It serves as the lead single from her fourth studio album The Trouble with Fever, released on September 16, 2022.
[3] When writing "I'm a Man", Branch says, "having a son made me think of how men are taught to be from a young age and the pressures to provide and succeed and this sort of burden to be seen as macho.
"[4] The song started as an empathetic view towards men struggling to find a new way to navigate in a post-‘Me Too’ world of toxic masculinity but it later started telling the story of the struggles that women have also been dealing with, "really, since Eve bit the apple.
The accompanying music video features incorporating footage from the Silent Parade, a dyke march, and a protest during arguments for Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization at the Supreme Court.
The video also shows other footage from the ‘50s through today, highlighting the ways in which women have fought for their rights.