It was released on April 15, 2024, as the eighth single from Wallen's third studio album One Thing at a Time.

It was written by Rocky Block, Ashley Gorley, James Maddocks, Ernest Keith Smith and Ryan Vojtesak, and produced by Joey Moi and Jacob Durrett.

Substream Magazine writer Logan White referred to the song as "the perfect blend of country and hip-hop that Wallen has really been experimenting with these last couple years".

[1] "Cowgirls" debuted at number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the chart dated March 18, 2023.

[4] On the Billboard Country Airplay chart, for the week of July 6, 2024, "Cowgirls" reached the number two position on the Country Airplay chart while Post Malone's "I Had Some Help" – on which Wallen is a featured artist – notched a second week at number one, making Wallen the third artist in the chart's history to hold the top two positions concurrently.