G.E.M.B

Track Info

  • Title
    G.E.M.B
  • Released
  • Duration

Original Release

Cover Art for Britpop
Studio Album

About

The standard edition of Britpop was released on 16 January 2026, followed three days later by Britpop Deluxe on 19 January. The deluxe version adds six new tracks, reshaping the album’s arc. The first of these, Selfish Disco, resets the tone with a declaration of private defiance, while the second, G.E.M.B (Green Eyed Mental Boy), sharpens that stance into confrontation.

Where Selfish Disco frames dancing as self-preservation, G.E.M.B is more abrasive, railing against outrage culture, moral panic and performative offence. Its lyrics revel in provocation, positioning Williams as both antagonist and survivor in a “square world” that demands conformity. The chorus doubles down on endurance rather than reconciliation, repeating its central identity as a badge rather than a slur.

The attitude is unapologetic.

“If you can’t convince them then you must confuse them” Robbie Williams
It is a line that captures the song’s core impulse: resistance through disruption, humour through excess.

Lyrics

Green Eyed Mental Boy

Round peg, square world
I really love making you clutch your pearls
If it's the end of the world, better look good for it
Girls grab your balls, boys shake your tits
I tell ya

I'm not dealing with you scum
I'm a phenomenal human
Chosen for pleasure serotonin burners
Trained for sin
Illuminati noise
If you can't convince them then you must confuse them
I love it, I love it, I love it
Green eyed mental boy

You're offended by everything
Ashamed by nothing
I came with love but you ain't worth loving
Be mad, stay mad, I don't care
I'll be eating my sashimi in my underwear

I'm not dealing with you scum
I'm a phenomenal human
Chosen for pleasure serotonin burners
Trained for sin
Illuminati noise
If you can't convince them then you must confuse them
I love it, I love it, I love it
Green eyed mental boy

I'll survive you know I always do
The lord made me a mountain and
That mountain grew
If you can't convince them then you must confuse them
I love it, I love it, I love it

Chosen for pleasure and the shadows burning
I love it, I love it, I love it

Chosen for pleasure serotonin burners
Trained for sin
Illuminati noise
If you can't convince them then you must confuse them
I love it, I love it, I love it
Green eyed mental boy
Green eyed mental boy
Green eyed mental boy
Green eyed mental boy

Credits

  • Vocalist

    Robbie Williams
  • Songwriter

    Robbie Williams, Karl Brazil, Owen Parker
  • Producer

    Karl Brazil, Owen Parker

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