Ronnie Radke Turns Into a Werewolf in Falling in Reverse’s ‘Popular Monster’ Video
Falling in Reverse singer Ronnie Radke leans into his notorious persona in the band's bloody new music video for "Popular Monster." Not only does the clip portray the frontman standing amid a mass of bloodied bodies, but it explains that happenstance by illustrating his transformation into a werewolf.
The song is the latest single from the Las Vegas-based rockers. Read the lyrics to "Popular Monster" and watch Falling in Reverse's accompanying music video toward the bottom of this post.
"I'm a liar, I'm a cheater, I'm a nonbeliever," Radke passionately sings in the chorus before issuing the song's titular crux: "I'm a popular, popular monster." Elsewhere in the tune's words, the musician describes an ongoing "battle with this bullshit" that makes his "demons simultaneously rage."
As Radke explained in a press release issued alongside the song and video on Wednesday (Nov. 20), "'Popular Monster' is the voice inside my head, hoping you will listen. It's the story of a hero that's been falsely accused and torn down by society. It shows what happens when you get pushed too far. You become exactly what they say you are, exactly what they want you to be — a monster."
Two weeks ago, Falling in Reverse canceled their fall United States tour over health issues affecting guitarist Derek Jones' fiancée, Christina Cetta. A GoFundMe fundraiser for Cetta can be accessed here.
Download Falling in Reverse's "Popular Monster" here.
I wake up every morning
With my head up in a daze
I’m not sure if I should say this fuck’ I’ll say it anyway
Everybody tries to tell me that I’m going through a phase I don’t know if it’s a phase
I just wanna feel okay
I battle with depression but the question still remains is this post traumatic stressin’ or
Am I suppressing rage and my doctor tries to tell me that I’m going through a phase yea it’s not a fucking phase I just wanna feel okay
Okay yea I battle with this bullshit everyday
and it’s probably cause my demons simultaneously rage.
And it obliterates me
Disintegrates me
Annihilates meCause I’m about to break down
Searching for a way out
I’m a liar I’m a cheater I’m a non-believer
I’m a popular, popular monster
I break down falling into love now
With falling apart
I’m a popular popular monsterI think I’m going nowhere like a rat trapped in a maze
Every wall that I knock down is just a wall that I replace I’m in a race against myself I try to keep a steady pace
how the fuck will I escape if I never close my case?
Whoa.
Oh my god I keep on stressin’ every second
That I waste is another second sooner to a blessing’ I won’t take but my therapist will tell me that I’m going through a stage it’s not a fucking stage I just wanna feel okay
Okay motherfucker now you got my attention
I need to change a couple things cause something is missin’
and what if I were to lie?
Tell you everything is fine
Every single fucking day I get closer to the grave I am terrified
I fell asleep at the wheel again
Crashed my car just to feel again
It obliterates me
Disintegrates me
Annihilates me
CauseI’m about to break down
Searching for a way out
I’m a liar I’m a cheater
I’m a non believer
I’m
A popular, popular monster
I break down falling into love now
With falling apart
I’m a popular, popular fucking
MONSTERHere we go again motherfucker.
We’re sick and tired of wondering
Praying to a god that you don’t believe
We’re Searching for the truth in the lost and found
So the question I ask is
Where the fuck is your god now?
Falling in Reverse, "Popular Monster" (Music Video)
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