[1][5] MTV's Madeline Roth found similarities between the song and Nicki Minaj's "Super Bass", calling the latter "a poppier cousin".

I hope to eulogize this wonderful energy and make people feel good, love harder, and dance together.

"[6] Jessie Morris of Complex deemed the song "an easy contender for a summer smash with its breezy, free-flowing chords made all the sweeter by that incredible voice of Tinashe.

[8] Billboard ranked "Superlove" at number 72 on their Billboard's 100 Best Pop Songs of 2016" commenting "Flashing back to the mid-'90s days when Miami bass funk mixed with freestyle ingenuousness for impossibly sweet dance-pop hits from the likes of Ghost Down DJ's and INOJ, Tinashe hit the beach for her sunniest single yet, the kind of irresistibly heartbreaking summer-love song that pretends it can't see fall coming around the corner.

"[9] The music video premiered on August 12, 2016, it was filmed in Malibu, California, and directed by Hannah Lux Davis.