[1] The music video for the song was teased at a listening party for the album, hosted by Spotify at the Manhattan nightclub Outer Heaven.

[2] At the listening party, Sivan elaborated on how he believed his internalised homophobia led him to these men, describing "the sort of fantasy of it all, the attraction of it all, me bending myself to be what I think you might want".

Sivan liked the idea of an "apathetic sad robot voice" singing the chorus with him to reflect the feeling of emptiness after the relationships that are the direct inspirations for the song.

[3] James Factora of Them disputed the label of "drag" for the performance, claiming that the term "implies a campiness or element of parody that isn’t present in the video".

[3] Dara Allen, the stylist for the video, confirmed in an Instagram post that Sivan's look was a homage to Britney Spears and her work with costume designers Kurt and Bart.