Billboard ranked 'New Light' 27th in their list 'The 50 Best Songs of 2018 (So Far)' published in June, calling the song 'a sublimely silky pastel palette of keyboard twinkles and polished guitar licks that sounds like it was recorded in the clouds of John’s Paradise Valley LP cover.' Complex ranked the song 31st in their 'The Best Songs of 2018' mid-year list. Jon Blisten from Rolling Stone said the song crafted 'a steady groove reminiscent of Eighties blue-eyed soul and tinged with disco guitars' and praised Mayer's 'cheeky and earnest' lyrics. The song received generally positive reviews from music critics. It ends with Mayer blowing a kiss to the audience. The video opens with Mayer saying in front of the green screen, 'I'm John Mayer and I'm ready to be a star.' It then features Mayer dancing, playing the guitar and waving to fake zebras at various green screen locations, from the cheap apartment kitchen to the Egyptian pyramids. The video directed by Fatal Farm premiered on May 24 and Mayer joked about it on Instagram, saying, 'I needed to make a video for 'New Light' but nobody could agree on a budget, so I went to a place downtown and made this with a company that usually does birthday and Bar Mitzvah videos.' On May 23, Mayer shared the trailer for the song's music video. The next day, Mayer premiered the song on Apple Music's Beats 1 radio with Zane Lowe. Mayer took to Instagram to tease new music, saying 'Summer bop drop imminent' on and announced the release of the new single 'New Light' on May 9. It was written and produced by Mayer and No I.D. The song premiered on and was released to Hot AC and Triple A radio on June 18, 2018. ' New Light' is a song co-written and recorded by American singer-songwriter John Mayer.
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