[1] The song was released on July 27, 2012, originally as a single from his scrapped album Street King Immortal, but it was eventually removed from the project.

[2] The song was produced by Dr. Dre and mixed by Eminem, while co-written by the two along with 50 Cent, Alicia Keys, Royce da 5'9", Swizz Beatz, Andrew Brissett, Amber Streeter from RichGirl and Trevor Lawrence Jr. from Aftermath Records.

On July 17, 2012, the single was announced during an interview with Digital Spy,[4] with the cover art being unveiled that same day.

[6] On June 28, Swizz Beatz had leaked the solo version of his wife Alicia Keys' "New Day" on the internet.

[7][8] Later on August 8, 2012, in an interview with XXL, 50 Cent said the single was originally produced for Dr. Dre's album, Detox.

In a video uploaded via his YouTube account, 50 Cent also talked about the origins of the song, first meant to be This Life Won't Last Forever.

[10] On June 4, 2014, 50 Cent confirmed in an interview that all previous singles released on Interscope that were intended for the album, including "New Day", were scrapped and would not appear on the final track listing.

[13] In an interview with Hot 97's Angie Martinez, 50 Cent spoke on several topics including the death of his manager, Chris Lighty as well as "New Day"'s conception and its accompanying music video that was supposed to begin filming in September 2012: I had the record for like four months.