[1] Written by the band members Gelo, Nate, Akira, Mikki and JL along with Distract, who has worked with SISTAR, NCT and GOT7; composed and arranged by Rogan and Ddank; mixing, mastering, and digital editing were done by Jang Tae In at Seoul Archive.

[9] Angelo De Cartagena of Nylon Manila cited in his article, "The Light, is a single that mixes elements of ear-friendly pop and infectious electro-dance, the drops of the beats and bass is more than enough to get you up and at it yourself".

of Dailypedia praised the single, stating that "This track may be upbeat and filled with electropop elements, but its lyrics don't just empower your moves; they energize your soul too".

A fresh location is added this time where Gelo, Akira, JL, Nate, and Mikki is dancing an open field, with a drone camera capturing their performance.

"[16] John Bueno of kumagcow.com noted that "I'm telling you, they definitely have good reason to put these guys together, and if they go international, I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of girls would go gaga over them.

[22][23] Six days after, the band appeared on I Feel U hosted by Toni Gonzaga wherein, three lucky fans were given the chance to interact with BGYO virtually.

[37] On 7 March 2021, BGYO opened the Sunday noontime concert program ASAP Natin 'To, singing and dancing to "The Light" with Philippines "Mr.

The performance also marked as their come back in the show and it had a social media abuzz, with the phrase BGYO ASAPComeback among the list of top Philippines and Worldwide trends on Twitter, generating over 66,000 tweets.

[38] BGYO appeared also in the morning news show of Teleradyo called "Sakto" on 9 March 2021 hosted by Amy Perez, Jeff Canoy and Johnson Manabat.

It was simulcast online via ABS-CBN News YouTube channel and Teleradyo's Facebook live and it had a social media abuzz, with a hashtag #BGYOonSakto and a phrase BGYO SaktoOnStage peaked in the Philippines trends on Twitter at number 3 and 4, respectively.

[42] On 2 May 2022, BGYO performed the short a cappella version of "The Light" on Arirang's TV show Simply K-Pop Con-Tour simulcast via online.

[50] On 2 July 2021, the track was officially released as a single via digital download accompanied by a video provided by Warner Music Philippines on YouTube.