The song was released on 7 January 2022 as the lead single from Becerra's debut studio album, Animal.

[1] The song is featured on the album's first part and extended play (EP) Animal, Pt.

In 28 December 2020 María Becerra began teasing the song in her social medias with a series of emojis and photos from the video of "Animal".

The music video for "Animal" was directed by Julián Levy and was released simultaneously with the song on 7 January 2021.

As of May 2024, the video has accumulated a total of 147 million views on Becerra's official YouTube channel.