He used the radio as an alter ego; a guy with a swaggering bravado. Part One is a guitar driven, hard rocking and bluesy, swaggering and swayful song. The title can be translated as "The Swaggering Soldier" or "Vainglorious Soldier". Wriothesley disliked the arrogant, swaggering Earl of Hertford; they had long been enemies. The song was described as "swaggering" and "sinewy" by Lloyd Bradley of BBC Music. McAlpine of BBC said "the relentless swaggering momentum" of the track "gets a little wearing". The chorus features a "swaggering strut of brass instruments" and no vocals. Chalamet was praised for his "earnest and swaggering performance" as Laurie. It is a "swaggering" and energetic number that draws heavily from crunk inspirations. Andy Kellman from Allmusic deemed the track as "yearning/swaggering". Ancient Pistol is a swaggering soldier who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare. Swartz stated that both songs contained a "base heavy beat" with "swaggering" lyrics. O'Brien felt the album captured a new "swaggering" sound, with "space and sunshine and energy". Colin Stutz from the same publication described it as a "swaggering number". The song is "swaggering" and "bass-heavy", according to Leah Greenblatt of "Entertainment Weekly".