[4] She first recorded the song as a duet with musician Babyface, although his verse was later swapped out with one by Brown.

[4] On February 3, 2016, Zendaya uploaded the audio for "Something New" on her YouTube channel.

[5] Three weeks later, on February 23, 2016, Zendaya uploaded the official lyric video of "Something New" on her Vevo channel.

[6] However, its official music video remains unreleased with the exception of a 25-second clip shown on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

[8] Zendaya decided to not have the music video premiered due to not wanting to associate with Chris Brown after he made light of singer Kehlani's statements on contemplating suicide.