Homemade Dynamite

"Homemade Dynamite"
Promotional single by Lorde
from the album Melodrama
Released	16 June 2017
Recorded	Summer 2015
Studio	Electric Lady (New York) Conway (Los Angeles)
Genre	R&B synth-pop
Length	3:09
Label	Universal New Zealand
Songwriter(s)	Ella Yelich-O'Connor Tove Lo Jakob Jerlström Ludvig Söderberg
Producer(s)	Lorde Frank Dukes Kuk Harrell
Melodrama track listing
12 tracks "Green Light" "Sober" "Homemade Dynamite" "The Louvre" "Liability "Hard Feelings/Loveless" "Sober II (Melodrama) "Writer in the Dark" "Supercut" "Liability (Reprise)" "Perfect Places" Japan bonus track "Green Light" (Chromeo remix) Spotify bonus track "Homemade Dynamite" (Remix)

"Homemade Dynamite" is a song by New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde from her second album, Melodrama (2017). She wrote the lyrics with Tove Lo and composed the music with Lo, Jakob Jerlström, and Ludvig Söderberg, and produced it with Frank Dukes and vocal producer Kuk Harrell. Critics described "Homemade Dynamite" as a R&B and synth-pop song with vocal sound effects, reverberated percussion, a staccato hook, electronic flourishes, synthesizers, and hip hop beats. In the lyrics, Lorde talks about having a feeling of euphoria at a house party with friends.

"Homemade Dynamite" received favourable reviews from music critics, who praised its strong lyrical content, Lorde's vocal delivery and its production. While the track failed to match the success of the album's lead single, it had minor chart placements in Portugal, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Lorde premiered the song at the Coachella Valley Music Festival and performed it at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards. "Homemade Dynamite" was one of five songs used as part of a re-imagined Vevo series at the Electric Lady Studios, where she recorded most of her album.

A remix version of the song featuring guest appearances by American musicians Khalid, Post Malone, and SZA was released as the third single from the album on 15 September 2017. Music critics praised its production and each guest's verse. It performed modestly on international record charts, peaking at number 20 in New Zealand and at mid-tier positions in Canada and the Netherlands as well as 92 on the US Billboard Hot 100. This version received a double platinum certification in Australia and a platinum certification in Canada and New Zealand.