No New Friends (LSD song)

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"No New Friends"
LSD - No New Friends.png
Remixes version cover artwork
Single by LSD
from the album LSD
Released14 March 2019
Genre
Length2:55
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
LSD singles chronology
"Mountains"
(2018) 		"No New Friends"
(2019)
Music video
"No New Friends" on YouTube

"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.[1] The song serves as the album's fifth and final single, following "Genius", "Audio", "Thunderclouds", and "Mountains".[2]

Composition[]

The members of LSD, from left to right: Labrinth, Sia and Diplo

"No New Friends" is a pop song with electronic dance music (EDM) influences,[3] 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".[2]

Release and promotion[]

Sia confirmed the song's release date via Twitter on 12 March 2019.[4] The group performed "No New Friends" on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in April 2019.[5]

Reception[]

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".[6] 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."[3]

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. 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."[7]

Track listing[]

  • Digital download – Remixes[8]
  1. "No New Friends" (Dombresky Remix) – 4:06
  2. "No New Friends" (Hibell 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[]

Chart (2019) Peak
position
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[9] 90
China Airplay/FL (Billboard)[10] 21
France (SNEP)[11] 173
Ireland (IRMA)[12] 61
Israel (Media Forest TV Airplay)[13] 1
Lebanon English (Lebanese Top 20)[14] 17
Lithuania (AGATA)[15] 60
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[16] 10
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[17] 78
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)[18] 8

Certifications[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV)[19] Gold 10,000double-dagger

double-dagger Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Labrinth, Diplo and Sia's LSD Drop New Song 'No New Friends'". Variety. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Blistein, Jon (14 March 2019). "Hear Diplo, Sia, Labrinth Declare 'No New Friends' on New Song". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Rossignol, Derrick. "Labrinth, Sia, and Diplo Appreciate What They Have On Their Bouncy New LSD Single 'No New Friends'". Uproxx. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  4. ^ @Sia (12 March 2019). "#LSD "No New Friends" ➡️ out Thursday