It was performed by Rodrigo's character, Nina "Nini" Salazar-Roberts, in the fourth episode of the first season, "Blocking", which premiered on Disney+ on November 29, 2019.

[12] According to sheet music published by Hal Leonard LLC, "All I Want" is a moderately slow composition in E-flat major–later modulating to F major–with a mixed meter of alternating 34 and 44.

[17] Rodrigo performed the song on Live with Kelly and Ryan in February 2020,[4] and for Z100 New York the following month.

[19][20] A music video for "All I Want" was released on March 20, 2020, featuring Rodrigo playing a piano in a pink tulle dress with mountains in the background, accompanied by a string quartet.

[21][22] Directed by Stephen Wayne Mallett, it was filmed at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Wendover, Utah.

[25][26] "All I Want" was also covered by a cappella group DCappella,[27] and included on the track listing of their Japan-exclusive album All Ears, released in June 2020.

[30] The success of Rodrigo's debut single "Drivers License" in early 2021 led to a resurgence of "All I Want" internationally, with a position of 119 on the Billboard Global 200 chart for the week ending January 30.