World On Fire

**Happy For You** is RIELL's eleventh release of 2023, as well as the seventh song off her upcoming album "**Hymns For The Bitter**". It is a part of the "**Present**" EP on the album, and the last song to be released from it. It was released October 13, 2023.

Listen to **World On Fire**

## Theme

*"So **World On Fire,** I actually wrote, like, maybe two years ago now. It was about 5 or 6 months into COVID, and it started out as a collab that just didn't go anywhere. So basically, I was like 'Oh my god, COVID, crazy', you know, in of itself was crazy, we were all on lockdown, I was in my early twenties, and that was when I first started therapy and I had gone through a really bad depressive episode near the start of COVID, so I was like, 'Oh my god, this is a lot' so that's kind of like where it started, where I was just like, oh my god, my brain feels like it's on fire, the world feels like it's on fire.*

*So I wrote the verse and pre-choruses, all the way up to right before it hits into the chorus, so I wrote all of that by myself until 'Is it just me or is the whole fucking world on fire?'. And then, I could not think of what I wanted for a chorus, so I took the song to Catherine [OBLVYN] and a co-writer called Laurel, who also co-wrote **End It** and **25**, and another song that's gonna come out on the Future EP called **Strangers**. So we co-wrote all those together. So I took the song to them, and was like 'Okay, lets write a chorus and a second verse, I don't know know what to do." So we ended up writing the chorus together and the second verse, and that was that. that was the song.*

*You know, it was just about like being in a really bad place as an individual but also feeling like the world was in a really bad place, just with the pandemic, people were dying, I mean, people still are, the world is kind of shitty, but to not make this depressing, I guess if we can be the best versions of ourselves and be as kind as possible, and if every day we can do just one little thing to help other people, I think the world would be a significantly better place, and I think that's all we can do. To end this on a not depressing note, I think the solution forwards is to each do our part and together we are very powerful, together we can actually make things change." -* RIELL about "World on Fire" in an Instagram livestream.

About the line, "This is not a drill, Poisoned for a thrill":

*"That line is talking about like the way that a lot of people are just exploited for money, and "poisoned for a thrill", like pharmaceutical companies selling like all this random crap that's actually bad for you"*

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I never leave the house, here's to my twenties

Never thought I'd spend this much on therapy, but

I think something wrong is going on outside

Is it just me or is the whole fucking world on fire?

[Pre-Chorus]

Here we are, here we are

Here we are, we're in the thick of it

It's me myself, self and I

And all the demons in my head

If I had known, if I knew they'd end up fucking me this hard

I'd make them take me out and put it on their card

[Chorus]

I think that something wrong is going on outside

Is it just me or is the whole fucking world on fire?

Board the windows, and close the blinds

Mark the door with blood to last the night

No, there's nowhere you can hide

When the lights give out 'cause we burned it to the ground

[Verse 2]

This is not a drill

Poisoned for a thrill

We fight about things we know nothing about

Devil's not in the details, he works while we shout

You win if you're loud (Loud, loud)

[Pre-Chorus]

Here we are, here we are

Here we are, we're in the thick of it

It's all for one, none for all

We'll shoot a gun, won't take a hit

With all we know, never knew

We'd end up taking it this far

How big do we build until we all fall apart?

[Chorus]

I think that something wrong is going on outside (Going on outside)

Is it just me or is the whole fucking world on fire?

Board the windows, and close the blinds

Mark the door with blood to last the night

No, there's nowhere you can hide

When the lights give out 'cause we burned it to the ground

[Chorus]

Board the windows, and close the blinds

Mark the door with blood to last the night

No, there's nowhere you can hide

When the lights give out 'cause we burned it to the ground

## Background

* The song was first teased in a TikTok on April 29, 2022, showing a preview of the first part of the song. The clip shown may not reflect the final version of the song.
* The song was further teased on September 17, 2023, in two TikToks.
* RIELL posted another snippet of the song, likely a later pre-chorus/chorus of the song, on September 18, 2023.
* On September 23, 2023, RIELL posted a Reel on Instagram where at the end, the date for the release of the song is revealed to be October 12. An anonymous source has confirmed that this release date was wrong, and the actual date is October 13, 2023. The same part of the video is missing in the same video on TikTok.

## Sources

1. ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@riellmusic/video/7088769789111356678?is\_from\_webapp=1&web\_id=7157031650173421061
2. ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@riellmusic/video/7279865943751167238?is\_from\_webapp=1&sender\_device=pc&web\_id=7262824950779643424
3. ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@riellmusic/video/7279865187736308997
4. ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@riellmusic/video/7280286335967956229?is\_from\_webapp=1&sender\_device=pc&web\_id=7262824950779643424
5. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxjE6Zsurs4/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
6. ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@riellmusic/video/7282122091309059334