"Hypersonic Missiles" is a song written and performed by English musician Sam Fender and produced by Bramwell Bronte.
The song was released as a digital download on 5 March 2019 by Polydor Records as the fifth single from his debut studio album Hypersonic Missiles.
[5] In a press release, Fender explained the name of the song was "inspired by a newly developed Russian missile that travels at something like nine times the speed of sound."
They are convinced the world is on its last legs; they know that it is rife with injustice but feel completely helpless and lacking the necessary intelligence to change it while remaining hopelessly addicted to the fruits of consumerism.
[6]The lyrics referred to the "bombings in Gaza", the "rising tensions in global politics" and the "corporate machine".