[4] She revealed to Oricon in an interview that Gorō Matsui had reached out to her after attending one of her concerts at Yokohama Arena in February 2014, saying he would write her a song.

[3] The concept for the new album revolved around going against the mainstream digital sound and focusing on the use of live, organic instruments.

[3] On the way home from shooting the album artwork, which features Misia riding a horse as a nod to her love of equestrianism and 2014 being the Chinese year of the horse, Misia, executive producer Hiroto Tanigawa and art director Mitsuo Shindō were brainstorming on a title for the record when Shindō suggested New Morning, which they all loved and ultimately settled on.

[8] Bounce writer Taihei Kubota opined that New Morning is a "collection of diverse love songs", noting that Misia sings about simple things but does so over rich and tasteful medium-tempo and slow tracks.

[9] New Morning entered the daily Oricon Albums Chart at number 2, where it also peaked, with 10,000 copies sold in its first day.