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'Who Rules The World' is the high-energy showstopper from Netflix's The Royals (2025), composed by Harsh Upadhyay with lyrics by singer Sukriti Bhardwaj — who also performs it alongside Anish Mathew. Released 5 May 2025 by Universal Music India, the song serves as the series' power-anthem, used over sequences where the royal family asserts its relevance against the backdrop of contemporary India's hospitality and real-estate worlds. Its English-Hindi bilingual lyric is pitched precisely at the show's target demographic.

Harsh Upadhyay builds the track on a driving electronic pop grid with an infectious hook that borrows from contemporary K-pop production techniques — layered synth chords, a punchy four-to-the-floor rhythm, and strategic key changes that give the song its anthemic uplift. Sukriti Bhardwaj's voice carries the requisite confidence without straining for the theatrical, while Anish Mathew provides a smoother, more conversational counterpoint.

Sukriti Bhardwaj's lyric is deliberately direct — less interested in metaphor than in declaration. 'Who rules the world?' is answered within the song itself without irony: we do. The bilingual text mirrors the show's thesis about old money learning new language.

This was one of The Royals' earliest recorded songs, used as a production mood-board for the series' visual aesthetic — costumes, set design, and the swagger of Ishaan Khatter's character were reportedly calibrated against the song's energy.

The track became the unofficial anthem for the show's promotional campaign, used in trailers and social media cutdowns, contributing significantly to pre-release buzz for The Royals on Netflix India.