,. The track, which reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100, is considered a defining, "art-pop," sound of the mid-2010s with over 1 billion streams on Spotify,. Lorde - Team

Produced with Joel Little, the song's dark, minimalist, and, "wintery," atmosphere was influenced by Lorde's synesthesia, featuring a deep vocal range from

"Team" by Lorde is a celebrated 2013 alt-pop anthem from her album Pure Heroine , functioning as an intimate, gritty ode to the singer's friends and New Zealand upbringing. It critiques mainstream, high-energy pop, offering a, "call to arms," for a generation that feels, "on each other's team" while navigating, "shards on the floor," of growing up,.