The lyrics are a clear commentary on social media, including Clark's own experience on websites such as Twitter, which self-deprecatingly she describes as "pathetic".

She calls "Digital Witness" "celebratory as it's cautionary", like "I Should Watch TV", which she describes as "half-embracing" and "half-disdaining" popular television culture.

[7] Reviewer Heather Phares expressed a similar sentiment, calling "Digital Witness" a song with "close kinship" to Love This Giant.

Cady Drell, in a review for Rolling Stone, gave the song 3.5 out of 5 stars, calling it "the sound of an art-pop weirdo throwing a curveball by playing it delightfully straight".

The video is surreal in nature, featuring Annie Clark moving robotically, surrounded by pastel colors and geometric architecture.

[4] Writing for SPIN, Marc Hogan described the video as depicting "dystopian conformity" in conjunction with the song's lyrical commentary on social media.