Safe and Sound: Taylor Swift and The Civil Wars’ new song for The Hunger Games!

Hello Taylor Nation!

The Hunger Games is a young adult novel, that later became a series, written by Suzanne Collins. It has been made into a movie. The Sparkly Dressed and The Civil Wars, the folk duo of Joy Williams and John Paul White, collaborate on the song Safe And Sound that will be featured in the movie’s soundtrack. The song is a folk ballad, which makes me think it’s not only a performance but a written collaboration of the Outspoken One and The Civil Wars (both Joy and John Paul write all their own songs). It’s a really different song from anything we’ve heard from Taylor up until now.

The single is available now on iTunes US and iTunes Canada.

It all started with Tay teasing her Twitter followers before letting them know:

https://twitter.com/#!/taylorswift13/status/150071092004925441

Shortly she dropped another hint:

https://twitter.com/#!/taylorswift13/status/150072594324922369

And finally she just came out and said it:

https://twitter.com/#!/taylorswift13/status/150092254059560961

Go get the song on iTunes US / iTunes Canada. She sounds incredible on this performance. Joy Williams and John Paul White are both consummate vocalists, so the harmony of all three voices merged together sounds amazing. More on The Civil Wars at their own website.

Update: According to the song’s own metadata, the composers are Taylor Swift, Joy Williams, John Paul White & T Bone Burnett.

Coming up in the Calendar!

• December 29: Paul Sidoti, Amos Heller and Mike Meadows along with other musicians will perform at Tequila Sunrise – A Tribute to the Eagles at the House of Blues in Cleveland, Ohio. I really wish I could go to this one, but it’s during the holiday season. Here’s the event on Facebook.
• January 11: People’s Choice Awards 2012. Taylor is nominated for Favorite Country Artist, Favorite Female Artist and Favorite Tour Headliner.

(Sources: Taylor Swift)