He subsequently asked Griff to fly to Los Angeles for a studio session, where they recorded the final version of the vocal, before the COVID-19 pandemic had started.

He felt the song could provide people with "a much-needed sense of hope",[2] "joy, positivity and serve as a reminder to everyone that better times will come".

"It makes me feel happy, optimistic, hopeful and enthusiastic... all things that I have been lacking throughout quarantine to be perfectly honest," he explains.

[4] On 20 October 2020, three days before the song's release, Zedd posted two short previews on Instagram, one contains piano riffs, while another features Griff's falsettos.

[6] The "Inside Out" collection includes branded t-shirts, lenticular posters, holographic sticker packs, and a limited edition reversible 3D sweatshirt.

[8] Zedd and Griff also appeared on Apple Music's DanceXL Radio with Anna Lunoe for an interview on 30 October 2020.

[16] "Inside Out" is a dance-pop, EDM, electropop, house and pop song about falling and staying in love,[17] and holding onto worthy relationships.

Zedd "immediately resonated with them" after he received the draft, and started producing the song about a year and a half before its official release.

When asked what the song suggests about his evolution as an artist, Zedd told Billboard: "I always want to feel inspired and reinvent myself.

The video trails Griff as she encounters barriers along her journey in the maze,[26] before facing off against an alternate version of herself around a small fountain, with Zedd circling them on his motorcycle.