 The song appeared on "PAPER Magazine"'s list of the "10 Songs You Need To Start Your Weekend Right", where the writer, Michael Love Michael, described it as "a bouncy synthpop track that feels like equal parts Britney Spears club hit and PSA for toxic relationships and/or climate change".The music video for "Violence" was released through Grimes' YouTube channel alongside the song's official release on September 5, 2019.It was directed by Grimes herself.