[1] It was written by band members Jonathan Higgs, Jeremy Pritchard, Michael Spearman, and Alex Robertshaw, and was produced by Stuart Price.

The song, like much of the album it appears on, reflects on the events of 2014, with chief songwriter Higgs explaining that it "[looks] at the fact that history repeats itself".

[2] Prior to the song's release, Everything Everything featured lines of lyrics from their upcoming album on social media outlets Facebook and Twitter.

The narrative of the video is centered on a fight scene between two cavemen, and also includes shots of the four band members singing against a blue-white background.

Higgs explained this as "a strong contrast between the 'past' and 'future' scenes, to emphasise the primal nature of the past and the overly civilised future.