[3] The song was earlier titled as "Oru Kutti Kathai" in Tamil, owing to Vijay narrating short stories to fans during his speech at his audio launches.

[8] The video was designed by Coimbatore-based 3D visualisation and animation company Realworks Studios, handled by Sivaprasad Velayudham, which was responsible for the graphic rendition and pre-visualization of previous Tamil projects.

[9] The concept of a hybrid of lyric and music video designed by Logi was appreciated by many people from the production team, including Vijay and Anirudh.

[10] The animated lyric video also featured illustrations of corruption, bribery, inflation, inequality, poverty and the COVID-19 pandemic and also the selfie that Vijay took with fans at Neyveli on 10 February 2020.

[15] Indiaglitz said "Arunraja's lyrical Tanglish wordplay and Vijay's rendition layered with motivational truths makes Kutti Story carry a bigger meaning.

[24] The Telugu version of this song "Chitti Story" (written by Anantha Sriram) was released on 25 December 2020, on the occasion of Christmas.