Songfacts®:

• In this song, Brendon Urie recounts a tumultuous relationship where he and his lover are incompatible. He declares they "ain't no star-crossed lovers" or "Bonnie & Clyde" and they "don't deserve each other." The only thing that delays their inevitable breakup is their sexual chemistry. The physical part of their relationship is great, which prompts Urie to describe his lover as his "favorite drug."
• Panic! At The Disco has been Urie's solo project since Spencer Smith and Dallon Weekes left the band in the mid-2010s. He recorded "Middle Of A Breakup" for Viva Las Vengeance and released it as the album's second single on July 20, 2022.
• Urie cut Viva Las Vengeance live to tape with his friends/production partners Jake Sinclair and Mike Viola in Los Angeles. This song also features co-production from Butch Walker (Fall Out Boy, Pink, Weezer). He adds to the record's guitar-led arena-rock sound.
• The Brendan Walter-directed video stars Brendon Urie and Leah Adler as a couple that can't keep their hands off each other. Walter also directed and Adler co-starred in Panic's previous video for "Viva Las Vengeance." The clip pays homage to the 1978 rom-com musical Grease.