Many critics and listeners perceived the track to be aimed towards rapper Drake, and highlighted the unusual placing yet fitting incorporation of the song into the Despicable Me 4 soundtrack.

[4] Michael Saponara said in Billboard, "it's easy to imagine "Double Life" and the catchy chorus cooked up by Pharrell finding its way into Gru’s adventures".

[3] Writing for Rolling Stone, Larisha Paul noted the prominent bassline in the song, and assessed that it has "a bit of a menacing and existential edge".

[5] Many critics and listeners interpreted the song as a diss track towards Canadian rapper Drake, with whom Williams has had prior, as-of-then unspoken-of conflicts.

HotNewHipHop's Danilo Castro pointed out Williams's friendship with Drake's rival Pusha T, and singling out the bars "Lie detector time", "Hey, what are you hiding?