After performing it live in preview at KOKO, on 28 November 2016, it was released as the second single from her debut studio album, Speak Your Mind (2018) on 10 February 2017.

[2] Primarily a pop song with dancehall elements, "Ciao Adios" was written by Anne-Marie alongside Jenn Decilveo, Mason Levy, and Tom Meredith,[3] with Meredith and Levy (MdL) handling production.

[1][4] The song's lyrics refer to a girl who finds out that the guy she is dating is cheating on her, and thus she decides not to waste further time by leaving him: "Ciao, adios, I'm done";[5] ciao and adiós are respectively the Italian and Spanish words for '(good)bye'.

[6] The "Ciao Adios" music video was released on 9 March 2017 on YouTube and features Anne-Marie with her girl gang dancing in Marrakech (Morocco) with plenty of colors.

[8] The song gave Anne-Marie her first solo top 10 single in the UK and spent a total of 23 weeks on the chart.