In a Sirius XM interview,[2] Dixie reveals her song is to help others realize "they don't need to pretend that life is so perfect and it is okay to have a bad day."

[3] The pop song features an upbeat tune which is sampled from house building theme from Red Dead Redemption 2.

On September 9, 2020, a remix of the song featuring singer-songwriter Blackbear and rapper Lil Mosey was released.

The official music video for the "Be Happy" remix was released via D'Amelio's Youtube channel September 20, 2020.

[citation needed] Social media personality Noah Beck played singer D'Amelio's love interest in the music video.