It was written by Jacob Bugden and Beabadoobee, and became available as the fifth track from her second studio album Beatopia (2022) on 15 July 2022.
Sonically, "The Perfect Pair" is a bossa nova song backed by '90s-style guitar pop.
[5] Pitchfork's Arielle Gordon described the song as "shimmying bossa nova" and compared it to the likes of Corinne Bailey Rae.
[8] Beabadoobee performed an acoustic rendition of the song on the The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on 5 December 2022.
[9] Wearing an oversized coat, short skirt, and knee-high white boots, she was accompanied by guitarists, violinists, cellists, and drummers.