazine=Billboard |access-date=10 March 2014 |archive-date=21 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221102507/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5908511/eric-church-scores-second-no-1-album-with-the-outsiders |url-status=live }} It rose to number six the following week, selling 30,000 copies and passing the one-million mark with 1.01 million copies sold.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5922997/lordes-pure-heroine-hits-1-million-in-sales |title=Lorde's 'Pure Heroine' Hits 1 Million in Sales |magazine=Billboard |access-date=10 March 2014 |archive-date=4 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304061926/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5922997/lordes-pure-heroine-hits-1-million-in-sales |url-status=live }} Pure Heroine was the first debut album to reach the one-million mark since October 2013; Lorde was the first woman whose debut album sold a million copies since April 2011 and Adele's 19. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the album sold 1.4 million copies in 2013 and two million copies in 2014,{{cite web | url = http://i.imgur.com/dEH58ei.png | title = Global Top 50 Albums of 2013 | author = IFPI | work = IFPI | date = 12 April 2014 | access-date = 25 April 2017 | archive-date = 27 April 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170427095842/http://i.imgur.com/dEH58ei.png | url-status = live }} with 3.4 million combined copies for both years.{{cite web|title=Global Music Report 2015|url=http://www.ifpi.org/news/Global-digital-music-revenues-match-physical-format-sales-for-first-time|work=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|date=14 April 2015|access-date=25 April 2017|archive-date=14 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414194629/http://www.ifpi.org/news/Global-digital-music-revenues-match-physical-format-sales-for-first-time|url-status=live}}

After its release, Pure Heroine was called a "game-changer".{{cite web |last1=Wentz |first1=Pete |title=Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz: Rock Is Alive – But You Might Not Know It When You Hear It (Guest Column) |url=https://variety.com/2018/voices/columns/fall-out-boy-pete-wentz-rock-guest-column-1202675503/ |publisher=Variety |access-date=21 September 2020 |date=25 January 2018 |archive-date=13 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913135105/https://variety.com/2018/voices/columns/fall-out-boy-pete-wentz-rock-guest-column-1202675503/ |url-status=live }}
{{cite news |last1=Levy |first1=Piet |title=Review: Lorde proves she's one of our boldest living pop stars at Milwaukee tour kickoff |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2018/03/02/review-lorde-proves-shes-one-our-boldest-living-pop-stars-milwaukee-tour-kickoff/388157002/ |access-date=27 March 2020 |work=USA Today |date=2 March 2018 |archive-date=15 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915020100/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2018/03/02/review-lorde-proves-shes-one-our-boldest-living-pop-stars-milwaukee-tour-kickoff/388157002/ |url-status=live }}
{{cite news |last1=Helman |first1=Peter |title=Lorde Reveals Melodrama Tracklist |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1942030/lorde-reveals-melodrama-tracklist/news/ |access-date=27 March 2020 |work=Stereogum |date=18 May 2017 |archive-date=9 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309174408/https://www.stereogum.com/1942030/lorde-reveals-melodrama-tracklist/news/ |url-status=live }} It was further praised by critics for its minimalist pop production and for challenging current pop trends.{{cite web |last1=Rosemberg |first1=Sam |title=The Enduring Magic of Lorde's Pure Heroine and HAIM's Days Are Gone |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/lorde/lorde-haim-debut-10-year-anniversary |publisher=Paste |date=27 September 2023}} According to Paste, Pure Heroine expanded "what pop could sound like: exploratory, genre-fluid, and defiant of categorization and formula." Similarly, the Recording Academy also stated that the album "influenced a generation" and paved the way for the "unconventional modern superstar".{{cite web| date=27 September 2023 |title=5 Ways Lorde's 'Pure Heroine' Helped Pave The Way For The Unconventional Modern Superstar|url=https://www.grammy.com/news/lorde-pure-heroine-10th-anniversary-royals-team-tennis-court |publisher=Grammy}} English singer-songwriter David Bowie called her "the future of music",{{cite news|last1=Maine|first1=Samantha|title=David Bowie thought of Lorde as "the future of music"|url=http://www.nme.com/news/music/david-bowie-60-1201454|access-date=7 January 2018|work=NME|date=21 March 2016|archive-date=8 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108175253/http://www.nme.com/news/music/david-bowie-60-1201454|url-status=live}} while Dave Grohl saw her as revolutionary.{{cite magazine |last1=Greene |first1=Andy |title=Lorde Is Giving Dave Grohl Hope for the Future of Pop Music |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lorde-is-giving-dave-grohl-hope-for-the-future-of-pop-music-101902/ |access-date=15 December 2018 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=25 April 2014 |archive-date=15 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215070135/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lorde-is-giving-dave-grohl-hope-for-the-future-of-pop-music-101902/ |url-status=live }}

The success of Pure Heroine affected Joel Little's career. According to The Guardian, the album's international success "thrust Little into the limelight".{{cite news |last1=Oliver |first1=Huw |title=The secrets of Lorde's right-hand man, Joel Little |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/apr/11/joel-little-lorde |access-date=27 March 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=11 April 2014 |archive-date=6 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806233334/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/apr/11/joel-little-lorde |url-status=live }} Billboard ranked him at number 33 on their list of the 50 Best Music Producers of the 21st Century. The publication listed Pure Heroine as Little's defining work.{{cite magazine |title=The 50 Greatest Producers of the 21st Century: Staff List |url=https://www.billboard.com/media/lists/best-music-producers-9603412/ |access-date=26 November 2023 |magazine=Billboard |date=21 July 2017}} NME credits the album as forging a pop songwriter career for Little.{{cite news |last1=Young |first1=David James |title=Lorde reflects on a decade of 'Pure Heroine': "Every week was the most exciting week of my whole life" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/lorde-reflects-decade-pure-heroine-3505588 |access-date=26 November 2023 |work=NME |date=28 September 2023}} Since the album's release, he has assisted in producing albums for a range of artists such as alternative-leaning acts Imagine Dragons, Noah Kahan,{{cite news |last1=Rawls |first1=Murjani |title=Noah Kahan Has Done a Lot of Growing and Is Ready to Show the World How Much |url=https://substreammagazine.com/2021/09/noah-kahan-has-done-a-lot-of-growing-and-is-ready-to-show-the-world-how-much/ |access-date=26 November 2023 |work=Substream Magazine |date=16 September 2021}} and Vance Joy,{{cite magazine |last1=Zemler |first1=Emily |title=Vance Joy Plays Matchmaker in Video for New Single 'Clarity' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/vance-joy-single-clarity-1334067/ |access-date=26 November 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=7 April 2022}} as well as pop-oriented musicians Taylor Swift,{{cite magazine |last1=Kaufman |first1=Gil |title=Producer Joel Little Talks Connecting With Taylor Swift For 'Me!': 'We Just Clicked Creatively Right Away' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8511108/joel-little-interview-taylor-swift-me |access-date=27 March 2020 |magazine=Billboard |date=13 May 2019 |archive-date=27 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327114615/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8511108/joel-little-interview-taylor-swift-me |url-status=live }} Shawn Mendes,{{cite news |last1=Neid |first1=Mike |title=Shawn Mendes & Khalid's "Youth" Is a Resilient Anthem |url=https://www.idolator.com/7679174/shawn-mendes-khalid-youth |access-date=26 November 2023 |publisher=Idolator |date=3 May 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Niall Horan,{{cite magazine |last1=Paul |first1=Larisha |title=Niall Horan Enters His Certified Lover Boy Era on 'Heaven' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/niall-horan-heaven-song-1234681286/ |access-date=26 November 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=17 February 2023}} and Khalid.{{cite news |title=Kiwi music producer Joel Little dominates the Billboard charts |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/94456990/kiwi-music-producer-joel-little-dominates-the-billboard-charts |access-date=27 March 2020 |publisher=stuff.co.nz |date=6 July 2017 |archive-date=27 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327114615/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/94456990/kiwi-music-producer-joel-little-dominates-the-billboard-charts |url-status=live }}

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Forbes placed Lorde on their 30 Under 30 list of young people "who are changing our world".{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11182484 |title=Lorde is 'changing our world' says Forbes – Entertainment – NZ Herald News |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=7 January 2014 |access-date=10 March 2014}} She was the youngest person in the music category. Lorde also topped Time{{'s}} list of the world's most influential teenagers; according to Time, she was "forging her own path." Forbes called Pure Heroine a "breakout success", with a "larger evolution on the horizon."{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/nickmessitte/2013/12/04/pure-heroine-we-found-lorde-in-a-hopeless-place/ |title=Pure Heroine – We Found Lorde in a Hopeless Place |work=Forbes |date=4 December 2013 |access-date=10 March 2014 |first=Nick |last=Messitte |archive-date=28 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628234139/https://www.forbes.com/sites/nickmessitte/2013/12/04/pure-heroine-we-found-lorde-in-a-hopeless-place/ |url-status=live }} Billboard also named Lorde "your new alt-rock heroine" in their September 2013 cover story.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5687161/lorde-the-billboard-cover-story|title=Lorde: The Billboard Cover Story|magazine=Billboard|first=Jason|last=Lipshutz|date=6 September 2013|access-date=20 June 2014|archive-date=4 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704071721/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5687161/lorde-the-billboard-cover-story|url-status=live}}

Music publications have cited Pure Heroine as an influential album in mainstream pop music.{{cite news |last1=Touros |first1=Cyrena |title=Lorde Is The 21st Century's Author of Adolescent Evolution |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/08/31/638897130/lorde-is-the-21st-centurys-author-of-adolescent-evolution |access-date=15 December 2018 |publisher=National Public Radio |date=31 August 2018 |archive-date=2 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902010239/https://www.npr.org/2018/08/31/638897130/lorde-is-the-21st-centurys-author-of-adolescent-evolution |url-status=live }}
{{cite magazine |last1=Morris |first1=Alex |title=Lorde's Growing Pains: How Pop's Favorite Outsider Wrote Her Next Chapter |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/lordes-growing-pains-how-pops-favorite-outsider-wrote-her-next-chapter-127944/ |access-date=11 September 2018 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=15 May 2017 |archive-date=16 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916163933/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/lordes-growing-pains-how-pops-favorite-outsider-wrote-her-next-chapter-127944/ |url-status=live }}
{{cite news |last1=Rettig |first1=James |title=Premature Evaluation: Lorde Melodrama |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1946406/premature-evaluation-lorde-melodrama/franchises/premature-evaluation/ |access-date=10 July 2018 |work=Stereogum |date=16 June 2017 |archive-date=10 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710041108/https://www.stereogum.com/1946406/premature-evaluation-lorde-melodrama/franchises/premature-evaluation/ |url-status=live }}
{{cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Tom |title=Lorde to release new music in March. Time to speculate wildly what it might sound like |url=https://mic.com/articles/168877/lorde-to-release-new-music-in-march-time-to-speculate-wildly-what-it-might-sound-like#.6xhOC6hyJ |access-date=1 July 2018 |publisher=Mic |date=16 February 2017 |archive-date=31 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331173334/https://mic.com/articles/168877/lorde-to-release-new-music-in-march-time-to-speculate-wildly-what-it-might-sound-like#.6xhOC6hyJ |url-status=live }} Lindsay Zoladz from The Ringer indicated that the album's "impact [was] larger and harder to define because it completely rewrote the rules for young women making radio-friendly pop."{{cite news|last1=Zoladz|first1=Lindsay|title=Lorde Works in Mysterious Ways|url=https://www.theringer.com/2017/6/19/16043030/lorde-second-album-melodrama-26fefc74a1e|access-date=10 March 2018|work=The Ringer|date=19 June 2017|archive-date=28 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228054311/https://www.theringer.com/2017/6/19/16043030/lorde-second-album-melodrama-26fefc74a1e|url-status=live}} The New Yorker{{'}}s Carrie Battan echoed similar statements, arguing that the "pop scene—particularly for women—has altered radically since Pure Heroine was released", making it "almost unrecognizable from the sugary-sweet, overtly sexual realm of the early aughts."{{cite magazine |last1=Battan |first1=Carrie |title=On "Melodrama", Lorde Learns How Messy Adulthood Can Be |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/06/26/on-melodrama-lorde-learns-how-messy-adulthood-can-be |access-date=1 July 2018 |magazine=The New Yorker |date=26 June 2017 |archive-date=24 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024084813/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/06/26/on-melodrama-lorde-learns-how-messy-adulthood-can-be |url-status=live }}

Lorde's vocal performance on the album was credited by Peter Robinson of The Guardian for contributing to the rise of "whisperpop" in mainstream music, defined as "deceptively understated, intricate vocal performances" in vocalists;{{cite news|last1=Robinson|first1=Peter|title='Whisperpop': why stars are choosing breathy intensity over vocal paint-stripping|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/nov/11/whisperpop-why-stars-choosing-breathy-intensity-over-vocal-paint-stripping|access-date=27 May 2018|work=The Guardian|date=11 November 2017|archive-date=27 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527201355/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/nov/11/whisperpop-why-stars-choosing-breathy-intensity-over-vocal-paint-stripping|url-status=live}} Robinson also noted that Lorde was one of several artists that inspired a "raft of major signings". Elle Hunt, writing for The Spinoff said the album's "almost conversational style of singing is now so ubiquitous, it's easy to forget it would not have been associated with pop ten years ago or fewer."{{cite news|last1=Hunt|first1=Elle|title=How Lorde and Jack Antonoff changed pop music|url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/music/12-02-2018/how-lorde-and-jack-antonoff-changed-pop-music/|access-date=27 May 2018|work=The Spinoff|date=12 February 2018|archive-date=27 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527201335/https://thespinoff.co.nz/music/12-02-2018/how-lorde-and-jack-antonoff-changed-pop-music/|url-status=live}}

American singer Conan Gray cited Pure Heroine as a major source of inspiration while writing his debut EP Sunset Season (2018) and debut album Kid Krow (2020).{{cite news |last1=Garay |first1=Ryan |title=Conan Gray comes of age in debut album 'Kid Krow' |url=https://www.dailycal.org/2020/03/24/conan-gray-comes-of-age-in-debut-album-kid-krow/ |access-date=25 March 2020 |work=The Daily Californian |date=24 March 2020 |archive-date=24 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324181942/https://www.dailycal.org/2020/03/24/conan-gray-comes-of-age-in-debut-album-kid-krow/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Wetmore |first1=Brendan |title=Conan Gray Hits a Small Town Crescendo |url=https://www.papermag.com/conan-gray-sunset-season-2633801871.html |access-date=25 March 2020 |work=Paper |date=9 April 2019 |archive-date=29 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329065558/https://www.papermag.com/conan-gray-sunset-season-2633801871.html |url-status=live }} He credits the album for starting his "obsession with pop music". In an interview with NME, American singer Olivia Rodrigo stated that the album served as inspiration for her debut single, "Drivers License" (2021).{{cite news |last1=Mylrea |first1=Hannah |title=Olivia Rodrigo: inside the Taylor-endorsed mega-hit 'Drivers License' |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/olivia-rodrigo-drivers-license-interview-2859991 |access-date=21 January 2021 |work=NME |date=20 January 2021 |archive-date=20 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120200203/https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/olivia-rodrigo-drivers-license-interview-2859991 |url-status=live }} Australian singer Troye Sivan stated that his debut album, Blue Neighbourhood (2015), took inspiration from Pure Heroine,{{cite news |last1=Wood |first1=Mikael |title=Troye Sivan on moving beyond YouTube to pop radio: 'That's what I want' |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-troye-sivan-youtube-music-20151022-story.html |access-date=26 November 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=22 October 2015}} while American singer Gracie Abrams says the album "changed [her] life".{{cite news |last1=Gokhman |first1=Roman |title=Interview: Gracie Abrams ready to move beyond heartbreak, play live |url=https://riffmagazine.com/features/gracie-abrams-beyond-heartbreak/ |access-date=27 November 2023 |work=Riff Magazine |date=27 August 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Meredith |first1=Kyle |title=Gracie Abrams on Being Inspired by Lorde's Pure Heroine |url=https://consequence.net/2021/02/kyle-meredith-with-gracie-abrams/ |access-date=27 November 2023 |work=Consequence of Sound |date=3 February 2021}} Similarly, Australian singer Amy Shark considered the album a pivotal moment in helping her "find direction" for her sound.{{cite news |title=Amy Shark's Savvy Seven |url=https://musicindustryinsideout.com.au/amy-shark-savvy-seven/ |access-date=26 November 2023 |publisher=Music Industry Inside Out |archive-date=26 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231126183114/https://musicindustryinsideout.com.au/amy-shark-savvy-seven/ |url-status=dead }} English duo Let's Eat Grandma selected Pure Heroine as one of their all-time favourite records and cited it as an influence on their 2018 album I'm All Ears.{{cite news |last1=Armstrong |first1=Aimee |title=Cool & Collected: Let's Eat Grandma's Favourite Albums |url=https://thequietus.com/articles/24913-lets-eat-grandma-interview-favourite-albums |access-date=26 November 2023 |work=The Quietus |date=4 July 2018}} The Recording Academy notes that the album's "one writer, one producer" formula was adopted by American singer Billie Eilish and Rodrigo on their album releases.

All tracks written by Ella Yelich-O'Connor and Joel Little, and produced by Little, except where noted.

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| headline = Pure Heroine – {{nobold|Digital extended version (bonus tracks)}}{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/pure-heroine-extended/id773618496|title=Pure Heroine (Extended)|publisher=iTunes Store|date=13 December 2013|access-date=14 December 2013|archive-date=12 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012223829/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/pure-heroine-extended/id773618496|url-status=dead}}

| total_length = 56:32

| title11 = No Better

| note11 = iTunes Store edition

| length11 = 2:50

| title12 = Bravado

| length12 = 3:41

| title13 = Million Dollar Bills

| length13 = 2:18

| title14 = The Love Club

| length14 = 3:21

| title15 = Biting Down

| length15 = 3:33

| title16 = Swingin Party

| note16 = {{small|writer: Westerberg}}

| length16 = 3:42

}}

Notes

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Credits adapted from the liner notes of Pure Heroine.{{cite AV media notes |title=Pure Heroine |type=CD liner notes |others=Lorde |year=2013 |publisher=Universal Music New Zealand |id=3751900}}

• Ella Yelich-O'Connor – vocals, additional production {{small|(tracks 5, 6 and 10)}}
• Joel Little – production, mixing, engineering, instrumentation
• Stuart Hawkes – mastering
• Charles Howells – photography
• Mario Hugo – design, illustration
• Ania Nowak – design support

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|artist=Lorde|title=Pure Heroine|award=Platinum|number=4|certyear=2019|access-date=16 August 2019}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|type=album|artist=Lorde|title=Pure Heroine|award=Platinum|certyear=2014|relyear=2013|access-date=14 October 2013}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil |type=album|artist=Lorde|title=Pure Heroine|certref={{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305113253/http://billboard.com.br/pt_br/noticias/lorde-conquista-disco-de-ouro-no-brasil|url=http://billboard.com.br/pt_br/noticias/lorde-conquista-disco-de-ouro-no-brasil|title=Lorde conquista Disco de Ouro no Brasil|work=Billboard Brasil|date=25 February 2014|archive-date=5 March 2014|language=pt}}|award=Gold|relyear=2013|certyear=2014}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|artist=Lorde|title=Pure Heroine|award=Platinum|number=6|relyear=2013|certyear=2025|access-date=24 January 2025}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Colombia (ASINCOL)|certref={{cite web|url=http://www.caracol.com.co/noticias/entretenimiento/lorde-logra-disco-de-oro-en-colombia/20140529/nota/2248468.aspx|title=Lorde logra Disco de Oro en Colombia|publisher=Caracol Radio|date=29 May 2014|access-date=30 May 2014|language=es|archive-date=30 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530041226/http://www.caracol.com.co/noticias/entretenimiento/lorde-logra-disco-de-oro-en-colombia/20140529/nota/2248468.aspx|url-status=dead}}|award=Gold|nosales=true}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|type=album|artist=Lorde|title=Pure Heroine|award=Platinum|relyear=2013|certyear=2020|id=9287|access-date=9 June 2020}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=album|artist=Lorde|title=Pure Heroine|award=Platinum|certyear=2021|relyear=2013|access-date=16 February 2025}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=album|artist=Lorde|title=Pure Heroine|award=Platinum|access-date=25 April 2023|relyear=2013|certyear=2023}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=album|artist=Lorde|title=Pure Heroine|award=Gold|relyear=2013|certyear=2022|id=9730|access-date=15 March 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Mexico|artist=Lorde|title=Pure Heroine|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2013|date=28 April 2014|access-date=29 April 2014}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=album|artist=Lorde|title=Pure Heroine|award=Platinum|number=8|certyear=2023|source=radioscope|access-date=16 February 2025}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|artist=Lorde|title=Pure Heroine|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=2013|certyear=2017|access-date=20 October 2017}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|award=Gold|artist=Lorde|certyear=2014|relyear=2014|title=Pure Heroine|type=album|access-date=20 November 2014}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Singapore|type=album|artist=Lorde|title=Pure Heroine|award=Platinum|certyear=2021|access-date=23 January 2023}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=South Korea (Gaon)|nocert=yes|salesamount=1,198|salesref={{NoteTag|South Korea sales figures for Pure Heroine as of 2014{{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?termGbn=year&hitYear=2014&targetTime=14&nationGbn=E |title=2014년 Album Chart |work=Gaon Chart |access-date=29 March 2017 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329205331/http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?termGbn=year&hitYear=2014&targetTime=14&nationGbn=E |archive-date=29 March 2017}}}}|access-date=15 December 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|relyear=2013|certyear=2025|title=Pure Heroine|artist=Lorde|type=album|award=Platinum|number=2|source=artist|access-date=16 February 2025}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=Lorde|title=Pure Heroine|award=Platinum|id=12716-3846-2|salesamount=372,000|salesref={{NoteTag|UK sales figures for Pure Heroine as of August 2021{{cite web |last1=Griffiths |first1=George |title=Lorde on how Melodrama's commercial reception inspired Solar Power: "I won't be number one for nine weeks" |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/lorde-on-how-melodramas-commercial-reception-inspired-solar-power-i-wont-be-number-one-for-nine-weeks__33860/ |website=Official Charts |access-date=16 December 2021 |date=23 August 2021}}}}|access-date=15 December 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Lorde|title=Pure Heroine|award=Platinum|number=5|relyear=2013|certyear=2023|salesamount=1,700,000 |salesref={{NoteTag|US sales figures for Pure Heroine as of January 2018{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/8094826/lorde-billboard-cover-story-grammy-2018 |title=Lorde on the Historic 2018 Grammys, the #MeToo Movement & Loving Cardi B |last=Mazurek |first=Brooke |magazine=Billboard |date=19 January 2018 |access-date=23 May 2018 |archive-date=19 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119191844/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/8094826/lorde-billboard-cover-story-grammy-2018 |url-status=live }}}}|access-date=29 September 2023}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Worldwide (IFPI)|nocert=yes|salesamount=6,000,000|salesref={{cite magazine |last1=Eggertsen |first1=Chris |title=Joel Little, Lorde and Taylor Swift Hitmaker, Sells Songwriter Catalog to Hipgnosis |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9582561/hipgnnosis-joel-little-catalog-acquisition-taylor-swift-lorde |access-date=4 June 2021 |magazine=Billboard |date=4 June 2021}}}}

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• List of 2013 albums
• List of number-one albums of 2013 (Australia)
• List of number-one albums from the 2010s (New Zealand)

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• {{cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |date=27 September 2023 |title=Pure Heroine Turns 10|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2237191/lorde-pure-heroine-turns-10/reviews/the-anniversary/ |website=Stereogum}}
• {{cite web| date=27 September 2023 |title=5 Ways Lorde's 'Pure Heroine' Helped Pave The Way For The Unconventional Modern Superstar|url=https://www.grammy.com/news/lorde-pure-heroine-10th-anniversary-royals-team-tennis-court |publisher=Grammy}}
• {{cite web |last1=Rosemberg |first1=Sam |title=The Enduring Magic of Lorde's Pure Heroine and HAIM's Days Are Gone |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/lorde/lorde-haim-debut-10-year-anniversary |publisher=Paste |date=27 September 2023}}
• {{cite web |last1=Molloy |first1=Laura |title=How the music industry has shifted since Lorde's Pure Heroine |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/60952/1/how-the-music-industry-has-changed-since-lordes-pure-heroine |publisher=Dazed |date=26 September 2023}}
• {{cite news |last1=Simon |first1=Rachel |title=How Lorde's 'Pure Heroine' Forever Changed the Way We View Teen Girls |url=https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/a34115515/lorde-pure-heroine-anniversary/ |work=Shondaland |date=25 September 2020}}
• {{cite news |last1=Small |first1=Sam |title="It's a New Art Form" Lorde's 'Pure Heroine' at 10 |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/its-a-new-art-form-lordes-pure-heroine-at-10/ |access-date=25 November 2023 |work=Clash |date=27 September 2023}}

• {{Official website|https://lorde.co.nz/}}
• {{Discogs master|type=album|602071|Pure Heroine}}

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