[3] Prior to the announcement of the single, the band began teasing a collaboration with Pardi by posting images of them on social media at a bowling alley.

It was written in 2020 over Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic and developed from an idea by co-writer Ashley Gorley, who already had the title and a loose concept for the song in one of his notebooks.

And that’s right there in our sweet spot.” Carson added that steel guitarist Paul Franklin used a distortion pedal similar to one used by David Lindley, one of Browne's sidemen, that they chose to use an instrumental fadeout akin to the Eagles "Take It Easy" and Browne's "Running on Empty" and that Ilya Toshinskiy's banjo parts in the song are deliberately reminiscent of song of the Eagles' country recordings.

Of Pardi's addition to the song, Midland's least vocalist Mark Wystrach stated “when we heard Jon’s part, it was a treat — competitive, in one way or another.

Jon was like, ‘All right, motherf–kers.’ I think he gave one of his best vocal performances.” The music video was released on May 2, 2022, and was filmed at Nashville's Eastside Bowl by director Harper Smith.