The album's guest appearances include frequent collaborators such as Junior H, Eslabon Armado, Tito Double P, Luis R. Conriquez, Óscar Maydon, Natanael Cano, Gabito Ballesteros, Arcángel and Ryan Castro, while it also features new collaborators including Netón Vega, Chino Pacas, Iván Cornejo, Rich the Kid, Cardi B, Quavo, Anitta, Kenia Os and DJ Snake.

Peso Pluma himself, alongside Ernesto Fernández and Jesus Iván Leal Reyes "Parka", handled most of the album's production, with other producers contributing on several tracks off the album, including Andrew Watt, Charlie Handsome, Chris Jedi, Cirkut, Dímelo Flow, DJ Durel, Édgar Barrera and Gaby Music.

Peso Pluma rose to global prominence in early 2023, when he released singles such as "PRC" with Natanael Cano, "El Azul" with Junior H, "Ella Baila Sola" with Eslabon Armado, and "La Bebé" with Yng Lvcas, which have appeared on the Billboard Hot 100.

[12][13] Despite the success, a video of him with another woman in Las Vegas spread around social media, abruptly ending his relationship with Argentinian singer Nicki Nicole, which began in 2023.

[15][16] He also confirmed that there would be experimentation within the album, aside from his main genre of regional Mexican music, stating he wanted it to be a "surprise" for everyone and that he has "liked doing things to get out of [his] comfort zone".

[26] While being interviewed by Rolling Stone, a recording session for the album took place at Lab Studios in Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida, where American producer Édgar Barrera and fellow songwriter Alexis Fierro (El Chachito) appeared in the process.

[28][29] "Put Em in the Fridge" was first sent to Peso Pluma by one of Cardi B's producers, with production credits going to Charlie Handsome and Fresh.

"Clock" or "Wristwatch") with Iván Cornejo is a sad sierreño song which features psychedelic sounds while both singers "take turns harmonizing one another to mesmerizing effect"[32][40][39] and the album's 12th track "Ice", is a corrido bélico which begins with a sample spoken by American wrestler Ric Flair,[1][36] "Vino Tinto" (transl.

[32][1][41] Throughout the album, themes found within its songs' lyrics include stardom, women, luxury, religion, stress relief and organized crime.

[36][45][46] On "Sr. Smith", Peso Pluma and Luis R. Conriquez sing about hustling for a lush lifestyle,[1][39] while "Rompe la Dompe" (transl.

"Break the Dompe"), the album's sixth track with Junior H and Óscar Maydon, contains lyrics which revolve around having a party, forgetting about a lover, and opening a bottle of Champagne, specifically the Dom Pérignon brand.

[47][48][49] In the album's eighth track, "Belanova" with Tito Double P, features lyrics which revolve around promising to die fighting; its title makes a reference to the Mexican pop band of the same name and is described as a possible "follow-up" to the former's song "Rosa Pastel", which may inspired to the Mexican pop band's song of the same name.

[34][40][36][39] An alternate-cover version, "Hollywood" with Estevan Plazola, the album's 10th track, is an ode to Hollywood, Los Angeles, with its lyrics revolving around being abused as a child and gaining eventual fame, while it also contains lyrics possibly directed at Mexican politician Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

[45] In April of the same year, he collaborated with Sony to promote the ULT Power Sound, where its accompanying advertisement contains elements from "Peso Completo", one of the singles from the album.

[59] That same month, the album's first planned release date was confirmed by Peso Pluma at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards, where he won the awards for Regional Mexican Song (for "Ella Baila Sola" with Eslabon Armado) and Regional Mexican Artist of the Year, set for release in May 2024, which was not fulfilled.

[63] He would then announce the official release date for Éxodo on 8 May 2024, though a teaser featuring Irish professional mixed martial artist Conor McGregor.

[31] Its album artwork was revealed on the same day, which shows a "distorted inverted-color" image of Peso Pluma holding the V sign with both hands.

[31][37] In an interview with Publimetro México, he explained that he wanted the album cover to be different from what he had seen before, while stating that it is "a representation of these changes that [Éxodo] and [himself] have gone through in recent years".

[31][66] An image of him with his new hairstyle, which appears to be a taper fade or side-part,[67] surfaced around social media, which was later confirmed to have been created with artificial intelligence.

[70][71] Directed by Willy Rodríguez, its video features multiple dancers in black clothing who also appear performing a ritual on a man.

[81] "Peso Completo" was released on 11 April 2024, as the fourth single from Éxodo, which peaked at number 42 on US Hot Latin Songs.

[89][73] Its accompanying music video was released the following day; both rappers are seen in a wrestling ring with other sumo wrestlers, with later clips showing women in bikinis.

[103][104][105] Promoted by Live Nation Entertainment, the Éxodo Tour was set to begin on 26 May 2024, at the Sueños Music Festival in Chicago, Illinois, which ended up getting cancelled before the singer's performance started due to severe weather.

[117][118] Several album collaborators, including Iván Cornejo, Kenia Os and Tito Double P, have also joined Peso Pluma onstage as surprise guests throughout the tour.

[119] Additional invited guests throughout include 50 Cent, Becky G, Cypress Hill, Don Toliver, Gunna, Saweetie, Snoop Dogg and Ty Dolla Sign, among others.

[123][124] The singer and Pedro Tovar of Eslabon Armado performed "La Durango" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, on 16 May 2024.

[129] Andrew Sacher of BrooklynVegan stated that the album is "a lengthy undertaking that functions as a great snapshot of just about everything Peso Pluma's capable of".

[130] Alicia Civita of The Latin Times considered Éxodo to be a worthwhile addition in Peso Pluma's career, praising the album's production and his attempt on experimentation, "even if it doesn't fully deliver on the promised 'darker' [...] music".

[32] Isabelia Herrera of Pitchfork praised Peso Pluma's idea to be versatile, although considered the album's second disc to be "littered", adding that "it's particularly tough to hear La Doble P struggle in his ventures outside of corridos tumbados".

[34] Rolling Stone's Tomás Mier commented that the album "presents a Peso Pluma we've already met, perhaps with a bit more experience and angst, but still struggling to take the extra risk".