"Defector" is a song by English rock band Muse. It serves as the eighth track and fourth promotional single from the band's seventh studio album Drones. The song is preceded by a track titled "JFK", a minute-long track consisting of speech from former United States president John F. Kennedy, which crossfades into "Defector". The song peaked at number 85 on the French Singles Chart. The song was performed extremely rarely on the Drones World Tour, and has not been performed since 2016.