The song originally appeared on Apollo's debut studio album Ivory, simply titled "Evergreen".

[2] Apollo performed the song as part of his Tiny Desk Concert on September 15, 2022, which caused another surge in streams.

[3] Rolling Stone listed "Evergreen (You Didn't Deserve Me at All)" as one of the best songs of 2022, placing it at number 29, and wrote: "...as teardrop guitar licks spill against the soft edges of his falsetto.

"[4] In North America, "Evergreen (You Didn't Deserve Me at All)" debuted at number 62 on the US Billboard Hot 100, for the week ending October 2, 2022.

It depicts Apollo on a soundstage where a house is being put together only to be blown apart with him in the middle of it but winds up being eventually rebuilt at the end.