"Empire" is a single recorded by the Icelandic indie folk/indie pop rock band Of Monsters and Men. The song was released as the third single from their second studio album, Beneath the Skin (2015). It was written by Nanna BryndÃÂs Hilmarsdóttir, Ragnar ÃÂórhallsson, and Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson (of Of Monsters and Men).
A music video was released on August 7, 2015. It was filmed in black and white and features a young woman who has a very close relationship with another woman. The two of them hang out and it is implied that the young woman looks up to the other woman as a mentor figure in life. Time passes and it is revealed that it was just flashbacks as the young woman - now old - reflects on her life and wonders if she has really changed.
A lyric video was released on May 15, 2015, featuring actress Guðrún Bjarnadóttir lip-syncing the song's lyrics.
"Empire" peaked at number twenty five on Iceland's Tónlistinn chart and at number thirty three on the Rock & Alternative Airplay chart.