On September 27, 2013, Pure Heroine was officially brought into the world for listeners everywhere to experience. The wait has felt tremendously long, but as of June 16, 2017, Ella's second masterpiece has been shared with the world. Ladies and gentlemen,

this is Melodrama.

"Green Light" is a song by New Zealand singer and songwriter Lorde. It was released on 2 March 2017 through Universal Music New Zealand as the lead single from her second album, Melodrama (2017). Lorde co-wrote and co-produced the song with Jack Antonoff, with additional writing from Joel Little and production assistance from Frank Dukes.

Prior to the song's release, Lorde teased the song on her Twitter account, saying the "Green Light" would be "different, and kinda unexpected. Complex and funny and sad and joyous and it'll make you DANCE." Lorde announced the release of the single and its music video on Twitter on 2 March 2017. Later that day, in a Beats 1 interview with Zane Lowe, she also said:

The song is really about those moments kind of immediately after your life changes and about all the silly little things that you gravitate towards. I say, 'She thinks you love the beach, you're such a liar.' What the fuck, she thinks you like the beach?! You don't like the beach! It's those little stupid things. It sounds so happy and then the lyrics are so intense obviously. And I realized I was like, 'how come this thing is coming out so joyous sounding?' And I realized this is that drunk girl at the party dancing around crying about her ex-boyfriend who everyone thinks is a mess. That's her tonight and tomorrow she starts to rebuild. And that's the song for me.

In an interview with MTV, she revealed Green Light's piano part was inspired by Florence and the Machine's "big, jangly" piano movements.

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