"Mene" (mə-NAY) is a single by the American rock band Brand New, first released as a free download on April 13, 2015, before being made available through online retailers on April 15, 2015. This is the band's first release in six years, the last being their 2009 studio album Daisy. The track currently is a stand-alone single although the band have confirmed that they are writing and recording material for a new album.

The title "Mene" along with many of the song's lyrics are thought to reference the idiom "The writing on the wall" which originates from the Chapter 5 of the Book of Daniel.

In an interview, Lacey revealed that "Mene" was first penned around the time of the band's 2006 album The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me, although at the time the band "didn't like them". It wasn't until almost 10 years later in 2015 that the band remembered the track existed and decided to start performing it, as they now felt differently about the songs. Elaborating on the track, Lacey described it as being more catchy and easier to sing along to than the band's more recent releases, with a less complicated melodic structure; "If you look at Daisy, you'll see that the melodies were a little more complicated - I don't want to write or listen to music that tires me out after hearing it and I think that's our goal with the new music", although Lacey believed "Mene" doesn't entirely represent the musical direction the band are going in with their newer material and fifth album.

Lacey's rhythm guitar is tuned to E flat, following an Em, G, C chord progression during the verse, with a A,C, Em progression in the pre-chorus before going in to a progression of G, A, C in the chorus.

The band first performed the track on April 8, 2015 at their Denver, Colorado show, originally the track was titled "Don't Feel Anything"; after the chorus lyric "we don't feel anything!". On the same day the band deleted all the content from their Instagram, posting a new promotional picture of the band. The track was performed live at subsequent shows, now listed on the band's setlist as "Mene".

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