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“Something I’ve been VERY excited about for a VERY long time is going to be happening VERY soon,” she tweeted shortly before the song was made available on iTunes.
On her last album, “Speak Now,” Swift made a point of writing every song by herself. The new “Hunger Games” tune also features The Civil Wars, a folk-country act that has drawn critical acclaim. “”We wrote & recorded a new song, Safe & Sound w/@TaylorSwift13 for The Hunger Games sdtrk!” The Civil Wars tweeted.
The new song has a rural feel, but doesn’t sound like a commercial country song. The music is acoustic and contemplative, and the lyrics, while outwardly soothing, have an undercurrent of hurt and dread. “Just close your eyes/ the sun is going down/ you’ll be alright/ no one can hurt you now,” Swift croons.
“The Hunger Games” is a futuristic film about a young girl living in a dystopian world where havenots are forced to do combat in to-the-death fighting games.
Swift also plays a lead voice role in the coming animated movie “The Lorax.”
