Team — Lorde

: Lorde expresses a direct distaste for modern pop clichés, specifically the trope of telling listeners to "throw their hands up in the air".

"Team" is a hybrid of alternative pop and electro hip-hop released by New Zealand singer-songwriter as the second single from her debut album, Pure Heroine (2013). Written by Lorde and producer Joel Little , the track serves as a tribute to her friends and her home country. Lorde Team

: It visualizes the song's theme of a "palace within my dreams," turning a desolate environment into a private, powerful community. : Lorde expresses a direct distaste for modern

: Directed by Young Replicant , the video depicts a "strange cultish court" in an abandoned warehouse filled with jungle plants, where Lorde sits on a throne as a leader of a group of teenagers. : It visualizes the song's theme of a

: Filmed at the Red Hook Grain Terminal in Brooklyn, New York.