The song was released in November 2019, and is the fourth single to be released without being an album since the release of the band's fourth studio album ''[[Coming Home (Falling in Reverse album)|Coming Home]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deadpress.co.uk/news-falling-in-reverse-deliver-new-single-popular-monster/|title=Falling In Reverse Deliver New Single 'Popular Monster'|publisher=Dead Press!|accessdate=November 21, 2019}}</ref> In 2020, the song was included in a DLC of the video game ''[[Rock Band 4]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.harmonixmusic.com/blog/dlc-week-of-625-converge-and-falling-in-reverse|title=Rock Band DLC Week Of 625 Converge And Falling In Reverse|publisher=Harmonix Music|accessdate=June 25, 2020}}</ref> On October 23, 2020, Swedish duo DJs [[Galantis]] and American DJ [[Nghtmre]] released a remix version of the song.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://epitaph.com/artists/falling-in-reverse/release/popular-monster-nghtmre-galantis-remix|title=Falling in Reverse - Popular Monster (Galantis & Nghtmre Remix)|publisher=[[Epitaph Records|Epitaph]]|accessdate=October 22, 2020}}</ref> At the end of 2020, the song was ranked number one on [[List of Sirius XM Radio channels#List#Rock|Octane Sirius XM]] as the most played rock song on the radio in the United States.
