It was released on 10 August 2018 through Cooking Vinyl as the fourth single from her second studio album The Sun Will Come Up, the Seasons Will Change.

[1] The song was written by Nesbitt with Michael Gormley and Edward Conor James Butler, and was produced by Fraser T. Smith.

[2] In October 2018, Nina Nesbitt unveiled the tracklist for her second studio album The Sun Will Come Up, the Seasons Will Change which includes Loyal to Me.

[5] She explained to British magazine Clash that she sees it as "a list of symptoms you need to look out for when you fear you may be dating someone who doesn’t have the best intentions".

It was premiered by American fashion magazine V. It was compared to the music videos for Beyoncé's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", Britney Spears's "Stronger" and Dua Lipa's "New Rules".

[16] In November 2019, Nesbitt published The Sun Will Come Up, the Seasons Will Change & The Flowers Will Fall, the deluxe edition of her second studio album.