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Nothing New (song)
"Nothing New" is a song by the American singer-songwriters Taylor Swift featuring Phoebe Bridgers. Swift wrote the song in March 2012 and produced it with Aaron Dessner for her second re-recorded studio album, Red (Taylor's Version), which was released in 2021 through Republic Records. The track is a guitar-led folk and alternative rock tune about anxieties over romance and growing up.
Critics interpreted "Nothing New" as Swift's message about the music industry's treatment of female musicians. They lauded the song's emotional sentiments, Swift's songwriting, and Bridgers's performance. After Red (Taylor's Version) was released, the track peaked at number 43 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the top 40 on national charts in Australia, Canada, and Ireland. "Nothing New" was included on the set list of Swift's the Eras Tour at concerts opened by Bridgers, who performed the song with her.
After signing a new contract with Republic Records, the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift began re-recording her first six studio albums in November 2020. The decision followed a public 2019 dispute between Swift and the talent manager Scooter Braun, who acquired Big Machine Records, including the masters of Swift's albums which the label had released. By re-recording the albums, Swift had full ownership of the new masters, which enabled her to control the licensing of her songs for commercial use and therefore substituted the Big Machine–owned masters. On April 9, 2021, Swift released the first re-recorded album, Fearless (Taylor's Version), a re-recording of her second studio album Fearless (2008); the album also featured several unreleased "From the Vault" tracks that she had written but left out of the original albums' track listings.
For Swift's next re-recorded album, Red (Taylor's Version) (2021), she re-recorded all of the 30 songs she had intended for her fourth studio album Red (2012). The original album incorporated country and new styles of pop and rock, as a result of her experimenting with other styles; this prompted a debate over her status as a country artist at the time. Like the previous re-recorded album, Red (Taylor's Version) features nine "From the Vault" tracks among the 30 songs. One such track was "Nothing New". Swift revealed in her Lover Journals that she wrote the song on an Appalachian dulcimer while on a flight from Sydney to Perth during her 2012 Australian tour. The date of this flight was February 29, 2012. As is referenced in the song, she was 22 years old at that time. Swift later approached Aaron Dessner to produce it with her and Phoebe Bridgers to feature vocals on the track for Red (Taylor's Version).
I've been thinking a lot about getting older and relevancy and how all my heroes have ended up alone.
— Swift describing what led her to write "Nothing New", 2012
"Nothing New" is an alternative rock and folk ballad. Its duration lasts for 4 minutes and 18 seconds. The song features a melancholic production driven by guitar and incorporates understated cello, light strings, keyboard, piano, synthesizers, and violin. It was recorded at Long Pond Studios in Hudson Valley. Swift's vocals were recorded at Kitty Committee Studios in Belfast and Bridgers's vocals were recorded at Sound City Studios in Los Angeles. The song was mixed at Long Pond and mastered at Sterling Sound in Edgewater, New Jersey.
The lyrics are about anxiety over romance and growing up. In the chorus, Swift sings, "How can a person know everything at 18 but nothing at 22?" reflecting on her growing up, and "Will you still want me when I'm nothing new?" In the views of Olivia Horn from Pitchfork, "Nothing New" is not only about romantic anxieties, but also about "the music business' famously fickle relationship to young women". Laura Snapes from The Guardian agreed with this idea, citing the lyric "People love an ingenue" as Swift's internalized pressure to stay in the public eye. In a journal entry dated March 2, 2012, Swift wrote that the song is about "being scared of aging and things changing and losing what you have".
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Nothing New (song)
"Nothing New" is a song by the American singer-songwriters Taylor Swift featuring Phoebe Bridgers. Swift wrote the song in March 2012 and produced it with Aaron Dessner for her second re-recorded studio album, Red (Taylor's Version), which was released in 2021 through Republic Records. The track is a guitar-led folk and alternative rock tune about anxieties over romance and growing up.
Critics interpreted "Nothing New" as Swift's message about the music industry's treatment of female musicians. They lauded the song's emotional sentiments, Swift's songwriting, and Bridgers's performance. After Red (Taylor's Version) was released, the track peaked at number 43 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the top 40 on national charts in Australia, Canada, and Ireland. "Nothing New" was included on the set list of Swift's the Eras Tour at concerts opened by Bridgers, who performed the song with her.
After signing a new contract with Republic Records, the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift began re-recording her first six studio albums in November 2020. The decision followed a public 2019 dispute between Swift and the talent manager Scooter Braun, who acquired Big Machine Records, including the masters of Swift's albums which the label had released. By re-recording the albums, Swift had full ownership of the new masters, which enabled her to control the licensing of her songs for commercial use and therefore substituted the Big Machine–owned masters. On April 9, 2021, Swift released the first re-recorded album, Fearless (Taylor's Version), a re-recording of her second studio album Fearless (2008); the album also featured several unreleased "From the Vault" tracks that she had written but left out of the original albums' track listings.
For Swift's next re-recorded album, Red (Taylor's Version) (2021), she re-recorded all of the 30 songs she had intended for her fourth studio album Red (2012). The original album incorporated country and new styles of pop and rock, as a result of her experimenting with other styles; this prompted a debate over her status as a country artist at the time. Like the previous re-recorded album, Red (Taylor's Version) features nine "From the Vault" tracks among the 30 songs. One such track was "Nothing New". Swift revealed in her Lover Journals that she wrote the song on an Appalachian dulcimer while on a flight from Sydney to Perth during her 2012 Australian tour. The date of this flight was February 29, 2012. As is referenced in the song, she was 22 years old at that time. Swift later approached Aaron Dessner to produce it with her and Phoebe Bridgers to feature vocals on the track for Red (Taylor's Version).
I've been thinking a lot about getting older and relevancy and how all my heroes have ended up alone.
— Swift describing what led her to write "Nothing New", 2012
"Nothing New" is an alternative rock and folk ballad. Its duration lasts for 4 minutes and 18 seconds. The song features a melancholic production driven by guitar and incorporates understated cello, light strings, keyboard, piano, synthesizers, and violin. It was recorded at Long Pond Studios in Hudson Valley. Swift's vocals were recorded at Kitty Committee Studios in Belfast and Bridgers's vocals were recorded at Sound City Studios in Los Angeles. The song was mixed at Long Pond and mastered at Sterling Sound in Edgewater, New Jersey.
The lyrics are about anxiety over romance and growing up. In the chorus, Swift sings, "How can a person know everything at 18 but nothing at 22?" reflecting on her growing up, and "Will you still want me when I'm nothing new?" In the views of Olivia Horn from Pitchfork, "Nothing New" is not only about romantic anxieties, but also about "the music business' famously fickle relationship to young women". Laura Snapes from The Guardian agreed with this idea, citing the lyric "People love an ingenue" as Swift's internalized pressure to stay in the public eye. In a journal entry dated March 2, 2012, Swift wrote that the song is about "being scared of aging and things changing and losing what you have".