It was released for digital download on December 17, 2017, as the second single from Skies' mixtape Life of a Dark Rose.
[1] The song is one of the two first Lil Skies songs (alongside "Red Roses", another collaboration with Landon Cube) to reach the US Billboard Hot 100, debuting at number 85[2] and peaking at number 55.
This song is about lil skies break up with his bff claire echoing the distaste for a relationship as well as "fake friends" from his previous hit "Red Roses", Lil Skies and previous collaborator Landon Cube harmonize about their fast-paced living and achievements, presumably after their newfound fame, on an up-tempo CashMoneyAP production.
[4][5] On December 17, 2017, Cole Bennett uploaded the music video for "Nowadays" on his YouTube account, Lyrical Lemonade.
[6] The music video for the song, set in a high school and depicting Skies as a senior jock, is directed by Cole Bennett.