The Next Right Thing

As the song progresses, she reaches the realization that when faced with uncertainty, one must simply focus on doing "The Next Right Thing.

"[2][3] Bell told director Jennifer Lee she wanted to see Anna "face her codependency head-on" and "a song about what she's going to do when she doesn't know what to do".

[4] Anderson-Lopez and Lopez drew inspiration from personal tragedy in the lives of two people that worked on Frozen and Frozen II; co-director Chris Buck lost a son, and Andrew Page, a central figure in the music production of both films, lost a daughter.

MEAWW argues the song provides "one of the movie's most inspiring messages about dealing with pressure".

[46] Jonathan Groff, who voices Kristoff in the film, said hearing the song "brought [him] to tears".