The film is about the stories of a streamer, a student, a breadwinner, and a heartthrob as they explore love and friendships online to escape their realities offline.

The film tackles the theme of the role of social media in establishing and maintaining relationships; both platonic and romantic.

[2] The film stars Daniela Stranner and Anthony Jennings, and Kaori Oinuma and Jeremiah Lisbo who are promoted as belonging to love teams.

[3] Principal photography for Love at First Stream which began no earlier than July 2021[needs update] was hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic.

[4][2] Filming was disrupted due to shifting local government pandemic-related protocols as well as false-positive COVID-19 cases among the production team.