The song did not enter the ARIA top 100, but debuted at number 5 on the Australian Independent chart.

[2] Im wrote the song in 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia admitting "There were days when I felt lonely.

"[3][4] In an interview with Hope Breakfast, Im said "Initially I wrote it as I'm a lonely cactus.

I was in lockdown with [husband] Noah, and I wanted to socialise again and find connection, but when things opened up and I was going to catch up with friends, I couldn't be bothered.

I love being by myself, and I had gotten so used to that and eventually we changed the lyrics to 'you’re a lonely cactus' because it was just easier to write about someone else.