Katy Perry torches a city and her past after turning into a scorpion in the music video for her new single, “Watch It Burn.”
The 41-year-old singer is returning to her musical roots for her new era and she has opened up about the meaning behind the lyrics.
On the chorus, Katy sings, “Tonight’s the night, I light a match / Throw it hard behind my back / Gonna try to forgive and forget / Light a cigarette, and watch it burn / With the past, I’ma breathe in the ash / Gonna try to forgive and forget / Light a cigarette, and watch it burn.”
Katy Perry explains meaning of “Watch It Burn” lyrics
In a recent interview with Justin Tranter for Unfamous The Podcast, Katy discussed the meaning of her new song. She wrote it in March 2025, but was too scared to release it until now.
“In ‘Watch It Burn’ I am wrestling with my darkness but last year was pretty tough,” she said.
“I have not given myself permission to be angry my whole life over things where I should be f–king angry about. What I’ve done is I pushed it down, but I should be f–king angry. I’m allowed to be angry for a f–king moment,” she continued. “So instead of falling into’ ‘Woe is me,’ I just was like, ‘Okay, let’s just feel this f–king pain,’ let’s feel this pain, let’s feel this anger and let’s move on, let’s learn from it also.”
Katy previously opened up about her difficult year.
Read the full lyrics below.
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