Taylor Swift has a new song out!
The multiple-Grammy award winner has released a promotional single from her new documentary feature – Miss Americana, entitled ‘Only The Young.’
Co-written by Swift and Joel Little, the song puts emphasis in the political awakening of younger minds and the role they might play in bringing about a change in the world.
In an interview with Variety, the singer-songwriter had spoken about how the recent US elections had inspired her to write the lyric:
“It was hard to see so many people feel like they had canvassed and done everything and tried so hard,” she was quoted as saying by the publication. “I saw a lot of young people’s hopes dashed. And I found that to be particularly tragic, because young people are the people who feel the worst effects of gun violence, and student loans and trying to figure out how to start their lives and how to pay their bills, and climate change, and are we going to war — all these horrific situations that we find ourselves facing right now.”
And the notion reflects in the song’s lyrics clearly:
“So every day now
You brace for the sound
You’ve only heard on tv
You go to class, scared
Wondering where the best hiding spot would be
And the big bad man and his big bad clan
Their hands are stained with red
Oh, how quickly, they forget”
Listen to the critically acclaimed new offering from Swift below:
Powerful!