The song utilizes a stuttered pop melody with piano and trumpet while lyrically presenting confidence in personality over physical appearance, embracing imperfections connected to the latter.

For it, AJR wanted to create a track with a meaning less complex than others on the album, taking inspiration from the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

This was scrapped,[3] and the band instead chose to parallel "100 Bad Days" from the same album, using a Friedrich Nietzsche aphorism for the message:[4] It is off-quoted as "what doesn’t kill you makes you ugly".

[6] "Break My Face" is a high-energy song, with Skyler Simpson of The Knight Crier describing its composure as a "catchy, feel-good vibe".

[7] The track primarily includes digital instrumentation in a hip hop style,[8] using piano chords placed in stuttering intervals, programmed drums, and trumpets.