SCRIPTVRE

After Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan was convicted of assaulting his girlfriend in 2020, guitarist and songwriter Serge Pizzorno kicked him out of the band. Pizzorno himself took over as the lead vocalist and "Scriptvre" is the second song released by Kasabian in their new era.

Scripture, or the scriptures, refer to writings of a sacred or religious nature, such as the Bible in Christianity. Pizzorno wrote this song inspired by the stories we tell ourselves. "We all make up this narrative of who we think we are," he told NME. "This is about ripping that up, going against all that and no longer going with your own madness. You need to go somewhere else and reset everything."

Pizzorno sees "Scriptvre" as the tune he'd walk onto the ring to for a heavyweight fight. He described it to the BBC as "a boxing walk-out song," like Eminem's "Lose Yourself" with its sense of "like it or not, you're here now and it's up to you."