The song entered the charts in Greece and Lithuania and reached the top ten within his home country of Belgium.

[3] According to Mustin, the song addresses a person's struggles and the "realiz[ation that] we need to look for our inner fire to fight it because we are running out of time".

[5] According to Mustin, he was approached to compete in Eurovision by Belgium's broadcaster for the contest in even-numbered years, Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF) while shooting an episode of Drag Race Belgique.

[19] Vulture's Jon O'Brien ranked the song 28th overall, describing it as "another of those sad-boy ballads that's become an unwelcome staple of late" and a "songwriting-camp template".

[23] The Eurovision performance featured the singer in an Elke Oost-designed outfit[24] surrounded by a circle of microphones and smoke.