"How's It Going to Be" is a song by American rock band Third Eye Blind from their eponymous debut studio album (1997).

The song's concept was developed after Cadogan played an autoharp, which inspired feelings of nostalgia among the band members.

The song peaked at number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100, giving Third Eye Blind their second entry on the chart and their second top ten hit.

In an interview with Jenkins published in Billboard, he explained: The song’s inspiration came about when Third Eye guitarist Kevin Cadogan was tinkering around with an autoharp, ‘which is a vintage-sounding instrument that you can’t really play without it having a sort of nostalgic sound to it.

‘That’s something everybody can relate to, even when you know you have no business being with this person anymore.’[1]The recording sessions for "How's It Going to Be" took place in and around San Francisco, California at Toast Studios, Skywalker Ranch, and H.O.S.

[7] The music video was directed by Nigel Dick and was filmed between September 6 and 7, 1997 in Spring Street, Los Angeles.

On the opposite sidewalk, they spot a woman carrying many items (implied as an ex-girlfriend) enter a nearby building and immediately bring their instruments inside.

As the band performs in front of the office, the woman hides behind a divider as another employee calls building security.