New Romantics (song)

"New Romantics" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her fifth studio album, 1989. The last Target-exclusive bonus track on the deluxe edition of the album, the song was released to iTunes Store on March 3, 2015 as the fifth promotional single and entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 71 due to digital sales.[4][5] On February 23, 2016, "New Romantics" was serviced to contemporary hit radio in the United States through Big Machine Records and Republic Records as the seventh and final single from 1989 and eventually peaked at number 46 on the Billboard Hot 100.[6] "New Romantics" is a synth-pop song influenced by new wave. The song received universal acclaim upon release, with many critics praising it as one of Swift's best pop songs.

"New Romantics"
Single by Taylor Swift
from the album 1989(Deluxe)
ReleasedFebruary 23, 2016 (2016-02-23)
FormatDigital download
Recorded2014
StudioMXM Studios
(Stockholm, Sweden)
Genre
Length3:50
LabelBig Machine
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Max Martin
  • Shellback
Taylor Swift singles chronology
"Out of the Woods"
(2016)		 "New Romantics"
(2016)		 "I Don't Wanna Live Forever"
(2016)
Music video
"New Romantics" on YouTube

Critical reception

The song received universal acclaim from music critics, many of whom named it one of the best pop songs of Swift's catalogue. Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone ranked "New Romantics" as the second best song of 2014, stating "I have no idea why she left a song this urgent and glittery and perfect off her album (it's a bonus track), but geniuses are weird".[7] Sheffield went on to rank it second in his list "All 153 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked."[8] Pitchfork's Vrinda Jagota commented that the song exemplified Swift's new attitude towards romance and heartbreak, as it shows that "your best defense is to channel the burning energy of your big hopes and desires into a night of uninhibited hedonism."[9] Corey Beasley from PopMatters considered "New Romantics", along with the other two songs on the deluxe edition of 1989, more "compositionally daring" than the standard edition, and noticed its reminiscence to works by indie/electro-pop group Chvrches.[10]

In 2019, Rolling Stone named "New Romantics" the fifty-eight best song of the decade, in their list titled "The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s", stating that the song "is the type of relieving dance floor soul purge that the best pop can be".[11] Rob Sheffield of the same magazine ranked it at number seven on his list of 50 best songs of the 2010s decade.[12] In 2020, Glamour named "New Romantics" the third best song of Swift's career, adding that it is "one of Taylor's greatest, poppiest, danciest bops".[13]

Music video

The music video for "New Romantics" was directed by Jonas Åkerlund[14] and was officially released on April 6 as an Apple Music exclusive, and was made available on Swift's Vevo and YouTube channels on April 13, 2016.[15][16] The video contains various clips of performances and behind-the-scenes footage taken from The 1989 World Tour. As of January 2020, the video has over 90 million views on YouTube and is the least viewed video from Swift's album 1989.

Chart performance

The song originally debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 71 due to strong digital download sales on the chart dated March 21, 2015, but fell off the chart the following week.[5]

Following its release as a single in February 2016, the song also debuted at number 28 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart, and number at 26 on Adult Top 40, eventually peaking at number 46 on the Hot 100 becoming the lowest peaking single from the album.[17]

In Australia, it debuted at number 47 on the ARIA Singles Chart where it later peaked at number 35.[18]

It also peaked at number 58 in Canada, number 132 in the UK, number 30 in Scotland and number 12 in Ireland.

Live performances

"New Romantics" was a regular part of the setlist of Swift's The 1989 World Tour, the second song performed after "Welcome to New York".[19] Furthermore, it was performed at the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, the first song of the set on October 22, 2016.[20] More recently, Swift opened with "New Romantics" on February 4, 2017 at the DirecTV Super Saturday Night in Houston, Texas.[21]

Awards and nominations

The song received a nomination for Teen Choice Award for Choice Music – Single at the 2016 Teen Choice Awards.[22]

Year Organization Award Result
2016 Teen Choice Awards Choice Music - Single Nominated

Credits and personnel

Recording and management

Personnel

Credits are adapted from liner notes of 1989.[23]

Charts
Chart (2015–16) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[24] 35
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[25] 33
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[26] 58
Canada AC (Billboard)[27] 46
Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard)[28] 24
Canada Hot AC (Billboard)[29] 31
France (SNEP)[30] 190
Iceland (RÚV)[31] 12
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[32] 90
Lebanon (Lebanese Top 20)[33] 18
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[34] 58
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[35] 40
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[36] 132
US Billboard Hot 100[37] 46
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[38] 18
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[39] 9
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[40] 18

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[41] Gold 35,000
United States (RIAA)[42] Gold 500,000

^shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history
A list of releases showing the format, date, and record label(s)
Country Date Format Label Ref.
United States March 3, 2015[lower-alpha 1]
Big Machine [4]
February 23, 2016 Contemporary hit radio
[6]

Notes
  1. Release as a promotional single.

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