The song was written by the Weeknd, Max Martin, Ali Payami, Savan Kotecha, Peter Svensson, and Belly.

The song was serviced to contemporary hit radio through XO and Republic Records on November 17, 2015, as the album's fourth single.

Goldstein arranged for him to feature on the American singer Ariana Grande's 2014 song, "Love Me Harder", directing him to the Swedish producer Max Martin.

Payami played live drums, synthesizers, keys, and bass, and provided programming for the song with additional contributions from Martin.

Like the Weeknd's previous collaboration with Max Martin, "Can't Feel My Face", it has been widely compared to works by Michael Jackson.

'"[11] Harley Brown of Spin wrote that the song "comes the closest to the wall-scaling studio and automobile airwave euphoria of 'Can't Feel My Face', ratcheting up to background synths on the scope of '80s spectacles like 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World.'"

[12] The song's music video, directed by BRTHR, was released on December 8, 2015,[13] and features the Weeknd's then-girlfriend, model Bella Hadid.

The clip grows increasingly disorienting, building to a chaotic sequence in which the waitress and her fellow dancers finally kill off the gangsters.