It was released as the first single from the show's album to digital platforms on November 22, 2010, through Columbia Records and Nickelodeon.

A Victorious episode of the same name premiered on November 26, 2010, and features Tori Vega (Justice), Jade West (Elizabeth Gillies), and Cat Valentine (Ariana Grande) trying to expose a rigged karaoke competition.

An accompanying music video was released in November 2010, and was later added to the official Victorious YouTube channel on September 20, 2012.

The girls inadvertently choose Tori, who disguised herself as a homeless person by wearing a hat, wig, wart, and prosthetic nose.

The mixing for the song was provided by Greg Wellstook place at Rocket Carousel in Los Angeles, California.

Corcoran was also included on the programming for the song with CJ Abraham, both of which engineered the track in the Backhouse in Los Angeles.

"[9][16] Bob Hoose and Steven Isaac for Plugged In opined that the "second 'freak' in the title is a not-so-subtle substitute for an intended obscenity".

[16] William Ruhlmann for AllMusic wrote that the track has "relentless beats, synthesized instrumentations, nonstop simple, repetitive choruses, and Auto-Tune vocals".

[14] Jason Lipshutz, writing for Billboard, said the song finds Justice "having a blast with the G-rated concept and flashing an undeniable amount of charisma".

[16] Evelina Zaragoza Medina for BuzzFeed praised Justice's performance of the song in Victorious, calling it one of the "most iconic scenes in the show".

[18] Alyssa Melillo for the Long Island Press opined that the song "set an energetic high bar for the show".

[20] Bruce Miller from the Sioux City Journal described the track as "bouncy" and dubbed it as a "girl-power anthem".