2016Released
2:38

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Interesting facts and trivia about Emperor's New Clothes. By Songfacts®.

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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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Emperor's New Clothes.
C♯Key
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
94BPM

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The album Emperor's New Clothes is released on.

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Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen
© 2015, 2016 Fueled By Ramen LLC for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company.
℗ 2015, 2016 Fueled By Ramen LLC for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company.

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