After previously being involved in that franchise's fandom, producer Yoav Landau learned about the release of the horror game Five Nights at Freddy's in 2014, and the popularity it gained.

In the case of FNAF, when I started to see people talking about it, it was easy to make a post with a song and lyrics about the game, see this thing catch fire, and then it goes on YouTube.

[1] In 2023, during the marketing of the game's film adaptation, the song was performed live during an event at Jim Henson's Creature Shop.

[citation needed] The Living Tombstone released follow-up songs based on the second and third Five Nights at Freddy's games, titled "It's Been So Long" and "Die in a Fire" respectively.

[9] Jef Rouner of Houston Press considered the first song to be the weakest in this trilogy, but that it was still a "damned spooky bit of music and a worthy place to begin".