“Villain” is the second single of Social Repose’s EP “Empress”. The lyrics give an insight on how an individual has come to terms with their mistakes towards someone they cared dearly for. They eventually move on from them and has come to realize that they were the ‘Villain’ all along.

The official music video was released in September 13, 2017, but was re-uploaded 3 days later as it lost its monitization due to it being deemed as “not ad-friendly”.

The music video has similar elements from Social Repose’s last music video, “Filthy Pride,” which leads to logical assumptions that “Villain” and “Filthy Pride” are connected in the same timeline.

There is a continuing debate whether this video is before or after the events of “Filthy Pride”, but there is evidence that it is before “Filthy Pride”. In the “Villain” music video, Richie dunks himself in a bathtub full of black pool of liquid in the final scene, which looks similar to the intro of the “Filthy Pride” music video.