{"id":2476646,"date":"2026-06-26T11:14:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T11:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2476646"},"modified":"2026-06-26T11:14:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T11:14:25","slug":"watch-it-burn-lyrics-katy-perry-explains-meaning-of-new-song-torches-her-past-in-music-video-watch-now-just-jared-celebrity-news-and-gossip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/watch-it-burn-lyrics-katy-perry-explains-meaning-of-new-song-torches-her-past-in-music-video-watch-now-just-jared-celebrity-news-and-gossip\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Watch It Burn&#8217; Lyrics: Katy Perry Explains Meaning of New Song, Torches Her Past in Music Video &#8211; Watch Now! &#8211; Just Jared &#8211; Celebrity News and Gossip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2236220\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Franchise logo or primary category --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- subheader --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tpd-post-thumbnail-container caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><figcaption><span class=\"credit-text\">Credit: YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/katy-perry\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Katy Perry<\/strong><\/a> torches a city and her past after turning into a scorpion in the music video for her new single, \u201c<strong><em>Watch It Burn<\/em><\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the chorus, <strong>Katy<\/strong> sings, \u201cTonight\u2019s 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\u2019ma breathe in the ash \/ Gonna try to forgive and forget \/ Light a cigarette, and watch it burn.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Katy Perry - Watch It Burn (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YzUs8ohSB3w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"h-katy-perry-explains-meaning-of-watch-it-burn-lyrics\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Katy Perry explains meaning of \u201cWatch It Burn\u201d lyrics<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a recent interview with <strong>Justin Tranter <\/strong>for <em>Unfamous The Podcast<\/em>, <strong>Katy<\/strong> discussed the meaning of her new song. She wrote it in March 2025, but was too scared to release it until now. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn \u2018Watch It Burn\u2019 I am wrestling with my darkness but last year was pretty tough,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have not given myself permission to be angry my whole life over things where I should be f\u2013king angry about. What I\u2019ve done is I pushed it down, but I should be f\u2013king angry. I\u2019m allowed to be angry for a f\u2013king moment,\u201d she continued. \u201cSo instead of falling into\u2019 \u2018Woe is me,\u2019 I just was like, \u2018Okay, let\u2019s just feel this f\u2013king pain,\u2019 let\u2019s feel this pain, let\u2019s feel this anger and let\u2019s move on, let\u2019s learn from it also.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katy<\/strong> previously <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/06\/09\/katy-perry-says-2025-was-one-of-the-hardest-years-of-her-life\/\">opened up about her difficult year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the full lyrics below. <\/p>\n<p><center>  <\/center>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">Posted To:<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/katy-perry\/\" rel=\"tag\">Katy Perry<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/lyrics\/\" rel=\"tag\">Lyrics<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/music\/\" rel=\"tag\">Music<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/music-video\/\" rel=\"tag\">Music Video<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.justjared.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: YouTube Katy Perry torches a city and her past after turning into a scorpion in the music video for her new single, \u201cWatch It Burn.\u201d 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. 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