It is Maroon 5's final single with bassist Mickey Madden, who announced his departure from the band in 2020, following his arrest for alleged domestic violence.

"[5] The song is based on the loss of the band's manager and Levine's friend, Jordan Feldstein who died in December 2017, from pulmonary embolism.

A 7-inch vinyl single was released on Record Store Day (October 24, 2020), which includes the song, the Dillon Francis remix and a 20-page photo & lyric booklet.

[20] In a more enthusiastic review, Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone viewed the song as "a sweet, somber, genuinely felt ballad".

[22] Maeve McDermott of USA Today felt the track is "primed for end-of-summer nostalgia" and compared Levine's vocals to Sting.

The lyric video starts in an attic with the Maroon 5 memory box to include a number of items referencing the band's music videos for other songs: mural ("Three Little Birds"), Union Flag ("Moves Like Jagger" featuring Christina Aguilera and "One More Night"), the microphone ("Moves Like Jagger"), bow tie ("Sugar"), toast glasses ("Sunday Morning" and "Sugar"), scorpion ("Wait"), black leather jacket ("Misery"), cherry blossom trees ("This Love" and "Won't Go Home Without You"), blue turtle costume ("Don't Wanna Know" featuring Kendrick Lamar), the payphone ("Payphone" featuring Wiz Khalifa and "Wake Up Call"), white boxing gloves ("One More Night") and a red lollipop and butterfly ("What Lovers Do" featuring SZA), along with a collection of boxes.

[37] Another lyric video, which is the song's remix version by musician Dillon Francis, was released on his YouTube channel on December 13, 2019.

[39] A third lyric video with another remix featuring Nipsey Hussle and YG and was animated by Michelle Renslo, Carolyn Knapp and Celina Bhandari from 1824.

[41][42] It shows a montage of photos with the young Levine and his family, as well as him with his friends are the members of the band and they performed on touring in the world with various concerts.

[45] The following day, band members Levine and Valentine performed an acoustic version of the song on The Howard Stern Show.

[46] In December 2019, the band played the song on Red Pill Blues Tour, during the last shows in Doha and Las Vegas.

[47][48] During the COVID-19 pandemic, the band performed in isolation with a remote version of the song for the at home edition of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on May 12, 2020, with Levine dedicated to Bryant.

[52] On January 26, 2024, Maroon 5 performed the song with French cellist Gautier Capuçon at the Le Gala des Pièces Jaunes charity event organized by the First Lady of France, Brigitte Macron, in Paris.

[54] The song plays at the beginning of the trailer for Disney's The One and Only Ivan (2020) and during the final scene of Sony Pictures' Venom: The Last Dance (2024).