The tone of the entire song is solemn but beautiful, and when the vocals have an element of desperation in them 070 Shake still retains her signature voice. The accompanying visuals for the track also greatly enhance the release. The single marks the first use of the album art for Modus Vivendi- one of the most striking album covers in many years. A music video coincides with Guilty Conscience, with an opening card that summarises the meaning of the song well:

Although I’m not a boy

I wanted to display a boy

Being broken

How he manages his sadness

When he is not allowed to cry

From young

A boy must create a shell

That protects him from

His own emotions

But when that shell cracks

It creates an intense amount of vulnerability

Where the boy must replace the shell with actions

That make him seem as if the shell never broke

He replaces this shell with Ego, Desire, and Pride

—Dani Moon

Conceptually, this intellectual reimagining of fragile masculinity is extremely appealing. The music video also depicts the theme well, and further reinforces everything that makes this song, simply put, her best.

Finding a fault with this song is difficult, as the lyricism, thematic elements, production, vocal performance and accompanying visuals are without flaws.

Modus Vivendi is out next week, but for now stream Guilty Conscience below: