[1] It was created as a "stream-safe option" so that livestreamers on platforms like Twitch would not get copyright claims while playing Wave Break.

[4] NME's Matt Doria declared the song "simmers with a sharp, metal-via-surf-rock edge",[1] while Stereogum's Chris DeVille said it "continues Van Weezer's hard-rocking, riff-driven aesthetic".

[2] The song directly criticizes the music website Pitchfork, with the lyrics: "This is a message that my manager wouldn’t approve/ After this song, he'll have a lot of cleaning up to do/ Don't be influenced by an office full of dorks/ I won't mention any names [cough cough] Pitchfork.

"[1][2] Wren Graves of Consequence of Sound believes the song is a response to Pitchfork's 5.9/10 review of the band previous album, Van Weezer.

[5] According to Josiah Hughes of Exclaim!, "dunking on Pitchfork is something that has been happening since the music site's inception, making Weezer seem a little out of touch for bringing it up now.