[3] The song was produced by Justin Pierre and Josh Cain from the band Motion City Soundtrack.

[2] Pierre also sings backing vocals and Cain played bass on the song.

[4] The song was written about a girl named Kelsey,[5] and is a ballad track with Mason Musso singing, "I'll swim the ocean for you.

[8] Pär Winberg of Melodic gave a positive review praising the tracks "Time To Play" and "Japanese Girl" for its "magnificent synth based modern pop rock with refrains extravaganza.

"[9] The first version of the music video has all of the band members playing the song in split-screen.