Sofia Carson, who plays the lead role of Cassie in the film, performs all eight songs from the soundtrack and co-wrote the first four tracks alongside Grammy nominee Justin Tranter.

[3] In August 2021 it was announced that Carson would star in Purple Hearts, for which she would also write and perform the soundtrack.

[4] In a exclusive interview with The Hollywood Reporter Carson revealed that Netflix and her producing team trusted her with the music and to pick her writing partners.

We wanted to kind of capture that essence for Cassie, that inspiration would hit based on the things that were happening to her in her life."

"[7] In June 2022 Netflix released the first sneak peek for the film that previews Cassie playing "Come Back Home" on her piano while on a video call with Luke.