The Emperor's New Clothes is a children's fable written in 1835 by Hans Christian Andersen. In the tale, two weavers hoodwink the Emperor into wearing a new suit of clothes supposedly magnificent, but invisible to underlings. In fact they do not exist at all. When the Emperor parades naked down the street, his subjects pretend to marvel at his clothes until an innocent child points out that he is unclothed.
In this song, Brendon Urie, unlike the emperor, is aware of his foolishness yet still wants the glory. The Panic frontman explained to Kerrang! "It's actually is a lot about that Hans Christian Andersen story. The Emperor's New Clothes, but instead of being the dumbfounded, gullible emperor, I actually know what's going down, and I just choose to be naked. There is a lot of that arrogance behind it, and that was a song that I felt I hadn't written in the past."
Asked by Kerrang how much this song represents the mindset of Death Of A Bachelor, Urie replied: "I wanted a song that says, 'This is mine. I do what I do because I feel that it's my right. I own this, and I've earned it, and I deserve every bit that I put into this work." He added: "It's about my life as a producer, songwriter and as band leader. I'm taking back the crown."
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