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"New Romantics" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, who wrote it with the producers Max Martin and Shellback. The title is a reference to a cultural movement of the 1970s and 1980s, whose new wave musical style influenced the song's synth-pop production and pulsating synthesizers.
New Romantic was an underground subculture movement that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The movement emerged from the nightclub scene in London and Birmingham at venues such as Billy's and The Blitz. [1]
The Romantics recorded the song and the accompanying album at Coconuts Recording Studio in Miami Beach, Florida. [4] When first released, "What I Like About You" was already a popular song on the Romantics' concert playlist.
One of several lyrics Swift teased months prior in her New York University commencement speech. All the pomp, circumstance: Taylor Swift delivers NYU commencement speech, receives honorary degree 74.
“The best people in life are free.” — “New Romantics” “Long live the walls we crashed through. I had the time of my life, with you.” — “Long Live”
These lyrics also parallel folklore's "Peace": "The devil's in the details, but you got a friend in me / Would it be enough if I could never give you peace?" [Outro]
The song's composers were hoping to place "Our Day Will Come" with an established easy listening act and only agreed to let the new R&B group Ruby & the Romantics record the song after Kapp Records' A&R director Al Stanton promised that, if the Ruby & the Romantics' single failed, Kapp would record the song with Jack Jones.
Taylor Swift had identified as a country musician until her fourth studio album, Red, which was released on October 22, 2012. [1] [2] Red incorporates eclectic pop and rock styles beyond the country stylings of Swift's past albums, which led to critics questioning her country-music identity.