[2] Lambert produced the album alongside Luke Dick and Jon Randall and co-wrote 14 of the 15 tracks.

Lambert began writing the songs on her farm in Tennessee in 2020 with Luke Dick and Natalie Hemby.

In 2021, Lambert collaborated with Jack Ingram and Jon Randall on the album The Marfa Tapes, on which "In His Arms", "Waxahachie", and "Geraldene" first appeared in a "stripped" acoustic form.

[7] Lambert collaborated with the B-52's for "Music City Queen" and covered Mick Jagger's 1993 song "Wandering Spirit" for the album.

[12] In an early review, Jon Freeman of Rolling Stone gave Palomino four out of five stars, calling the album a "welcome departure" for Lambert.