Lots of Nothing#Benee version

On 8 June 2020, frontman Caleb Harper revealed that they had almost finished writing their second album.{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/features/spacey-jane-sunlight-album-interview-2682369/ |title=Spacey Jane are the Fremantle garage rock optimists letting the Sunlight in |work=NME Australia |date=8 June 2020 |access-date=10 August 2021 |author=Martin, Josh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028025642/https://www.nme.com/en_au/features/spacey-jane-sunlight-album-interview-2682369/ |archive-date=28 October 2020 |url-status=live}} On 16 June 2021, the band renewed their global record deal with AWAL.{{cite web |url=https://themusicnetwork.com/spacey-jane-awal/ |title=Spacey Jane renew global record deal with AWAL |work=The Music Network |date=16 June 2021 |access-date=28 January 2022 |author=Brewster, Will |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616043125/https://themusicnetwork.com/spacey-jane-awal/ |archive-date=16 June 2021 |url-status=live}}

Spacey Jane first debuted "Lots of Nothing" during a performance at the Fremantle Arts Centre on their Sunlight Tour on 5 May 2021.{{cite web |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/music/spacey-jane-to-headline-sota-festival-in-front-of-seated-crowd-at-burswood-park-ng-b881877858z.amp |title=Spacey Jane to headline SOTA Festival in front of seated crowd at Burswood Park |work=PerthNow |date=28 May 2021 |access-date=28 January 2022 |author=Collins, Simon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622101828/https://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/music/spacey-jane-to-headline-sota-festival-in-front-of-seated-crowd-at-burswood-park-ng-b881877858z.amp |archive-date=22 June 2021 |url-status=live}} During a concert at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney on 2 June, the band revealed that they would release new music "next month".{{cite web |url=https://www.moshcam.com/articles/59600/spacey-jane-making-lost-time/ |title=Spacey Jane are making up for lost time |work=Moshcam |date=2 June 2021 |access-date=10 April 2022 |author=Royters, Mark |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616194241/https://www.moshcam.com/articles/59600/spacey-jane-making-lost-time/ |archive-date=16 June 2021 |url-status=dead}} On 24 June, Harper appeared on Triple J's Breakfast program Bryce & Ebony, where he premiered the song, which was the band's first release since releasing their widely acclaimed debut album, Sunlight (2020).{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/musicnews/spacey-jane-return-with-new-single-lots-of-nothing/13263206/ |title=Spacey Jane return with their first music in over a year, "Lots of Nothing" |publisher=Triple J |date=24 June 2021 |access-date=28 January 2022 |author=Fuamoli, Sose |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729183752/https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/musicnews/spacey-jane-return-with-new-single-lots-of-nothing/13263206/ |archive-date=29 July 2021 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/spacey-jane-have-finished-recording-their-second-album-3014380/ |title=Spacey Jane have finished recording their second album |work=NME Australia |date=9 August 2021 |access-date=28 January 2022 |author=Gallagher, Alex |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809074707/https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/spacey-jane-have-finished-recording-their-second-album-3014380/ |archive-date=9 August 2021 |url-status=live}} "Lots of Nothing" was released later that day,{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/listen-to-spacey-janes-new-single-lots-of-nothing-2976618/ |title=Listen to Spacey Jane's new single "Lots of Nothing" |work=NME Australia |date=24 June 2021 |access-date=28 January 2022 |author=Langford, Jackson |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624010349/https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/listen-to-spacey-janes-new-single-lots-of-nothing-2976618/ |archive-date=24 June 2021 |url-status=live}} as the lead single from their second studio album.

Written and performed by the band's four members—Caleb Harper, Ashton Hardman-Le Cornu, Kieran Lama and Peppa Lane—"Lots of Nothing" was recorded and mixed by Dave Parkin at Blackbird Sound Studio, and mastered by Brian Lucey at Magic Garden Mastering. The song was written during a break from touring, which occurred as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the music industry.{{cite web |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/music/spacey-jane-release-new-single-lots-of-nothing-ng-b881910262z.amp |title=Spacey Jane release new single "Lots of Nothing" |work=PerthNow |date=25 June 2021 |access-date=29 January 2022 |author=Collins, Simon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625051343/https://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/music/spacey-jane-release-new-single-lots-of-nothing-ng-b881910262z.amp |archive-date=25 June 2021 |url-status=live}}

Caleb Harper, the band's frontman, described "Lots of Nothing" as being about "wrestling with the parts of yourself that you don't like and how you can see those traits as a whole other person. It's about trying to accept all the parts of yourself, good and bad, before you are able to work on the person that you want to become."

Musically, "Lots of Nothing" is an indie rock song "filled with energetic drums and guitar riffs", with an "aching, yet catchy [chorus]. Tina Benitez-Eves of American Songwriter wrote that the song "continue[s] [the band's] narrative around the complexities of relationships and struggling with mental health, through a more innocent lens."{{cite web |url=https://americansongwriter.com/spacey-jane-wrestle-through-rough-phases-on-lots-of-nothing/ |title=Spacey Jane wrestle through rough phases on "Lots of Nothing" |work=American Songwriter |date=24 June 2021 |access-date=29 January 2022 |author=Benitez-Eves, Tina |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624183624/https://americansongwriter.com/spacey-jane-wrestle-through-rough-phases-on-lots-of-nothing/ |archive-date=24 June 2021 |url-status=live}} Arun Kendall of Backseat Mafia stated the track to be "a blissed out jangling sparkling beauty of a track filled with yearning and vulnerability."

Dave Bruce of Amnplify said "the single stands true to [the band]'s trademark catchy yet lyrically deep musical offerings."{{cite web |url=https://amnplify.com.au/spacey-jane-gives-you-lots-of-nothing/ |title=Spacey Jane gives you "Lots of Nothing" |work=Amnplify |date=26 June 2021 |access-date=29 January 2022 |author=Bruce, Dave |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129071001/https://amnplify.com.au/spacey-jane-gives-you-lots-of-nothing/ |archive-date=29 January 2022 |url-status=live}} Arun Kendall of Backseat Mafia commended the song, saying it has "ranging expansive melodies and expressive singing [which] are carried by a bedrock of muted guitars and scaling instrumental layers that ascend to celestial heights as the song builds."{{cite web |url=https://www.backseatmafia.com/track-fremantles-spacey-jane-unveil-the-melodic-blissed-out-track-lots-of-nothing/ |title=Track: Fremantle's Spacey Jane unveil the melodic blissed out track "Lots of Nothing" |work=Backseat Mafia |date=29 June 2021 |access-date=29 January 2022 |author=Kendall, Arun |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629070539/https://www.backseatmafia.com/track-fremantles-spacey-jane-unveil-the-melodic-blissed-out-track-lots-of-nothing/ |archive-date=29 June 2021 |url-status=live}} Nathan Jolly of Guardian Australia wrote "this song becomes the song that shoots you back that [to] one perfect moment." He also felt that the song was evidence of "Caleb Harper's voice [having] accumulated more grit since [their debut album]."{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jul/05/gang-of-youths-natalie-imbruglia-the-goon-sax-and-more-australias-best-new-music-for-july/ |title=Gang of Youths, Natalie Imbruglia, the Goon Sax and more: Australia's best new music for July |work=Guardian Australia |date=5 July 2021 |access-date=10 April 2022 |author=Jolly, Nathan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704173415/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jul/05/gang-of-youths-natalie-imbruglia-the-goon-sax-and-more-australias-best-new-music-for-july/ |archive-date=4 July 2021 |url-status=live}} Alex Gallagher of Music Feeds felt that the song "[paired] an effervescent musical buoyancy and shimmering melodies with considered, introspective lyricism."{{cite web |url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/spacey-jane-return-with-new-single-lots-of-nothing/ |title=Spacey Jane return with new single "Lots of Nothing" |work=Music Feeds |date=24 June 2021 |access-date=29 January 2022 |author=Gallagher, Alex |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625060258/https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/spacey-jane-return-with-new-single-lots-of-nothing/ |archive-date=25 June 2021 |url-status=live}} Milky applauded the band for "continue[ing] their brand of catch indie-rock sonics, paired with introspective and deep lyricism."{{cite web |url=https://www.milkymilkymilky.com/post/spacey-jane-return-with-new-track-lots-of-nothing/ |title=Spacey Jane return with new track "Lots of Nothing" |work=Milky |date=24 June 2021 |access-date=10 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410024048/https://www.milkymilkymilky.com/post/spacey-jane-return-with-new-track-lots-of-nothing/ |archive-date=10 April 2022 |url-status=live}} Chastity Hale of NPR praised the song, saying "listening to "Lots of Nothing" feels like rediscovering the best summer of your youth."{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/now-playing/2021/06/28/1010963621/spacey-jane-lots-of-nothing/ |title=Spacey Jane, "Lots of Nothing": #NowPlaying |work=NPR |date=28 June 2021 |access-date=28 January 2022 |author=Hale, Chastity |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628182702/https://www.npr.org/sections/now-playing/2021/06/28/1010963621/spacey-jane-lots-of-nothing/ |archive-date=28 June 2021 |url-status=live}} Hayden Davies of Pilerats believed the song "[captured] Spacey Jane's jagged indie-rock instrumentation at a newfound peak" and likened it to Car Seat Headrest.{{cite web |url=http://pilerats.com/music/bands/spacey-jane-lots-of-nothing-new-music/ |title=They're back: Listen to "Lots of Nothing", Spacey Jane's first single since Sunlight |work=Pilerats |date=24 June 2021 |access-date=28 January 2022 |author=Davies, Hayden |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624013313/http://pilerats.com/music/bands/spacey-jane-lots-of-nothing-new-music/ |archive-date=24 June 2021 |url-status=live}} Simon Collins of PerthNow labelled the track "infectious". Aarushi Nanda of Riff Magazine appreciated the song's "nostalgic, comforting quality... with guitar riffs that are reminiscent of summer".{{cite web |url=https://riffmagazine.com/mp3/tt-lolaa-20210629/ |title=Tuesday Tracks: Your Weekly New Music Discovery – June 29 |work=Riff Magazine |date=29 June 2021 |access-date=10 April 2022 |author=Nanda, Aarushi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629155809/https://riffmagazine.com/mp3/tt-lolaa-20210629/ |archive-date=29 June 2021 |url-status=live}} Annabel Kean of Under the Radar called it a "searing new track".{{cite web |url=https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/news/18772/Listen-To-Spacey-Janes-Catchy-Track-Lots-of-Nothing--Video.utr |title=Listen to Spacey Jane's catchy track "Lots of Nothing" + video |work=Under the Radar |date=22 July 2021 |access-date=10 April 2022 |author=Kean, Annabel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810001209/https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/news/18772/Listen-To-Spacey-Janes-Catchy-Track-Lots-of-Nothing--Video.utr |archive-date=10 August 2021 |url-status=live}}

"Lots of Nothing" polled at number 3 on Australian national youth broadcaster Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2021.{{cite web |author=Gwee, Karen |date=22 January 2022 |title=triple j Hottest 100 of 2021: here are all the songs in the countdown |url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/triple-j-hottest-100-of-2021-countdown-all-songs-3143296/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122140000/https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/triple-j-hottest-100-of-2021-countdown-all-songs-3143296 |archive-date=22 January 2022 |access-date=25 January 2022 |work=NME Australia}} At the 2022 APRA Awards, it was nominated for Most Performed Rock Work.Sources for nomination and results:

• {{cite magazine |author=Brandle, Lars |date=7 April 2022 |title=The Kid Laroi, Vance Joy lead 2022 APRA Awards nominations |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/the-kid-laroi-vance-joy-2022-apra-awards-nominations-1235056378/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408013316/https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/the-kid-laroi-vance-joy-2022-apra-awards-nominations-1235056378/ |archive-date=8 April 2022 |access-date=9 April 2022 |magazine=Billboard}}
• {{cite web |author=Newstead, Al |date=3 May 2022 |title=The Kid Laroi, Genesis Owusu, the Wiggles win big at the APRA Awards |url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/musicnews/apra-awards-2022-winners-the-kid-laroi-genesis-owusu-the-wiggles/13864746/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503122038/https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/musicnews/apra-awards-2022-winners-the-kid-laroi-genesis-owusu-the-wiggles/13864746/ |archive-date=3 May 2022 |access-date=13 May 2022 |publisher=Triple J}}

On 10 July 2021, "Lots of Nothing" was one of MTV Australia{{'}}s playlist additions for that week.{{cite web |url=https://www.mtv.com.au/news/jhaeva/mtv-playlist-10-july-2021/ |title=MTV and CMT Playlist Additions: 10th July 2021 |work=MTV Australia |date=6 July 2021 |access-date=10 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410023937/https://www.mtv.com.au/news/jhaeva/mtv-playlist-10-july-2021/ |archive-date=10 April 2022 |url-status=dead}}

In Australia, "Lots of Nothing" debuted at number 14 on the ARIA Top 20 Australian Singles Chart,{{cite web |url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/australian-artist-singles-chart/2021-07-05/ |title=ARIA Top 20 Australian Singles for week of 5 July 2021 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |date=5 July 2021 |access-date=28 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702080558/https://www.aria.com.au/charts/australian-artist-singles-chart/2021-07-05/ |archive-date=2 July 2021 |url-status=live}} before falling out the following week.{{cite web |url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/australian-artist-singles-chart/2021-07-12/ |title=ARIA Top 20 Australian Singles for week of 12 July 2021 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |date=12 July 2021 |access-date=28 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128030942/https://www.aria.com.au/charts/australian-artist-singles-chart/2021-07-12/ |archive-date=28 January 2022 |url-status=live}} On 26 January 2021, Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) published their mid-week chart, in which they revealed the song was likely to make its debut on the ARIA Singles Chart that week.{{cite web |url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/news/meat-loaf-and-hottest-100-to-make-an-impact-to-this-weeks-aria-charts |title=Meat Loaf and Hottest 100 to make an impact on this week's ARIA Charts |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |date=26 January 2022 |access-date=28 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127070923/https://www.aria.com.au/charts/news/meat-loaf-and-hottest-100-to-make-an-impact-to-this-weeks-aria-charts |archive-date=27 January 2022 |url-status=live}} On 28 January, it debuted at number 34 on the ARIA Singles Chart for the chart dated 31 January,{{cite web |url=http://www.noise11.com/news/australian-albums-meat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-returns-to-no-1-20220129/ |title=Australian Albums: Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell returns to No 1 |work=Noise11 |date=29 January 2021 |access-date=29 January 2022 |author=Cashmere, Paul |author-link=Paul Cashmere |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129082841/http://www.noise11.com/news/australian-albums-meat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-returns-to-no-1-20220129/ |archive-date=29 January 2022 |url-status=live}} becoming their second Top 50 entry in their home country, after "Booster Seat" achieved the same feat in 2020.{{cite web |url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/aria-charts-meat-loaf-smashes-records-the-hottest-100-causes-ripples/ |title=ARIA Charts: Meat Loaf smashes records, the Hottest 100 causes ripples |work=Mediaweek |date=31 January 2022 |access-date=31 January 2022 |author=Connery, Tess |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130204645/https://www.mediaweek.com.au/aria-charts-meat-loaf-smashes-records-the-hottest-100-causes-ripples/ |archive-date=30 January 2022 |url-status=live}} The song dropped into the lower fifty one week later.{{cite magazine |title=The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 7 February 2022 |magazine=The ARIA Report |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |issue=1666 |page=4 |date=7 February 2022}}

In New Zealand, "Lots of Nothing" debuted at number 36 on the NZ Top 40 Hot Singles Chart for the chart dated 5 July 2021,{{cite web |url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2021-07-02 |title=NZ Hot Singles Chart |publisher=Recorded Music NZ |date=5 July 2021 |access-date=28 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182139/https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/hotsingles?chart=5141 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |url-status=live}} before falling out the following week.{{cite web |url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2021-07-09 |title=NZ Hot Singles Chart |publisher=Recorded Music NZ |date=12 July 2021 |access-date=28 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709221301/https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/hotsingles?chart=5163 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |url-status=live}}

By 14 October 2021, "Lots of Nothing" had accumulated more than 3 million streams on Spotify.{{cite web |url=http://xpressmag.com.au/spacey-jane-red-hill-auditorium-gets-8-10/ |title=Spacey Jane @ Red Hill Auditorium gets 8/10 |work=XPress Mag |date=14 October 2021 |access-date=29 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129101432/http://xpressmag.com.au/spacey-jane-red-hill-auditorium-gets-8-10/ |archive-date=29 January 2022 |url-status=live}}

On 5 May 2021, Spacey Jane debuted "Lots of Nothing" during a performance at the Fremantle Arts Centre on their Sunlight Tour. On 2 August, they released official footage of a live performance of the song, which was recorded at the Enmore Theatre, Sydney, between 25 May and 2 June that year during the same tour.{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/spacey-jane-lots-of-nothing-live-performance-sydney-enmore-theatre-sunlight-tour-2021-3008468/ |title=Spacey Jane share live performance of "Lots of Nothing" |work=NME Australia |date=2 August 2021 |access-date=28 January 2022 |author=Carr, Debbie |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802031716/https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/spacey-jane-lots-of-nothing-live-performance-sydney-enmore-theatre-sunlight-tour-2021-3008468/ |archive-date=2 August 2021 |url-status=live}}

The official music video, directed by Matt Sav, premiered alongside the single's release on 24 June 2021. The video, filmed in a hostel in Fremantle, Western Australia, depicts the band walking through a house whilst performing the song. Annabel Kean of Under the Radar felt the video "shows the charming young rockers playing their hearts out and looking gorgeous on film in a house decked out with healthy pot plants and lush bouquets."

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On 10 January 2022, Spacey Jane released a remix of "Lots of Nothing" featuring New Zealand singer Benee. It is the band's first track with a featured artist.{{Cite web |last=Newstead |first=Al |date=9 January 2023 |title=Spacey Jane tap BENEE for new version of 'Lots Of Nothing' |url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/like-a-version/spacey-jane-tap-benee-for-new-version-of-lots-of-nothing-collab/101838396 |access-date=10 January 2023 |website=Triple J |language=en-AU}} Upon release, Harper wrote: "It's so cool to see a song that I wrote over two years ago have new life breathed into it like this". Musically, the track features Benee performing one verse herself, and providing background vocals in the original's first verse, chorus and bridge.{{Cite web |last=Bowmer |first=Sam |date=10 January 2023 |title=Spacey Jane team up with BENEE for new version of 'Lots of Nothing' |url=https://happymag.tv/spacey-jane-benee-lots-of-nothing/ |access-date=10 January 2023 |website=Happy Mag}}

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