“New Rules” is about moving on from an ex and how you need to stay away from them. The narrator needs to treat themselves like they would a friend with their own advice. br br The music video premiered on July 7, 2017. After seeing covers of the song and recreations, Dua Lipa was inspired to release a new video with a compilation of the covers. At the end, she expressed her gratitude br br Lyrics - br br Talkin' in my sleep at night, makin' myself crazy br (Out of my mind, out of my mind) br Wrote it down and read it out, hopin' it would save me br (Too many times, too many times) br My love, he makes me feel like nobody else, nobody else br But my love, he doesn't love me, so I tell myself, I tell myself br br [Pre-Chorus] br One: Don't pick up the phone br You know he's only callin' 'cause he's drunk and alone br Two: Don't let him in br You'll have to kick him out again br Three: Don't be his friend br You know you're gonna wake up in his bed in the morning br And if you're under him, you ain't gettin' over him br br [Chorus] br I got new rules, I count 'em br I got new rules, I count 'em br I gotta tell them to myself br I got new rules, I count 'em br I gotta tell them to myself br br br [Verse 2] br I keep pushin' forwards, but he keeps pullin' me backwards br (Nowhere to turn, no way) br (Nowhere to turn, no) br Now I'm standin' back from it, I finally see the pattern br (I never learn, I never learn) br But my love, he doesn't love me, so I tell myself, I tell myself br I do, I do, I do br br [Pre-Chorus] br One: Don't pick up the phone br You know he's only callin' 'cause he's drunk and alone br Two: Don't let him in br You'll have to kick him out again br Three: Don't be his friend br You know you're gonna wake up in his bed in the morning br And if you're under him, you ain't gettin' over him br br [Chorus] br I got new rules, I count 'em br I got new rules, I count 'em br I gotta tell them to myself br I got new rules, I count 'em br I gotta tell them to myself br br [Bridge] br Practice makes perfect br I'm still tryna learn it by heart (I got new rules, I count 'em) br Eat, sleep, and breathe it br Rehearse and repeat it, 'cause I... (I got new...) br br br [Pre-Chorus] br One: Don't pick up the phone (yeah) br You know he's only callin' 'cause he's drunk and alone (alone) br Two: Don't let him in (uh-ooh) br You'll have to kick him out again (again) br Three: Don't be his friend br You know you're gonna wake up in his bed in the morning br And if you're under him, you ain't gettin' over him br br [Chorus] br I got new rules, I count 'em br I got new rules, I count 'em br (Whoa-ooh, whoa-ooh, whoa) br I gotta tell them to myself br I got new rules, I count 'em br (Baby, you know I count 'em) br I gotta tell them to myself br br [Outro] br Don't let him in, don't let him in br Don't, don't, don't, don't... br Don't be his friend, don't be his friend br Don't, don't, don't, don't... br Don't let him in, don't let him in br Don't, don't, don't, don't... br Don't be his friend, don't be his friend br Don't, don't, don't, don't...