It was released through Quality Control and Motown on May 14, 2021, as the second single from their fourth studio album, Culture III.

In March 2021, Quavo previewed the song's music video on social media.

[3] Hong Kong rapper and producer Big Spoon accused Migos of copying his 2020 song "Magic Show 魔術表演", which he compared to "Straightenin" in an Instagram video, saying, "I composed and produced the song by myself, did all the rapping, and played all the instruments so there are no samples or loops taken from elsewhere.

"[4] The song features "triplet flows and ad libs" quickly rapped over "booming bass, crisp percussion and a woozy synth line".

[5] Quavo mentions acting alongside Robert De Niro in the 2022 film Savage Salvation ("I'm counting dineros with Robert DeNiro / He telling 'em that Cho amazing"), and also raps, "Turn a pandemic into a bandemic / You know that's the shit that we on".