""New Way Out" (stylized in all lowercase) is a song by Poppy. It served as the lead single from her sixth studio album Negative Spaces and is the thirteenth track on the album. It was released on June 4th, 2024.
Background[]
Recording process[]
The song was apparently one of the first songs written for Negative Spaces, it was written in February 2024 along with Jordan Fish and Stephen Harrison.[1] Poppy wanted to finish the song before starting her tour with Avenged Sevenfold in March, they seemingly started the writing process the day after her Zig Tour ended, which had its last performance on February 21st, 2024 so the process could have started in February 22nd, 2024 and ended on March of that same year.
Promotion and release[]
On May 31st, 2024, a photo was posted to Poppy’s Instagram with the caption "I need a new way out", which later turned out to be the song's lyrics.[2] Three days later, on June 3rd, 2024, Poppy announced that the song would come out the next day on June 4th, 2024.[3]
Theme[]
In an interview with NME Poppy mentioned that the song, according to Poppy herself, includes slight Madonna and Britney Spears influence due to her listening to songs of their while being on the studio.[4]
"I go into the studio with an emotion that I want to address. There are plenty of things happening in the world to be angry about. Saving yourself is the overall message. You have to advocate for yourself sometimes." - Poppy about the song on NME.[4]
Lyrics[]
[Intro]
Poppy
Ah
[Verse 1]
I'm in too deep, I'm make-believe
I know the demons always choose me
They shift and twist, push back again
They're always trying to consume me
[Pre-Chorus]
I cannot let it in, they'll take my everything
But leave me nothing, I've lost all feeling
No, I don't wanna bend to my own loneliness
I'll scream 'til nothing's left (On and on)
[Chorus]
'Cause they push and pull me down
And I'm forced to face the who I've become
The silence screams so loud
I caught myself before the bottom
I need a new way, give me a new way out
[Verse 2]
The pain and all the pretty things
Are yours if you can bear to see it
You are the risk, the reckoning (Recko—, recko—)
If you're brave enough to mean it
[Pre-Chorus]
No, I don't wanna bend to my own loneliness
I'll scream 'til nothing's left (On and on)
[Chorus]
'Cause they push and pull me down
And I'm forced to face the who I've become
The silence screams so loud
I caught myself before the bottom
I need a new way, give me a new way out
[Breakdown]
Are you gonna get up?
Or are they gonna keep you down?
Down, oh, oh
Get up
[Chorus]
'Cause they push and pull me down
And I'm forced to face the who I've become
The silence screams so loud
I caught myself before the bottom
I need a new way, give me a new way
I need a new way, give me a new way out
[Outro]
New way out
Oh
Video[]
Poppy - New Way Out (Official Visualizer)
Gallery[]
Music video[]
Behind the scenes[]
Promotional photoshoot[]
Trivia[]
- Poppy directly references "Scary Mask" during the breakdown with the lyrics "get up".
- Both songs were also co-written by Stephen Harrison.
- Originally, the song's title was stylized as "New Way Out", however it was officially changed to being stylized as all lowercase on October 4th, 2024 alongside the release of "They're All Around Us".
- "New Way Out" was the official theme song for WWE's: Elimination Chamber 2025.
References[]
- ↑ https://www.kerrang.com/poppy-interview-new-album-negative-spaces-stephen-harris-jordan-fish-babymetal-the-o2-london-pop
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/C7o_WEdp5hu/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/C7wmxKqxS57/
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.nme.com/news/music/poppy-shares-madonna-meets-metal-single-new-way-out-and-tells-us-how-theres-plenty-to-be-angry-about-3762126
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