Taylor Swift released new single Safe and Sound

Chelsea Lewis

Taylor Swift is known for her amazing pop country singles and loveable personality but Swift is now branching out musically with her latest single, Safe and Sound. Safe and Sound, will be featured on the soundtrack for the upcoming film, the Hunger Games. The soundtrack will also feature music from artists like the Decemberists and Arcade Fire.

Swift collaborates with The Civil Wars and captures the emotion that is displayed in the film and on the pages of the Hunger Games novels in her single. The single is slower paced and simple. Swifts lyrics and vocal performance is haunting and beautiful at the same time. Swift takes the fear that is found in the Hunger Games novels and the film and translates that fear into a motivational and inspirational single. Swift controls her vocal range with this single while pushing her lyrical writing. The Civil War compliments Swifts vocals and provides a contrast to her soft voice. The contrast that is shown in the single parallels the harsh emotional contrasts that are featured in both the Hunger Games novels and the film.

It is clear that the Hunger Games soundtrack will feature many mainstream artists as well as a few up and coming artists, but Swift has set the bar high for other artists that are set to perform on the soundtrack. No word yet on if the single will be used in the movie or during the credits. Fans of the Hunger Games can almost hear the haunting song being featured in the movie.

The single reached number one on iTunes instantly after its release. The single was posted to YouTube and has reached almost 200,000 views in a few days.