Villain

**VILLAIN** is the 9th Neoni song release of 2023, and it was released on October 20, 2023.

Listen to **VILLAIN**

## Theme

*"**Villain** is really about being not what you want it to be, and so then you try to fix it, and you try to help out, and then people don't let you. And sometimes, they paint you as the villain instead of what you really are, which is someone who's calling out the problems and trying to address things. (Exactly) So the whole hook line is"If I can't be your hero, I'll be your villain", If somebody's going to try to always make you the bad guy because you're trying to do the right thing, well then fine. I guess I'll be the villain. You're going to use that semantics where doing good shit and being cool as fuck ... it makes you the bad guy, then so be it. I guess I'll be your villain."*

## Background

* The song's name was first mentioned during the **DOOMSDAY** Discord Stage.
* The song was announced as the next Neoni single during the **PITY PARTY** Discord Stage, where they revealed the song would be released in October.
* On September 21, 2023, Neoni posted a snippet of the hook of the song on Discord.
* The song was announced on September 25, 2023, where the release date was revealed as well as the same snippet that the Discord was shown.
* Neoni played the full pre-chorus, chorus, and a bit of the post-chorus live in a TikTok/Instagram livestream on September 28, 2023.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Lavish sins and sycophants

While we're all out here suffering

Oh wow, your silence it's been getting loud

As you pretend, fake innocence

I'll play my tiny violin, 'cause now

You'll watch me as I burn it to the ground

[Pre-Chorus]

All the king's horses and all the king's men

Couldn't undo all the damage I did

You call me mad but I make perfect sense

If I can't be your hero

I'll be your villain

[Chorus]

I'll be your villain, your v-v-villain

I'll be your villain, your villain

Be your villain, your v-v-villain

I'll be your villain, your villain

Be your villain, your v-v-villain

I'll be your villain, your villain

Be your villain, your v-v-villain

I'll be your villain, your villain

[Verse 2]

You and I, we're different

I'm more of a blunt instrument

Watch out, mayhem follows me around

Won't make amends, 'cause you did this yeah

I'm the monster you invented

How could you ever forget me now?

[Pre-Chorus]

All the king's horses and all the king's men

Couldn't undo all the damage I did

You call me mad but I make perfect sense

If I can't be your hero

I'll be your villain

[Chorus]

I'll be your villain, your v-v-villain

I'll be your villain, your villain

Be your villain, your v-v-villain

I'll be your villain, your villain

Be your villain, your v-v-villain

I'll be your villain, your villain

Be your villain, your v-v-villain

I'll be your villain, your villain

[Bridge]

All the king's horses and all the king's men

Can't put my sanity together again

[Chorus]

I'll be your villain, your v-v-villain

I'll be your villain, your villain

Be your villain, your v-v-villain

I'll be your villain, your villain

Be your villain, your v-v-villain

I'll be your villain, your villain

Be your villain, your v-v-villain

I'll be your villain, your villain

## Trivia

* In the Discord LIVE after the music video premiere, they revealed that **VILLAIN** was written over the span of two years, because the chorus of villain is a song they wrote that they scrapped the rest of because they didn't love the verses and pre-chorus, but they loved the "I'll be your villain, your v-v-villain". So that was something they wanted to rescue and go back to, because they thought that was a cool chorus. Two years later, they were writing the parts with "lavish sins and sycophants", and they got to the chorus and writing that part, and they got to "you call me mad, but I make perfect sense", and Sidney had the idea of reusing the chorus of the scrapped song with the lines "If I can't be your hero, I'll be your villain".
* The music video shoot took about 8 hours.

## Sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.tiktok.com/@weareneoni/video/7282809435553140014?lang=en
2. ↑ https://youtu.be/7e7KdKVUk1U?si=zp7z-2PF07bEiPqz&t=183