[2] "Watch the World Burn" begins as a dramatic, Eminem-influenced hip hop song before building into a metalcore chorus and breakdown in the second half.

[8] Throughout the song, Radke makes references to succeeding despite his inner struggles and outside disputes with critics and other musicians, such as being made fun of for having to cancel a show after having laptops stolen,[7] and compares himself to a supervillain while also hinting at having information about public figures that he's withholding ("I got dirt on people but they act like I don't know, yeah").

The song's finale encourages listeners to indulge their inner villains as well ("The fear is what keeps you alive/Break the fucking chains, take back your life").

[11] The single made the band debut for the first time on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and peaked at number 83.

[12] In the video, Radke portrays a supervillain character inspired by Homelander from The Boys and Injustice: Gods Among Us, first skydiving from an exploding airplane and landing in a city street surrounded by cameras, then giving a speech to an army inspired by General Hux's speech in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.