Yellow Flicker Beat The music video for "Yellow Flicker Beat" was directed by Emily Kai Bock, and was released on 7 November 2014 at midnight (NZDT), when Lorde turned eighteen years old. It has been described as first-person narrative from a woman expressing the strength and resolve of Katniss Everdeen, the central character of "The Hunger Games" franchise. Commenting on the concept of the video, Lorde wrote on her Tumblr page that she wanted to convey a "mood; a harsh, crackling heat." She refers to Katniss as someone pushed over the edge and considers her a shapeshifter, "full of intensity and impulse." The
Katniss Everdeen she is ultimately released on the grounds that she wasn't mentally well at the time of the assassination and is sent back to District 12. Katniss, accompanied by Haymitch, goes back to her home in Victor's Village and is put under care. Driven into a deep depression, Katniss refuses to leave her house until Peeta (who by then has largely recovered from his brainwashing) returns to District 12 to plant primroses outside, in memory of her sister. Katniss begins to regain her mental health, and she and Peeta deal with their feelings by creating a book composed of information about