[4][better source needed] "Hurts Like Hell" follows Beer's debut EP As She Pleases (2018), as well as her collaboration with (G)I-dle and Jaira Burns for the 2018 League of Legends World Championship, titled "Pop/Stars" (2018).

[8] Mike Nied, writing for Idolator, compared the song to Beer's previous single "Dead".

[1] Mike Nied, writing for Idolator, also complimented Offset's verse, calling it "perfectly at home on the beat," while also stating "it is definitely possible to imagine the pair dominating radio in the coming weeks".

The singer later appears at his bedside with a knife, before a witch hunt begins that builds to the video's ending.

Digital download[9] Acoustic version[10] Feenixpawl Remix[11] ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.