Glory and Gore

"Glory and Gore"
Single by Lorde
from the album Pure Heroine
Released11 March 2014 (2014-03-11)
RecordedGolden Age Studios
GenreElectropop
Length3:32
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Joel Little
Lorde singles chronology
"Team"
(2013)
"Glory and Gore"
(2014)
"Yellow Flicker Beat"
(2014)

"Glory and Gore" is a song by New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde from her debut studio album, Pure Heroine (2013). The song was released on 11 March 2014 as the album's fourth and final single by Lava Records and Republic Records. The track was written by Lorde and its producer, Joel Little. "Glory and Gore" is an electropop song influenced by chillwave and hip hop music. It speaks about modern society's fascination with violence and celebrity culture, comparing these to gladiators.

The song was met with a mixed reception from critics, and reached numbers sixty-eight and nine on the United States Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Rock Songs, respectively. In 2014, "Glory and Gore" was used in an advertisement for the second season of the History television series Vikings.