During this time, she wrote and performed "All I Want", which charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.

[1] In October 2019, the series was renewed for a second season, for which producer Tim Federle revealed she had written a "pretty extraordinary" song.

[4] The song was written in 2020, approximately six or seven months before the release of her debut single "Drivers License" in January 2021.

She commented that it was an amazing challenge for her as a songwriter to work inside a prompt and have limitations on her creativity; this contrasted from her own music, where she could write about anything she wanted.

[3] For the songs she writes for the series, Rodrigo regularly tries to incorporate both her personal experience and her distinctive songwriting voices.

Entertainment Weekly ranked it Rodrigo's second-best song on HSMTMTS, with praise for her emotion and vocals.

[12] Comic Book Resources considered it one of the show's best musical moments as well as Rodrigo's swan song on the series.