Lil Peep had struck a friendship with Kryptik and bought the beat, which was titled "star shopping", from Traktrain.

[2] On August 16, 2015, after returning from a trip to Cambridge, Massachusetts for his grandfather's birthday on the previous day,[2][3] Peep had a long argument with his girlfriend Emma Harris via text messages.

He then composed "Star Shopping", a song about him and Emma,[2] writing the lyrics in the Notes app on his phone that day.

It was re-released to streaming services on April 19, 2019, two years after Lil Peep's death, through his eponymous imprint.

[4] Peep begins the song telling his girlfriend to "wait right here" and sings about his strong affection for her, as well as that he is working to become "important" for her.