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''Liberation''\\
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* WorldOfSymbolism: Trying to make sense of canon in the ''Will Of The People'' music videos and imagery can be a nightmare unless you keep this trope firmly in mind.
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* WorldOfSymbolism: Trying to make sense of canon in the ''Will Of The People'' music videos and imagery can be a nightmare unless you keep this trope firmly in mind.mind.
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-->''We've had enough''\\
''Thank you for playing your part in our''\\
''Liberation''\\
''Liberation''\\
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-->''We've had enough''\\
''Thank you for playing your part in our''\\
''Liberation''\\
''Liberation''\\
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* CoolMask: The masses of people in the music videos from all of the ''Will of the People'' songs wear silver ones sometimes with [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glowing eyes]].
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* CoolMask: The masses of people in the music videos from all of the ''Will of the People'' songs wear silver ones mirrored ones, sometimes with [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glowing eyes]].eyes]]. Also double as an IconOfRebellion.
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* GraffitiOfTheResistance: A recurring visual motif of this era, as well as a prominent feature of [[IconicOutfit Matt's various stage outfits]] for this tour.
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* AceCustom: Matt would debut no less than three unique Manson guitars during the tour for this album:
** A modified Manson Oryx with fanned frets and an all-white finish.
** "Verona Sky", which is heavily modeled after the classic Fender Telecaster.
** A guitar with a body styled after the rebels' mirrored masks, jokingly nicknamed the "[=WOTPcaster=]" by fans.
** A modified Manson Oryx with fanned frets and an all-white finish.
** "Verona Sky", which is heavily modeled after the classic Fender Telecaster.
** A guitar with a body styled after the rebels' mirrored masks, jokingly nicknamed the "[=WOTPcaster=]" by fans.
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* BizarreInstrument:
** During the recording of "Won't Stand Down" Matt uses a [=GuitarViol=], a hybrid between a guitar and a cello.
** The ''[[CallBack Simulation Theory]]'' [[TrickedOutGloves power glove]] makes a return on this tour, this time with a built-in control panel Matt uses to play synth sounds.
** During the recording of "Won't Stand Down" Matt uses a [=GuitarViol=], a hybrid between a guitar and a cello.
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The album [[GenreRoulette covers a variety of genres]] and was described by frontman Matt Bellamy as a "GreatestHits album of new songs", being a throwback to their [[ClassicalMusic classical]], {{heavy metal}} and [[ElectronicMusic electronic]] influences, while also returning to a much darker lyrical content and being looser on themes due to the "greatest hits" nature of it.
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The album [[GenreRoulette covers a variety of genres]] and was described by frontman Matt Bellamy as a "GreatestHits album "{{greatest hits album}} of new songs", being a throwback to their [[ClassicalMusic classical]], {{heavy metal}} and [[ElectronicMusic electronic]] influences, while also returning to a much darker lyrical content and being looser on themes due to the "greatest hits" nature of it.
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-->-- '''[[TitleTrack Will of the People]]'''
'''Will of the People''' is the ninth studio album by the English AlternativeRock band Music/{{Muse}}, released in 26 August 2022.
The album has an extensive take on GenreRoulette, being described by Matt as a "GreatestHits album of new songs", being a throwback to their [[ClassicalMusic classical]], {{heavy metal}} and [[ElectronicMusic electronic]] influences, and returning to a much darker lyrical content while being looser on themes due to the "greatest hits" nature of it.
'''Will of the People''' is the ninth studio album by the English AlternativeRock band Music/{{Muse}}, released in 26 August 2022.
The album has an extensive take on GenreRoulette, being described by Matt as a "GreatestHits album of new songs", being a throwback to their [[ClassicalMusic classical]], {{heavy metal}} and [[ElectronicMusic electronic]] influences, and returning to a much darker lyrical content while being looser on themes due to the "greatest hits" nature of it.
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-->-- '''[[TitleTrack Will "Will of the People]]'''
'''WillPeople"]]'''
''Will of thePeople''' People'' is the ninth studio album by the English AlternativeRock band Music/{{Muse}}, released in on 26 August 2022.
The albumhas an extensive take on GenreRoulette, being [[GenreRoulette covers a variety of genres]] and was described by frontman Matt Bellamy as a "GreatestHits album of new songs", being a throwback to their [[ClassicalMusic classical]], {{heavy metal}} and [[ElectronicMusic electronic]] influences, and while also returning to a much darker lyrical content while and being looser on themes due to the "greatest hits" nature of it.
'''Will
''Will of the
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The album has an extensive take on GenreRoulette, being described by Matt as a "GreatestHits album of new songs", being a throwback to their [[ClassicalMusic classical]], {{heavy metal}} and [[ElectronicMusic electronic]] influences, and returning to a much darker lyrical content while being looser on themes due to the "greatest hits" nature of it.
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* GroundhogDayLoop: [[spoiler:Combined with the FullCircleRevolution above, ''Will of the People'' is this, with an era of totalitarian rule and revolution in alternation along with an apocalyptic event known as the "Great Reset" somewhere in between. [[LostInMediaRes It is unknown how this happened]] [[AmbiguousEnding and whether it may ever end]]]].
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* GroundhogDayLoop: [[spoiler:Combined with the FullCircleRevolution above, ''Will of the People'' is this, with an era of totalitarian rule and revolution in alternation along with an apocalyptic event known as the "Great Reset" somewhere in between. [[LostInMediaRes [[LostInMediasRes It is unknown how this happened]] [[AmbiguousEnding and whether it may ever end]]]].
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** The pre-chorus melody of "Euphoria" matches the prechorus melody of "Time Is Running Out". Doubles as a CallBack.
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* PlayingWithPuppets: A key motif of the "Won't Stand Down" video.
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* ContinuityNod: Aside from a metric ton of horror movie references, the video for "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween" also features the burning car from the "Compliance" video, the power glove Matt wielded in the ''Simulation Theory'' era, and the [[Music/{{Slipknot}} Corey Taylor mask]] from Dom's infamous "[[MemeticMutation SIT THE FUCK DOWN]]" moment in the ''Hullabaloo'' documentary. (Yes, a nod to a ''twenty-year-old inside joke.'')
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* ContinuityNod: Aside from a metric ton of horror movie references, the video for "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween" also features the burning car from the "Compliance" video, the power glove Matt wielded in the ''Simulation Theory'' ''Music/SimulationTheory'' era, and the [[Music/{{Slipknot}} Corey Taylor mask]] from Dom's infamous "[[MemeticMutation SIT THE FUCK DOWN]]" moment in the ''Hullabaloo'' documentary. (Yes, a nod to a ''twenty-year-old inside joke.'')
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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The main plotline of "Compliance", according to WordOfGod.
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** According to the band, the "Compliance" video is inspired by '' Film/{{Looper}}''.
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* ToppledStatue: Demolished monuments of the band's heads figure prominently in both the album cover and the "Will of the People" music video.
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* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "Ghosts" and "Verona".
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* BackToFront: The "Compliance" music video is this for the most part, though the children seem to exhibit NonLinearCharacter traits.
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* LyricSwap: The last verse of "Verona" uses this to [[BookEnds heartbreaking effect]]:
** The closing lines swap out the first verse's "I won't let you be alone / because I need you so" with "I won't let you ''[[DyingAlone die]]'' alone / because I ''[[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove love]]'' you so".
** The same verse tweaks the opening line "Can we kiss with poison on our lips?" to "''We will kiss''..."
* LyricVideo: "Verona" is the only song from the album to get an official lyric video, likely to call attention to the previous entry.
** The closing lines swap out the first verse's "I won't let you be alone / because I need you so" with "I won't let you ''[[DyingAlone die]]'' alone / because I ''[[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove love]]'' you so".
** The same verse tweaks the opening line "Can we kiss with poison on our lips?" to "''We will kiss''..."
* LyricVideo: "Verona" is the only song from the album to get an official lyric video, likely to call attention to the previous entry.
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** "Verona" is a very prominent one to ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''.
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* GenreRoulette: The band has described ''Will of the People'' as a "GreatestHitsAlbum of new songs", so expect a lot of genres from previous albums getting some representation in here.
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* LonelyPianoPiece: "Ghosts (How Can I Move On)", which is a first for the band that it is being played totally straight.
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* LonelyPianoPiece: "Ghosts (How Can I Move On)", which is a first for the band that it where this trope is being played applied totally straight.
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* ClusterFBomb: "We Are Fucking Fucked" drops the f-bomb a total of twenty times, including four in the chorus, making it their song with the most use of profanities in their discography.
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* AnimatedMusicVideo: Both the videos for "Will Of The People" and "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween", which were CGI-animated by [=Frame48=].[[note]]except for the parts where Matt, Dom and Chris show up[[/note]
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* AnimatedMusicVideo: Both the videos for "Will Of The People" and "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween", which were CGI-animated by [=Frame48=].[[note]]except for the parts where Matt, Dom and Chris show up[[/note]up[[/note]]
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* MetalScream: And the title of "Won't Stand Down" and "Kill or Be Killed" [[TitleDrop in their respective songs]].
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* MetalScream: And the title The TitleDrop of "Won't Stand Down" and "Kill or Be Killed" [[TitleDrop in their respective songs]].songs.
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* StealthParody: ''Will of the People'' is one of ''Music/TheResistanceAlbum'' era.
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* StealthParody: ''Will of the People'' is one of ''Music/TheResistanceAlbum'' ''[[Music/TheResistanceAlbum The Resistance]]'' era.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"''[[MadnessMantra THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE, THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE, THE WILL OF THE WILL OF]]''"]]
->''Welcome to the desecration baby''\\
''We’ll build you right up then we’ll tear you down''\\
''Welcome to the celebration baby''\\
''The judges are jailed and the future is ours''
-->-- '''[[TitleTrack Will of the People]]'''
'''Will of the People''' is the ninth studio album by the English AlternativeRock band Music/{{Muse}}, released in 26 August 2022.
!!Tracklist:
# "Will of the People" (3:18)
# "Compliance" (4:10)
# "Liberation" (3:06)
# "Won't Stand Down" (3:29)
# "Ghosts (How Can I Move On)" (3:36)
# "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween" (3:00)
# "Kill or Be Killed" (5:00)
# "Verona" (4:56)
# "Euphoria" (3:23)
# "We Are Fucking Fucked" (3:36)
!!Trope or be Troped
* AlbumTitleDrop: The very first thing you'll hear in the album is the title sung by a choir.
* AnimatedMusicVideo: Both the videos for "Will Of The People" and "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween", which were CGI-animated by [=Frame48=].[[note]]except for the parts where Matt, Dom and Chris show up[[/note]
* ArcSymbol: The "Will of the People" symbol that [[SigilSpam rebels use a lot]].
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: "Will" who also serves as a giant stage prop, and "Baph" (from the cover of the "Kill Or Be Killed" remix), which is based on the Satanic occult deity Baphomet.
* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: In the grand tradition of horror, the HauntedHouse in "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween" video [[MalevolentArchitecture has it out for anyone who enters it]].
* BlackCloak: The masked rebels all wear ones indistinguishable from one another, with the "WOTP" symbol spray-painted onto the back.
* ClusterFBomb: "We Are Fucking Fucked" drops the f-bomb a total of twenty times, including four in the chorus, making it their song with the most use of profanities in their discography.
* ContinuityNod: Aside from a metric ton of horror movie references, the video for "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween" also features the burning car from the "Compliance" video, the power glove Matt wielded in the ''Simulation Theory'' era, and the [[Music/{{Slipknot}} Corey Taylor mask]] from Dom's infamous "[[MemeticMutation SIT THE FUCK DOWN]]" moment in the ''Hullabaloo'' documentary. (Yes, a nod to a ''twenty-year-old inside joke.'')
* CoolMask: The masses of people in the music videos from all of the ''Will of the People'' songs wear silver ones sometimes with [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glowing eyes]].
* DarkIsEvil: Played with when it comes to the rebels in the ''Will of the People'' concept films. [[spoiler:They intend to overthrow their oppressive government, but in the process [[FullCircleRevolution end up becoming ''the oppressive government'' once they take over]]. Whether the original government was doing something bad is even up in the air, the lyric "we need a revolution, so long as we stay free" making it seem that they weren't]].
* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: "Compliance" is told from the perspective of TheGovernment promising to [[HappinessIsMandatory take people's bad feelings away]] provided they do as they're told. In the music video for the song, this process is implied to be aided by GovernmentDrugEnforcement.
* FullCircleRevolution: [[spoiler:The storyline of ''Will of the People'' in a nutshell. Every time the revolutionaries take over and become the new leaders, they become the dictators they wanted to get rid of in the first place, in a perhaps literal fashion]].
* GroundhogDayLoop: [[spoiler:Combined with the FullCircleRevolution above, ''Will of the People'' is this, with an era of totalitarian rule and revolution in alternation along with an apocalyptic event known as the "Great Reset" somewhere in between. [[LostInMediaRes It is unknown how this happened]] [[AmbiguousEnding and whether it may ever end]]]].
* InTheHood: The masked rebels all wear hooded jackets.
* LonelyPianoPiece: "Ghosts (How Can I Move On)", which is a first for the band that it is being played totally straight.
* LyricalDissonance: "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween" could rival "Supermassive Black Hole" in catchiness, while also being a song about [[spoiler:domestic abuse]].
* MetalScream: And the title of "Won't Stand Down" and "Kill or Be Killed" [[TitleDrop in their respective songs]].
* MindControl: [[spoiler:As seen in the video for "Won't Stand Down", the old woman is capable of doing this]].
* MusicalNod:
** The StandardSnippet/ToccataAndFugueInDMinor in "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween".
** The pre-chorus melody of "Euphoria" matches the prechorus melody of "Time Is Running Out". Doubles as a CallBack.
* NonAppearingTitle: "Verona".
* OneWordTitle: "Compliance", "Liberation", "Verona" and "Euphoria".
* PerpetualSmiler: The old woman in the video for "Won't Stand Down", but this is because she's wearing a mask.
* ShoutOut:
** The music video for "Will Of The People" references ''Film/VForVendetta'' at various points, right down to the masked protesters and the [[spoiler:government building getting blown up]].
** "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween" is, as you'd expect, a love letter to horror movies. Matt specifically mentions Creator/StephenKing as an influence, with nods to ''Film/TheShining'' and ''Literature/{{Misery}}'' on the song itself. The music video also throws in references to ''Film/It1990'', ''Film/Carrie1976'' and ''Literature/{{Christine}}'' for good measure.
* SigilSpam: The rebels love slapping the "WOTP" symbol anywhere they go.
* StealthParody: ''Will of the People'' is one of ''Music/TheResistanceAlbum'' era.
* StudioChatter: "We Are Fucking Fucked" opens with Dom saying "We're playing together?" before the song starts – which also makes this one of the rare occasions we hear the drummer's voice on a Muse record.
* TakeThat: "Will of the People" is a mockery of the Jan 6th rioters.
* TimeStandsStill: "Compliance"'s music video has many shots where time appears to be stuck.
* TitleTrack
* TrippyFinaleSyndrome: As the final official single and music video from the album, "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween" is this for ''Will Of The People''.
* TruckDriversGearChange: "Liberation", where the pitch contrasts from the verses and the chorus. "Ghosts" as well in the final chorus.
* UncannyValley:
** The old woman in "Won't Stand Down"'s music video, who actually is wearing an alarmingly accurate mask of Matt's face for reasons unknown.
** There's also the masked rebels in the "Will Of The People" and "Halloween" music videos. They just move a little too smoothly, and [[spoiler:The band looks quite fake when they unmask at the end of the video, perhaps intentionally]].
* TheUnreveal: No matter what, we never get to see what any of the masked rebels look like unmasked.
** In the "Won't Stand Down" video, the old woman unmasks herself, only for her face to still be covered by a mirror mask.
** A rebel tries to unmask themselves at the end of the "Halloween" video. Instead, they have another mask underneath. And another. And another. And it just keeps coming...
* VillainSong: "Compliance"; see TheEvilsOfFreeWill above.
* WhamLine: [[spoiler:The will of the ''sheeple'']].
* WorldOfSymbolism: Trying to make sense of canon in the ''Will Of The People'' music videos and imagery can be a nightmare unless you keep this trope firmly in mind.
[[caption-width-right:350:"''[[MadnessMantra THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE, THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE, THE WILL OF THE WILL OF]]''"]]
->''Welcome to the desecration baby''\\
''We’ll build you right up then we’ll tear you down''\\
''Welcome to the celebration baby''\\
''The judges are jailed and the future is ours''
-->-- '''[[TitleTrack Will of the People]]'''
'''Will of the People''' is the ninth studio album by the English AlternativeRock band Music/{{Muse}}, released in 26 August 2022.
!!Tracklist:
# "Will of the People" (3:18)
# "Compliance" (4:10)
# "Liberation" (3:06)
# "Won't Stand Down" (3:29)
# "Ghosts (How Can I Move On)" (3:36)
# "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween" (3:00)
# "Kill or Be Killed" (5:00)
# "Verona" (4:56)
# "Euphoria" (3:23)
# "We Are Fucking Fucked" (3:36)
!!Trope or be Troped
* AlbumTitleDrop: The very first thing you'll hear in the album is the title sung by a choir.
* AnimatedMusicVideo: Both the videos for "Will Of The People" and "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween", which were CGI-animated by [=Frame48=].[[note]]except for the parts where Matt, Dom and Chris show up[[/note]
* ArcSymbol: The "Will of the People" symbol that [[SigilSpam rebels use a lot]].
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: "Will" who also serves as a giant stage prop, and "Baph" (from the cover of the "Kill Or Be Killed" remix), which is based on the Satanic occult deity Baphomet.
* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: In the grand tradition of horror, the HauntedHouse in "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween" video [[MalevolentArchitecture has it out for anyone who enters it]].
* BlackCloak: The masked rebels all wear ones indistinguishable from one another, with the "WOTP" symbol spray-painted onto the back.
* ClusterFBomb: "We Are Fucking Fucked" drops the f-bomb a total of twenty times, including four in the chorus, making it their song with the most use of profanities in their discography.
* ContinuityNod: Aside from a metric ton of horror movie references, the video for "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween" also features the burning car from the "Compliance" video, the power glove Matt wielded in the ''Simulation Theory'' era, and the [[Music/{{Slipknot}} Corey Taylor mask]] from Dom's infamous "[[MemeticMutation SIT THE FUCK DOWN]]" moment in the ''Hullabaloo'' documentary. (Yes, a nod to a ''twenty-year-old inside joke.'')
* CoolMask: The masses of people in the music videos from all of the ''Will of the People'' songs wear silver ones sometimes with [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glowing eyes]].
* DarkIsEvil: Played with when it comes to the rebels in the ''Will of the People'' concept films. [[spoiler:They intend to overthrow their oppressive government, but in the process [[FullCircleRevolution end up becoming ''the oppressive government'' once they take over]]. Whether the original government was doing something bad is even up in the air, the lyric "we need a revolution, so long as we stay free" making it seem that they weren't]].
* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: "Compliance" is told from the perspective of TheGovernment promising to [[HappinessIsMandatory take people's bad feelings away]] provided they do as they're told. In the music video for the song, this process is implied to be aided by GovernmentDrugEnforcement.
* FullCircleRevolution: [[spoiler:The storyline of ''Will of the People'' in a nutshell. Every time the revolutionaries take over and become the new leaders, they become the dictators they wanted to get rid of in the first place, in a perhaps literal fashion]].
* GroundhogDayLoop: [[spoiler:Combined with the FullCircleRevolution above, ''Will of the People'' is this, with an era of totalitarian rule and revolution in alternation along with an apocalyptic event known as the "Great Reset" somewhere in between. [[LostInMediaRes It is unknown how this happened]] [[AmbiguousEnding and whether it may ever end]]]].
* InTheHood: The masked rebels all wear hooded jackets.
* LonelyPianoPiece: "Ghosts (How Can I Move On)", which is a first for the band that it is being played totally straight.
* LyricalDissonance: "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween" could rival "Supermassive Black Hole" in catchiness, while also being a song about [[spoiler:domestic abuse]].
* MetalScream: And the title of "Won't Stand Down" and "Kill or Be Killed" [[TitleDrop in their respective songs]].
* MindControl: [[spoiler:As seen in the video for "Won't Stand Down", the old woman is capable of doing this]].
* MusicalNod:
** The StandardSnippet/ToccataAndFugueInDMinor in "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween".
** The pre-chorus melody of "Euphoria" matches the prechorus melody of "Time Is Running Out". Doubles as a CallBack.
* NonAppearingTitle: "Verona".
* OneWordTitle: "Compliance", "Liberation", "Verona" and "Euphoria".
* PerpetualSmiler: The old woman in the video for "Won't Stand Down", but this is because she's wearing a mask.
* ShoutOut:
** The music video for "Will Of The People" references ''Film/VForVendetta'' at various points, right down to the masked protesters and the [[spoiler:government building getting blown up]].
** "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween" is, as you'd expect, a love letter to horror movies. Matt specifically mentions Creator/StephenKing as an influence, with nods to ''Film/TheShining'' and ''Literature/{{Misery}}'' on the song itself. The music video also throws in references to ''Film/It1990'', ''Film/Carrie1976'' and ''Literature/{{Christine}}'' for good measure.
* SigilSpam: The rebels love slapping the "WOTP" symbol anywhere they go.
* StealthParody: ''Will of the People'' is one of ''Music/TheResistanceAlbum'' era.
* StudioChatter: "We Are Fucking Fucked" opens with Dom saying "We're playing together?" before the song starts – which also makes this one of the rare occasions we hear the drummer's voice on a Muse record.
* TakeThat: "Will of the People" is a mockery of the Jan 6th rioters.
* TimeStandsStill: "Compliance"'s music video has many shots where time appears to be stuck.
* TitleTrack
* TrippyFinaleSyndrome: As the final official single and music video from the album, "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween" is this for ''Will Of The People''.
* TruckDriversGearChange: "Liberation", where the pitch contrasts from the verses and the chorus. "Ghosts" as well in the final chorus.
* UncannyValley:
** The old woman in "Won't Stand Down"'s music video, who actually is wearing an alarmingly accurate mask of Matt's face for reasons unknown.
** There's also the masked rebels in the "Will Of The People" and "Halloween" music videos. They just move a little too smoothly, and [[spoiler:The band looks quite fake when they unmask at the end of the video, perhaps intentionally]].
* TheUnreveal: No matter what, we never get to see what any of the masked rebels look like unmasked.
** In the "Won't Stand Down" video, the old woman unmasks herself, only for her face to still be covered by a mirror mask.
** A rebel tries to unmask themselves at the end of the "Halloween" video. Instead, they have another mask underneath. And another. And another. And it just keeps coming...
* VillainSong: "Compliance"; see TheEvilsOfFreeWill above.
* WhamLine: [[spoiler:The will of the ''sheeple'']].
* WorldOfSymbolism: Trying to make sense of canon in the ''Will Of The People'' music videos and imagery can be a nightmare unless you keep this trope firmly in mind.
