On March 20, 2020, Yorushika's "Spring Thief" first appeared as a jingle for Taisei Corporation commercial "Myanmar".

[1] Eight months later, on November 26, Yorushika announced the EP Creation, to be released on January 27 the next year, which was included "Spring Thief".

[5] Writing for Billboard Japan, Mao Komachi speculated that the song has a nuance of stealing a life.

[5] Kohta Morie directed an accompanying animated music video for "Spring Thief", premiered on the same day as the single.

It shows a dog, who had been interested in the wife, gradually becoming less responsive to her, and she running to the husband on the train, but unable to catch up with him.