The song was originally released as part of the compilation album Monstercat Uncaged Vol.

[5] The song was later featured on the yearly best-of compilation album titled Monstercat: Best of 2017 released on December 18, 2017.

[6] "Possession" was well received by most critics, with most noting the song as reminiscent of Skrillex's remix of "Red Lips", originally produced by GTA.

Patrick Shipstad of Billboard described it was more suited for a large festival crowd "looking to rumble", writing "with a cinematic open and lots of heavy boom, it's got the kind of mean bass face that screams festival tune.

[1] EDM Sauce's Steven Jacobs called it the best track by the duo at the time, writing that the song built "with a big, but beautiful production, ultimately culminating for a hard and heavy-hitting metallic moombahton drop.