The Love Club EP
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Love Club EP
| type = EP
| artist = Lorde
| cover = Lorde - The Love Club EP.png
| border = yes
| alt = A painting of Lorde holding a rat, with a python around her neck and shoulders.
| caption = Digital cover{{NoteTag|Physical editions feature a smaller picture and the artist's name along the record's title in the upper corners of the image.}}
| released = {{Start date|2012|11|21|df=yes}}{{NoteTag|The Love Club EP was self-released as an independent project on 21 November 2012 through Lorde's SoundCloud account.{{cite web |author1=LordeMusic |title=The Love Club EP by Lorde on SoundCloud |url=https://soundcloud.com/lordemusic/sets/the-love-club |website=SoundCloud |access-date=6 November 2022 |date=21 November 2012}}}}
{{Start date|2013|3|8|df=yes}}{{NoteTag|The Love Club EP was re-released by Universal Music New Zealand on 8 March 2013 for commercial sales.{{cite web |title=The Love Club EP by Lorde on Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/the-love-club-ep/1594982748 |website=Apple Music |access-date=6 November 2022 |date=8 March 2013}}}}
| recorded =
| studio = Golden Age (Auckland, New Zealand)
| genre = {{hlist|Electronica|electropop}}
| length = {{Duration|m=16|s=03}}
| label = {{hlist|Self-released|Universal|Virgin}}
| producer = Joel Little
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Pure Heroine
| next_year = 2013
| misc = {{Singles
| name = The Love Club EP
| type = EP
| single1 = Royals
| single1date = 3 June 2013
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The Love Club EP is the debut extended play (EP) by New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde. At the age of 12, she was discovered by Universal Music Group scout Scott MacLachlan, and began writing songs. In December 2011, MacLachlan paired Lorde with producer Joel Little, and within three weeks, the pair had co-written and produced all five songs on the EP. In November 2012, Lorde self-released the EP for free download via SoundCloud. On 8 March 2013 the record was commercially released by Universal Music Group and Virgin Records.
An indie rock-influenced electronica and electropop album, The Love Club EP was well received by music critics, who praised its production and compared its style to works by Sky Ferreira, Florence and the Machine and Lana Del Rey. The release peaked at number two in New Zealand and Australia and was certified platinum and 9 times platinum in those two countries respectively. In the US, the record charted at number 23 on the Billboard 200 chart and has sold 60,000 copies as of August 2013. To promote The Love Club EP, Lorde performed during various concerts, and "Royals" was released as a single.
Background and production
Lorde was discovered by A&R representative Scott MacLachlan of Universal Music Group (UMG) at the age of 12, when MacLachlan saw footage of Lorde performing at a school talent show in Auckland, New Zealand. At the age of 13, Lorde started writing songs herself. MacLachlan unsuccessfully tried to set up Lorde with several songwriters and producers to help her with production.{{cite web |url=http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_ScottM.html |title=Interview with Scott MacLachlan, manager of Lorde |publisher=HitQuarters |date=21 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140604050638/http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_ScottM.html |archive-date=4 June 2014 |first=Jan |last=Blumentrath |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} Ultimately, he paired Lorde with Joel Little in December 2011, when she had just turned 15. Little was impressed by Lorde's vocal performance and songwriting abilities, and he built songs with musical structures based on Lorde's lyrics.
The pair recorded songs at Little's Golden Age Studios in Morningside, Auckland.{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11126667|title=Joel Little: Doing the Lorde's work|work=The New Zealand Herald|first=Lydia|last=Jenkin|date=19 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140723000819/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11126667|archive-date=23 July 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} Lorde took inspiration from hip hop-influenced music artists, such as Lana Del Rey, during the writing process, yet criticised their "bullshit" references to "expensive alcohol, beautiful clothes and beautiful cars". Within a week, Lorde had finished recording the tracks "Royals", "Bravado" and "Biting Down" during a school break.{{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}} The pair also recorded two other songs for the EP: "Million Dollar Bills" and "The Love Club". Lorde wrote the lyrics, while Little composed the melodies and played all the instruments, including drums, guitars and synthesisers. In total, the pair took three weeks to finish The Love Club EP.
Composition
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The Love Club EP consists of five songs, written by Lorde (credited to her birth-name Ella Yelich-O'Connor) and Little. The Nelson Mail{{'}}s Nick Ward described the EP as "indie-flavoured electronica" and detailed Lorde's voice as "smoky", while an editor of AllMusic regarded it as "five evocative, electro-pop meditations on life, love, and the eternal joys and pains of youth, providing a sultry, sinewy soundtrack to summer". Meanwhile, Chris Schulz from The New Zealand Herald said Lorde's voice "seems to come from someone twice her age". Critics compared the EP's musical style to works by Sky Ferreira, Florence and the Machine, and Lana Del Rey. Editor Jim Pinckney from New Zealand Listener opined that Lorde's songs are structured like short stories.{{cite journal|url=http://www.listener.co.nz/culture/music/lorde-moves-in-mysterious-ways/|title=Lorde moves in mysterious ways |first=Jim |last=Pinckney |date=3 October 2013 |journal=New Zealand Listener|archive-date=9 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009190937/http://www.listener.co.nz/culture/music/lorde-moves-in-mysterious-ways/}}
The Love Club EP opens with the chamber pop song "Bravado". Inspired by Kanye West's song "Dark Fantasy",{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/nf8yx2/lorde-i-get-paralyzingly-nervous|title=Lorde: 'I Get Paralyzingly Nervous'|publisher=MTV UK & Ireland|date=15 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203014040/http://www.mtv.co.uk/lorde/news/lorde-i-get-paralyzingly-nervous|url-status=live|archive-date=3 February 2014}} it talks about Lorde's feigned confidence as she prepared to enter the music industry.{{cite web|last=Katz|first=Candance|date=29 May 2013|url=http://news.spotify.com/us/2013/05/29/our-interview-with-lorde/|title=Our Interview with Lorde|publisher=Spotify|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530073544/http://news.spotify.com/us/2013/05/29/our-interview-with-lorde/|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 May 2014}} "Royals" and "Million Dollar Bills" are two tracks that criticise the glamorous lifestyle of the rich;{{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|first=Paul|last=Lester|date=7 June 2013|access-date=1 June 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}} the former combines subgenres of pop, including art pop{{cite web| url=https://www.spin.com/2013/12/best-songs-2013/131125-best-songs-lorde/| title=50 Best Songs of 2013: #15 – Lorde: 'Royals'| work=Spin| access-date=10 June 2013| archive-date=27 June 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627092611/http://www.spin.com/2013/12/best-songs-2013/131125-best-songs-lorde/| url-status=live}} and electropop,{{cite news|title=Lorde – New Music|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/new-music/10296479/Lorde-New-Music.html|access-date=14 September 2013|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=11 September 2013|first=James|last=Lachno|archive-date=16 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130916024407/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/new-music/10296479/Lorde-New-Music.html|url-status=live}} and also incorporates R&B, while the latter is a hybrid of pop and alternative rock with hip hop influences.{{cite journal |url=http://www.nzmusician.co.nz/index.php/ps_pagename/article/pi_articleid/3521/pi_page/2|title=Joel Little – Rings Of The Lorde (page 2) |first=Richard |last=Thorne |journal=NZ Musician |date=October–November 2013 |volume=17 |issue=9 | page=2 |access-date=1 June 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128132128/http://www.nzmusician.co.nz/index.php/ps_pagename/article/pi_articleid/3521|url-status=dead| archive-date=28 January 2015}} The title track of the EP, "The Love Club", discusses the befriending of "a bad crowd". The Love Club EP concludes with the trip hop-influenced drum and bass number "Biting Down",{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/22/lorde-madame-jojos-london-review|title=Lorde – Review|work=The Observer|date=22 September 2013|first=Kitty|last=Empire|access-date=27 May 2014|archive-date=22 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222053344/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/22/lorde-madame-jojos-london-review|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2013/10/lorde-concert-review-brooklyn-warsaw|title=Concert Review: Lorde in Brooklyn More Than a Chart-Topper|work=Complex|first=Foster|last=Kamer|date=4 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427232143/http://www.complex.com/music/2013/10/lorde-concert-review-brooklyn-warsaw|url-status=live|archive-date=27 April 2014}} featuring "futuristic war drum thump". For the US iTunes Store September 2013 edition of The Love Club EP, "Royals" was replaced by "Swingin Party", a cover version of The Replacements' song.
Release and promotion
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In November 2012, Lorde self-released The Love Club EP through her SoundCloud account for free download.{{cite news |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=6 September 2013}} After 60,000 downloads, UMG decided to commercially release the EP.{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/8653616/Lorde-A-Kiwi-music-mystery |title=Lorde: A Kiwi music mystery |first=Tom |last=Cardy |publisher=Stuff.co.nz |date=10 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714210240/http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/8653616/Lorde-A-Kiwi-music-mystery |url-status=live |archive-date=14 July 2014}} On 8 March 2013, The Love Club EP was released digitally in Australia,{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/the-love-club-ep/id614175625|title=The Love Club – EP|publisher=iTunes Store|location=Australia|access-date=26 May 2014|archive-date=31 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831004817/https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/the-love-club-ep/id614175625|url-status=dead}} New Zealand,{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/the-love-club-ep/id614175625|title=The Love Club – EP|publisher=iTunes Store|location=New Zealand|access-date=26 May 2014|archive-date=11 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140211012442/https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/the-love-club-ep/id614175625|url-status=dead}} the Netherlands,{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/nl/album/the-love-club-ep/id614175625|title=The Love Club – EP|publisher=iTunes Store|location=Netherlands|access-date=26 May 2014|archive-date=4 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204222531/https://itunes.apple.com/nl/album/the-love-club-ep/id614175625|url-status=dead}} and the United States.{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-love-club-ep/id616760090 |title=The Love Club – EP| date=8 March 2013 |publisher=iTunes Store|location=United States |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914021211/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-love-club-ep/id616760090 |archive-date=14 September 2013}} The CD edition of the record was released in New Zealand on 10 May,{{cite web |url=http://shop.jbhifi.co.nz/music/pop-rock/love-club-the-ep/70174 |title=Love Club The EP – Lorde |publisher=JB Hi-Fi |access-date=24 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209053848/http://shop.jbhifi.co.nz/music/pop-rock/love-club-the-ep/70174 |archive-date=9 February 2014 |df=dmy-all }} in Australia a week later,{{cite web |url=http://www.sanity.com.au/products/2224380/Love_Club_EP |title=Love Club EP |publisher=Sanity |access-date=24 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525232712/http://www.sanity.com.au/products/2224380/Love_Club_EP |archive-date=25 May 2014 |url-status=dead }} and in the United States on 9 July.{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/The-Love-Club-Ep-Lorde/dp/B00DNJ979A |title=The Love Club EP |website=Amazon |access-date=11 July 2014 |archive-date=27 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527215244/http://www.amazon.com/The-Love-Club-Ep-Lorde/dp/B00DNJ979A |url-status=live }} In the United Kingdom, Virgin Records released a 10-inch vinyl edition on 10 June 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Love-Club-EP-VINYL/dp/B00D8Y5A64|title=The Love Club EP [10" VINYL]|publisher=Amazon.co.uk|access-date=26 May 2014|archive-date=27 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527215937/http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Love-Club-EP-VINYL/dp/B00D8Y5A64|url-status=live}}
On 30 September 2013, the track listing of the US iTunes Store version of The Love Club EP changed, with "Royals" replaced by "Swingin Party". "Royals" was released as the only single from the EP. On 3 June 2013, Lava and Republic Records sent the track to US adult album alternative (AAA) radio.{{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 single was made available for digital download worldwide in August 2013.{{cite web|url=http://fi.7digital.com/artist/lorde/release/royals-1|title=Royals (2013)|publisher=7digital|location=Finland|access-date=27 May 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418234153/http://fi.7digital.com/artist/lorde/release/royals-1|archive-date=18 April 2014|df=dmy-all}} All songs from The Love Club EP, including "Royals",{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/pure-heroine/1440818584|title=Pure Heroine| date=27 September 2013 |publisher=iTunes Store|location=Australia|access-date=11 July 2014|archive-date=2 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002080217/https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/pure-heroine/id686537022|url-status=live}} were featured on an extended version of Lorde's first studio album Pure Heroine, released in 2013.{{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 |publisher=Apple |access-date=6 October 2020 |date=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 }}
On 27 July 2013, Lorde replaced Frank Ocean at the Splendour in the Grass festival in Byron Bay, Australia.{{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|access-date=27 May 2014|work=The Australian|date=29 July 2013|first=Iain|last= Sheddon| 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|archive-date=6 January 2014}} On 6 August 2013, she held a concert at Le Poisson Rouge in New York—her first US show.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5638325/lorde-hypnotizes-at-first-us-show-live-review|title=Lorde Hypnotizes At First U.S. Show: Live Review|first=Jason|last=Lipshutz|magazine=Billboard|date=7 August 2013|access-date=16 January 2014|archive-date=8 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508050350/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5638325/lorde-hypnotizes-at-first-us-show-live-review|url-status=live}} Two days later, she performed "The Love Club" and "Royals" on Santa Monican radio station KCRW.{{cite web|url=http://www.idolator.com/7477555/lorde-gives-a-positively-regal-live-rendition-of-royals-at-kcrw-watch|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140114114037/http://www.idolator.com/7477555/lorde-gives-a-positively-regal-live-rendition-of-royals-at-kcrw-watch|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 January 2014|title=Lorde Gives A Positively Regal Live Rendition Of "Royals" At KCRW: Watch|first=Mike|last=Wass|publisher=Idolator|date=13 August 2013|access-date=27 May 2014}} In September 2013, she headlined the Decibel Festival in Seattle, Washington,{{cite web|url=http://blogs.seattletimes.com/soundposts/2013/09/20/decibel-festival-bigger-but-true-to-it-roots/|title=Decibel Festival bigger but true to its roots|work=The Seattle Times|date=20 September 2013|access-date=10 August 2014|first=Mike|last=Ramos|archive-date=12 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812120722/http://blogs.seattletimes.com/soundposts/2013/09/20/decibel-festival-bigger-but-true-to-it-roots/|url-status=dead}} and held a concert at Webster Hall and Warsaw Venue in New York City to promote The Love Club EP and her debut studio album Pure Heroine.{{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 June 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}}{{cite web|url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2013/10/lorde_-_webster.php|title=Lorde – Webster Hall|work=The Village Voice|date=1 October 2013|access-date=27 May 2014|first=Brittany|last=Spanos |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527215141/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2013/10/lorde_-_webster.php|archive-date=27 May 2014|df=dmy-all}} On 13 November 2013, she performed six songs on Live on Letterman, including "Bravado" and "Royals".{{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|first=Kory|last=Grow|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=13 November 2013|access-date=2 June 2014|archive-date=6 January 2014|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|url-status=dead}} In early 2014, Lorde embarked on a concert tour in North America to promote The Love Club EP and Pure Heroine.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lorde-enchants-austin-on-opening-night-of-first-full-u-s-tour-20140304|title=Lorde Enchants Austin on Opening Night of First Full U.S. Tour|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Chad|last=Swiatecki|date=4 March 2014|access-date=27 May 2014|archive-date=27 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527214719/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lorde-enchants-austin-on-opening-night-of-first-full-u-s-tour-20140304|url-status=live}}
Critical reception
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|rev1Score={{rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0002512787|pure_url=yes}}|title=The Love Club EP – Lorde|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=7 September 2013|archive-date=20 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720025846/http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-love-club-mw0002512787}}
|rev2=Manawatu Standard
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|rev3score={{rating|4|5}}{{cite news|title=Spinning Around|first=Nick|last=Mason|work=mX|date=11 April 2013|location=Melbourne|page=17}}
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|rev4Score={{rating|5|5}}{{cite web |last=Ward|first=Nick|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/entertainment/music/8791854/Lorde-The-Love-Club-EP|title=Lorde: The Love Club EP|date=13 June 2013|work=The Nelson Mail|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101104411/http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/entertainment/music/8791854/Lorde-The-Love-Club-EP |url-status=live|archive-date=1 January 2014}}
|rev5=The New Zealand Herald
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An editor of AllMusic called the album "evocative" and praised its "sultry, sinewy" sound. Writing for The New Zealand Herald, Chris Schulz labelled the EP "the start of something very special" and applauded Lorde's vocals. Nick Ward from The Nelson Mail praised the extended play's lyrical content and characterised Lorde as "definitely one to watch". In an article for New Zealand Listener, Jim Pinckney opined that the music "may not yet quite match the individuality of [Lorde's] vocals and lyrics", but praised her songwriting ability, "which combines unmistakably teenage confusion, curiosity and confidence with word skills beyond her years".
On behalf of Manawatu Standard, a reviewer complimented on the EP's production, songwriting and "the right edge to appeal to a mainstream audience", saying the EP was "[what] a good pop debut should be".{{cite news|title=Lorde debut EP hints at big things in store|work=Manawatu Standard|date=24 April 2013|page=12}} In a review of The Love Club EP for The Dominion Post, Tom Cardy deemed the songs on the record as "sharp, refreshing and smart". Additionally, he viewed the EP as the best album he had heard by a New Zealand artist that year and lauded Lorde's lyrics and performance as "simply incredible".{{cite news|title=Today's album|first=Tom|last=Cardy|date=12 April 2013|work=The Dominion Post|page=10}} As a music reviewer for mX, Nick Mason lauded the EP as a "strong" debut release for displaying Lorde's maturity beyond her years, as well as impressive and inventive musical style. By the end of 2013, Allan Raible from ABC News ranked The Love Club EP as well as Pure Heroine as the third best records of the year.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2013/12/the-year-in-review-the-50-best-albums-of-2013/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101225222/https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2013/12/the-year-in-review-the-50-best-albums-of-2013/|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 January 2014|title=The Year in Review: The 50 Best Albums of 2013|publisher=ABC News|date=30 December 2013|first=Allan|last=Raible|access-date=10 November 2014}}
At the 2013 New Zealand Music Awards, Lorde won Breakthrough Artist of the Year for the EP and Single of the Year for "Royals".{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11160876|title=Lorde, Aaradhna win big at music awards|work=The New Zealand Herald|date=22 November 2013|access-date=2 July 2014|archive-date=8 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108175539/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11160876|url-status=live}} With "Royals", Lorde and Joel Little won the APRA Silver Scroll award in 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.3news.co.nz/Lordes-Silver-Scroll-a-big-deal-for-co-writer-Joel-Little/tabid/418/articleID/317408/Default.aspx|title=Lorde's Silver Scroll 'a big deal' for co-writer Joel Little|publisher=3News|date=16 October 2013|first=Dan|last=Satherley|access-date=2 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015235413/http://www.3news.co.nz/Lordes-Silver-Scroll-a-big-deal-for-co-writer-Joel-Little/tabid/418/articleID/317408/Default.aspx|archive-date=15 October 2013|url-status=dead}} At the 56th Annual Grammy Awards (2014), "Royals" was nominated for Record of the Year, and won Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/26/showbiz/grammys-winners-list/|title=Grammys 2014: Winners list|publisher=CNN|date=27 January 2014|author=Staff writer|access-date=25 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413140944/http://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/26/showbiz/grammys-winners-list/|archive-date=13 April 2014}} The song won Top Rock Song at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/bbma-2014/6092028/billboard-music-awards-winners-list-complete-full|title=Billboard Music Awards 2014: Full Winners List|magazine=Billboard|date=18 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519065352/http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/bbma-2014/6092028/billboard-music-awards-winners-list-complete-full|url-status=live|archive-date=19 May 2014}} At the 2014 World Music Awards, the EP was nominated for Best Album, which went to Coup d'Etat by G-Dragon.{{cite web |url=http://vote.worldmusicawards.com/selectnomination.asp?cat=2 |title=Nomination for worlds best album |publisher=World Music Awards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626045206/http://vote.worldmusicawards.com/selectnomination.asp?cat=2 |archive-date=26 June 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
Commercial performance
The Love Club EP debuted and peaked on the New Zealand Albums Chart at number two on 18 March 2013. It stayed on the chart for a total of 41 weeks. The EP became the fifth best-selling album of the year in New Zealand was certified platinum by the Recorded Music NZ (RMNZ) for shipping more than 15,000 units in the country.{{cite web |url=http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/nzalbums?chart=2432 |title=Top 20 New Zealand Albums Chart |publisher=Recorded Music NZ |date=24 February 2014 |access-date=8 March 2014 |archive-date=27 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227104235/http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/nzalbums?chart=2432 |url-status=live }} In Australia, the record appeared on the ARIA Singles Chart at number two. The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) certified The Love Club EP nonuple platinum for shipments of more than 630,000 copies in Australia. In the US, the record peaked at number 23 on the Billboard 200 and had sold 60,000 copies by August 2013; it became the 182nd best-selling album of the year in the US.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Joel Little and Ella Yelich-O'Connor, except "Swingin Party", written by Paul Westerberg.
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Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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| {{single chart|Australia|2|artist=Lorde|song=The Love Club EP|access-date=7 September 2013|refname=AUS|rowheader=true}} |
| scope="row"|Canadian Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0002512787 |tab=awards |pure_url=yes}}|title=The Love Club EP – Awards|publisher=AllMusic |access-date=21 February 2014}}
|22 |
| {{album chart|New Zealand|2|artist=Lorde|album=The Love Club EP|access-date=7 September 2013|refname=NZ|rowheader=true}} |
| scope="row"|US Billboard 200
|23 |
| scope="row"|US Top Rock Albums
|6 |
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=Year-end charts=
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| Chart (2014)
! Position |
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| scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2014.htm|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles 2014|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=14 February 2015|archive-date=19 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171119082255/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2014.htm|url-status=live}}
| 83 |
=Decade-end charts=
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| Chart (2010–2019)
! Position |
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| scope="row"| Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2019/end-of-decade-singles-chart|title=2019 ARIA End of Decade Singles Chart|publisher=ARIA|date=January 2020|access-date=16 January 2020|archive-date=11 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111005800/https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2019/end-of-decade-singles-chart|url-status=live}}
| 29 |
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Certifications and sales
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|award=Platinum|type=album|artist=Lorde|title=The Love Club - EP|access-date=2 April 2025|relyear=2013|certyear=2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|award=Platinum|number=3|type=album|artist=Lorde|title=The Love Club EP|access-date=17 December 2024|relyear=2013|certyear=2024|source=radioscope}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|nocert=true|salesamount=60,000|salesref={{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|archive-date=24 June 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140624210147/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/5657605/chart-moves-lordes-love-rises-cody-simpson-surges-the-supremes-return-to}}|certref= }}
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Release history
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|rowspan=4|8 March 2013 |rowspan=4|Digital download |rowspan=6|Universal |rowspan=4 {{n/a|None}} |
| scope="row"|Netherlands |
| scope="row"|New Zealand |
| scope="row"|United States |
| scope="row"|New Zealand
|10 May 2013 |rowspan=2|Compact disc {{small|(CD)}} |226576 |
| scope="row"|Australia
|17 May 2013 |3738955 |
| scope="row"|United Kingdom
|10 June 2013 |3735531 |align="center"|{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/the-love-club-mr0003980087|title=The Love Club – Lorde {{!}} Releases Information|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=18 December 2014}} |
Notes
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References
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External links
- [http://SoundCloud.com/LordeMusic/sets/the-love-club The Love Club EP] on SoundCloud
- [http://Discogs.com/Lorde-The-Love-Club-EP/release/4619713 The Love Club EP] at Discogs
- [http://MusicBrainz.org/release/ef42678e-1b9d-451b-9326-f9804534e1f2 The Love Club EP] at MusicBrainz
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