In the spring of 2012, Cody Hunter began writing songs as a college student while taking music classes.

[1] Hunter later accumulated 70 written songs and began performing at open mics in Seattle, Washington in 2014.

[2] While working a full-time job, Hunter recorded some of these songs in his home's closet,[3] and independently released Surge of Confidence under the name Bug on November 20, 2015.

This led to the band starting a Kickstarter campaign to fund their second studio album The Rough Draft, which would contain the single.

[7] Bug Hunter released "2 Bed, 2 Bath (and a Ghost)", the lead single off Happiness (Without a Catch), on April 29, 2022.