[1][2] The song was written by Laroi alongside Billy Walsh and producers Cirkut and Omer Fedi.

[6][7] The release date was revealed at the end of the music video for the promotional single, "I Can't Go Back to the Way It Was (Intro)".

[8] The song was featured in Laroi's 'Wild Dreams' Fortnite experience as part of his partnership with Epic Games.

"[1][10][11] Billboard's Jason Lipshutz wrote that the song "recalls the raw acoustic nerve" of Laroi's breakout hit, "Without You", and "offers clipped, unflinching rhetorical questions while trying to find resolution in a relationship".

[14] The official music video for "Love Again", directed by Adrian Villagomez,[15] premiered with the single's release on 27 January 2023.