The songs were described by drummer Spencer Smith as 'Brendon and I having fun, because that's what we want to do.' 'New Perspective' was mentioned by Smith as a 'side' of the new songs, 10 that were demoed in the summer of 2009.

Ross and Walker had no involvement in the track. Urie wrote the first verse of the song and worked on the rest with Feldmann. I was never the best at explaining anything, so it wound up being random that ended up as the first verse,' he said at the time. 'I had this really lucid dream-it was so vivid I wanted to write it down before I forgot about it. Brendon Urie wrote the song two years prior after waking up from a dream. 'New Perspective' was recorded in the spring of 2009 with producer John Feldmann. The news asserted that both tour plans with Blink-182 in August 2009 and new album production 'will continue as previously announced.' The departures came at an odd time for the band, reportedly in the final stages of completing the writing process of their third album. Urie wanted the band to explore a more polished pop sound, while Ross - and, by extension, Walker - was interested in making retro-inspired rock. 'And there was really no argument, which is really the best way that could've worked out.' Ross said the split was largely due to creative differences between him and Urie. In an interview following the split, Ross explained that he first brought the idea to Smith in late June 2009 over lunch: 'Spencer and I had lunch and caught up for a while, and then the big question came up, like, 'Well, what do you want to do?' and I said, 'Well, I think it might be best if we kind of do our own thing for a while,' and he said, 'I'm glad you said that, because I was going to say the same thing,' ' Ross recalled. On July 6, 2009, Ryan Ross and Jon Walker announced via the band's official website that the two were leaving the band.

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