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"No New Friends", sometimes titled "Know New Friends",[1] is a song by LSD from the group's album of the same name, released by Columbia Records on 14 March 2019.[2] The song serves as the album's fifth and final single, following "Genius", "Audio", "Thunderclouds", and "Mountains".[3]
| "No New Friends" | ||||
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 Remixes version cover artwork | ||||
| Single by LSD | ||||
| from the album LSD | ||||
| Released | 14 March 2019 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 2:55 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) |
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| LSD singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "No New Friends" on YouTube | ||||
"No New Friends" is a pop song with electronic dance music (EDM) influences,[4] 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".[3]
Sia confirmed the song's release date via Twitter on 12 March 2019.[5] The group performed "No New Friends" on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in April 2019.[6]
Billboard's 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".[7] 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 Diplo’s EDM-influenced pop production that ties everything together."[4]
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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."[8]
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- Digital download – Remixes[9]
- "No New Friends" (Dombresky Remix) – 4:06
- "No New Friends" (Aaron Redding Remix) – 2:48
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
| Chart (2019) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[10] | 90 |
| China Airplay/FL (Billboard)[11] | 21 |
| France (SNEP)[12] | 173 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[13] | 61 |
| Israel (Media Forest TV Airplay)[14] | 1 |
| Lebanon English (Lebanese Top 20)[15] | 17 |
| Lithuania (AGATA)[16] | 60 |
| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[17] | 10 |
| Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[18] | 78 |
| Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)[19] | 8 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Canada (Music Canada)[20] | Gold | 40,000‡ |
| Poland (ZPAV)[21] | Gold | 10,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
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