[2] While on her summer 2023 tour that June, Tinashe revealed in an interview with Rolling Stone Korea that she had new music set to be released the next month.

She told Rolling Stone Korea, "With this new music, I did a lot of genre-combining, and he really brought an electronic side that I loved in the production.

Rafael Helfand of The Fader regarded the song as "a sultry R&B track with a beat that centers trap drums and a woozy, future-funk synth [...] she allows her voice to flutter and croon, flexing the versatility of her vocal chords".

[5] Tom Breihan of Stereogum described the song as "a sparse, breathy track about infatuation, and it's exactly the kind of thing I want to hear from Tinashe".

"[7] Sam Franzini of The Line of Best Fit wrote that the single is "new ground for Tinashe, a mesmerizing track interspersed with vocal chops and a driving bassline.

[9] Stereogum writer Tom Breihan stated "Tinashe lip-syncs while slowly peeling off a facemask, and she makes that act look absolutely hypnotic.