Is there a better phrase for something that is new/inspiring?

Solution 1:

If you want to "see a new aspect of matters", a little light may help ;-). An entire epoch was named after the first word:

Enlightening or illuminating.

Solution 2:

Consider "revelation" or "revelatory." The Oxford Dictionary as quoted by Google offers a definition of "revelation" that's relevant to the sense I mean:

used to emphasize the surprising or remarkable quality of someone or something.

"seeing them play at international level was a revelation"

Dictionary.com offers some sample sentences and I think they have just the sense you're looking for:

Few families are covered as exhaustively as the House of Windsor, but this trio of mononyms delivered a truly revelatory, once-in-a-generation interview whose repercussions we’ll likely feel for years to come.

THE 10 BEST TV SHOWS FROM THE FIRST HALF OF 2021|INKOO KANG|JULY 1, 2021|WASHINGTON POST

Even with the restriction of having to play or sing to the midi track, it still felt revelatory.

A MUSICAL POSTCARD TO MIT GRADUATES|FREDERICK HARRIS JR.|AUGUST 24, 2021|MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW

These are full of variety and of actual novelty, now of startling discord, now of revelatory beauty.

CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN COMPOSERS|RUPERT HUGHES

Solution 3:

You might like revelation defined by Merriam Webster online as (among other definitions)

a usually secret or surprising fact that is made known

The word is closely associated with Christian theology, usually referring to the making available by God to Man of truths about Himself or the world and its workings. However it does have secular meanings, particularly in terms the making known of negative facts about people organisations but MW also defines Come as a revelation as