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No New Friends (LSD song)
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Wikipedia article
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"'No New Friends'" is a song by LSD from the group's album of the same name, released by Columbia Records on 14 March 2019. The song serves as the album's fifth and final single, following "Genius", "Audio", "Thunderclouds", and "Mountains".
Composition
, from left to right: Labrinth, Sia and Diplo
"No New Friends" is a pop song with electronic dance music (EDM) influences, and has a "thumping" dance beat with "bouncy" synth loops by Diplo, as well as harmonized vocals by Sia and Labrinth. Jon Blistein of 'Rolling Stone' describes the song's bridge as "reminiscent of a boozy piano ballad".
Release and promotion
Sia confirmed the song's release date via Twitter on 12 March 2019. The group performed "No New Friends" on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' in April 2019.
Reception
'Billboard' Kat Bein described "No New Friends" as a "bright, rhythm-led tune that pops warm and sunny like spring for your ears", and "infectiously catchy with a touch of the islands that celebrates the buddies we already have". Derrick Rossignol of Uproxx called the song "upbeat" and "an ode to appreciating what you have". He wrote, "The song gives everybody a chance to shine, thanks to Sia's idiosyncratic vocals, Labrinth's hip-hop energy, and Diplos EDM-influenced pop production that ties everything together."
Music video
The official music video for the song was released on 16 April 2019. 'Rolling Stone's review called the video "an appropriately fantastical visual" and described it as follows: "The clip, directed by Dano Cerny and choreographed by Ryan Heffington, stars Sia's sixteen-year-old body double Maddie Ziegler as a giant. She encounters the pink-clad Labrinth in a Dr. Seussian land of puff-ball trees and whimsical puffy clouds, and the two quickly form a bond. They frolic through the trees, stare up at cloud formations and encounter human-sized clones of Ziegler dancing giddily on a hillside. Diplo appears later in the video as a floating sun and moon, and as another giant who towers over Ziegler."Shaffer, Claire. [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sia-diplo-labyrinth-lsd-no-new-friends-video-822990 "Sia, Diplo and Labrinth Frolic in Seussian Paradise in 'No New Friends' Video"], 'Rolling Stone', April 16, 2019; and Diplo. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkUIdK9eaIk "LSD No New Friends (Official Video) ft. Labrinth, Sia, Diplo"], YouTube, March 21, 2019
Track listing
*'Digital download Remixes'
#"No New Friends" (Dombresky Remix) 4:06
#"No New Friends" (Aaron Redding Remix) 2:48
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes of 'LSD'.
* Sia Furler writer, lyricist, vocals
* Labrinth writer, lyricist, vocals, producer, engineer, instrumentation, programming
* Diplo writer, producer, instrumentation, programming
* King Henry writer, producer, instrumentation, programming
* Jr Blender writer, producer, instrumentation, programming
* Nathaniel "Detonate" Ledwidge additional production
* Bart Schoudel engineer
* Serban Ghenea mixer
* John Hanes engineer for mix
* Randy Merrill masterer
Charts
Certifications
See also
* Diplo discography
* Labrinth discography
* Sia discography
References
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