"New Perspective" is a song by American
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band
Panic! at the Disco
Panic! at the Disco is the solo project of American musician Brendon Urie. It was originally a pop rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2004 by childhood friends Urie, Ryan Ross, Spencer Smith, and Brent Wilson. They recorded their firs ...
, released on July 28, 2009 as a
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promoting the film ''
Jennifer's Body
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''. Vocalist
Brendon Urie
Brendon Boyd Urie (born April 12, 1987) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who is best known as the lead vocalist, primary songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist of Panic! at the Disco, of which he is the only remaining member.
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began writing the song two years prior to its recording regarding a
lucid dream
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he had. The song was completed in the summer of 2009, and was co-written by producer
John Feldmann
John Feldmann (born June 29, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He serves as the lead singer/guitarist of the band Goldfinger.
Early life
Feldmann grew up in Saratoga, California. He started writing song ...
. "New Perspective" was Panic! at the Disco's first single in aftermath of the departure of guitarist
Ryan Ross
George Ryan Ross III (born August 30, 1986) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter best known for his work as the lead guitarist and primary songwriter of the band Panic! at the Disco before his departure in 2009. Ross and former Panic ...
and bassist
Jon Walker
Jonathan Jacob Walker (born September 17, 1985) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Formerly the bassist of Panic! at the Disco, Walker was also the lead guitarist and occasional split vocalist of The Young Veins (wh ...
, both of whom had no involvement in the track. It also saw the return of the exclamation point in their name, after it was retired during the ''Pretty. Odd.'' era.
The song made its radio debut in August 2009, but charted poorly in North America. It was a better success in Australia, where it peaked at number 69.
Background
On July 6, 2009, Ryan Ross and Jon Walker announced via the band's official website that the two were leaving the band.
In an interview following the split, Ross explained that he first brought the idea to Smith in late June 2009 over lunch: "Spencer and I had lunch and caught up for a while, and then the big question came up, like, 'Well, what do you want to do?' and I said, 'Well, I think it might be best if we kind of do our own thing for a while,' and he said, 'I'm glad you said that, because I was going to say the same thing,' " Ross recalled. "And there was really no argument, which is really the best way that could've worked out." Ross said the split was largely due to creative differences between him and Urie. Urie wanted the band to explore a more polished pop sound, while Ross — and, by extension, Walker — was interested in making retro-inspired rock.
The departures came at an odd time for the band, reportedly in the final stages of completing the writing process of their third album.
The news asserted that both tour plans with
Blink-182
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in August 2009 and new album production "will continue as previously announced."
"New Perspective" was recorded in the spring of 2009 with producer
John Feldmann
John Feldmann (born June 29, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He serves as the lead singer/guitarist of the band Goldfinger.
Early life
Feldmann grew up in Saratoga, California. He started writing song ...
.
[ Brendon Urie wrote the song two years prior after waking up from a dream.] "I had this really lucid dream—it was so vivid I wanted to write it down before I forgot about it. I was never the best at explaining anything, so it wound up being random ines
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that ended up as the first verse," he said at the time. Urie wrote the first verse of the song and worked on the rest with Feldmann.[ Ross and Walker had no involvement in the track.] The songs were described by drummer Spencer Smith as "Brendon and I having fun, because that's what we want to do."[ "New Perspective" was mentioned by Smith as a "side" of the new songs, 10 that were demoed in the summer of 2009. Smith described the styles as similar to that of both ]Frank Sinatra
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and Queen
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, with the electronic presence first found on the band's debut record, ''A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
''A Fever You Can't Sweat Out'' is the debut studio album by American pop rock band Panic! at the Disco. Produced by Matt Squire, the album was released on September 27, 2005, through Decaydance and Fueled by Ramen. The group formed in Las Vegas i ...
''. Eventually, the producers of the film ''Jennifer's Body
''Jennifer's Body'' is a 2009 American horror-comedy film written by Diablo Cody and directed by Karyn Kusama. The film stars Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, and Adam Brody. Fox portrays a demonically possessed high school girl ...
'' asked the band for a song. Urie and Smith did not get to see a screening of the film beforehand at all, which left them wondering if the song would fit the film.[ Eventually, the two saw an early screening of it and found the song in a scene when the characters are getting ready for prom, in the background of a montage.][
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Release
The song was first announced by ''Alternative Press
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'' on July 7, 2009.[ The song was debuted in a solo acoustic performance of ]San Diego Comic-Con International
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. "New Perspective" officially premiered on the band's MySpace page on July 28, 2009. Meanwhile, Ross and Walker debuted music from their new band, The Young Veins
The Young Veins was an American Rock music, rock band from Topanga, California. The band was composed of Ryan Ross and Jon Walker, two former members of the Las Vegas band Panic! at the Disco, along with bassist Andy Soukal, drummer Nick Murray (m ...
, at the same time, releasing their first track, "Change", through their MySpace as well. While Panic! announced the date in advance, the Veins did not. MTV
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credited The Young Veins with "attempting to steal anic!'sthunder," to which Smith responded with "No, I wasn't shocked or mad at all. We had about three weeks of people not knowing what was going on with the bands, and it's kind of nice that the music was released at the same time."
"New Perspective" was shipped to radio August 18.[ The line "Can we fast-forward till you go down on me?" was edited out of the song's radio version and accompanying music video.]
Music video
The music video was filmed on July 22, 2009 with director Kai Regan. The video was released on iTunes on August 24, 2009.
The video was filmed at Alexander Hamilton High School, with students in different cliques such as cheerleaders, goths, etc. The video starts with Brendon Urie and Spencer Smith walking into the school in plain black suits and black sunglasses. They walk past the students, not paying attention even when fighting breaks out around them. The pair continues walking as the fire alarm sounds and the sprinklers activate. They take off their sunglasses and a few seconds later the scene rewinds, returning to the start off the video, and again showing Urie and Smith as they enter the school. The next part of the music video is shown in photographs rather than film. The pictures depict the pair getting shouted at by teachers, and being taken towards the front doors only to be attacked by the same students involved in the fight earlier. Urie and Smith get pushed and beaten through the hallways and down a staircase to where they are finally shown alone and in film again, limping away from the school, with bruises and damaged clothing. Throughout the music video are ''Jennifer's Body
''Jennifer's Body'' is a 2009 American horror-comedy film written by Diablo Cody and directed by Karyn Kusama. The film stars Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, and Adam Brody. Fox portrays a demonically possessed high school girl ...
'' references, such as shirts that read, "I eat boys" and "Jennifer's Body", as well as clips from the film.
Charts
Release history
References
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Panic! at the Disco songs
2009 singles
2009 songs
Fueled by Ramen singles
Songs written by Brendon Urie
Song recordings produced by John Feldmann
Songs written by John Feldmann
Songs written for films