The song was written by the artists alongside Mike Dean, who produced it with Southside.

Southside and Travis Scott created the song about eight months before it was released.

[1] "Hold That Heat" is the first song that Scott has released since the Astroworld Festival crowd crush in November 2021.

It opens with Southside smoking marijuana and staring at himself in a mirror,[3] and takes place in a dark motel filled with flashing lasers.

Travis Scott walks a domesticated crocodile with a chain leash as he raps,[1][5] while Future performs his verse in a red room.