It was released through Republic Records and Joytime Collective as a single on January 17, 2025.

"Slow Motion" serves as the second collaboration between Marshmello and the Jonas Brothers, following their 2021 single, "Leave Before You Love Me".

On December 31, 2024, the Jonas Brothers were briefly interviewed by Ryan Seacrest in New York City's Times Square right before their New Year's Eve performance at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, in which Nick Jonas from the group announced the collaboration and its release date.

[1][2] Marshmello shared a short snippet of the song through a video on TikTok on January 7, 2025.

The song is composed in a key of C-sharp major in common time and features a tempo of 104 beats per minute.