[1] The song was written by the artists and Rick Nowels, who produced it with Del Rey, Emile Haynie, Kieron Menzies, Hector Delgado, and Dean Reid.
[2] Ana Gaca of Spin said that "'Groupie Love' relegates Rocky to a pop song's standard third verse rap feature, where any supposed romantic chemistry falls flat.
[4] Alexa Camp of Slant Magazine said that "Lana Del Rey's foray into hip-hop might seem long overdue, but judging by the languid tempos of "Summer Bummer" and "Groupie Love," the singer-songwriter is perfectly fine taking her sweet time."
She also noted that, compared with "Summer Bummer", "Groupie Love" is more a retro-minded pop song featuring Del Rey's signature sonorous, reverb-coated vocals.
He's the match to Lana's gushing oil wells and child-lipped, rose-eyed, ceaseless caresses of affection: The "You and I 'til the day we die" to her "It's like magic, babe, isn't life wonderful?"