[1] Cobbs Leonard co-wrote the song with Brandon Lake, Nate Moore, and Tony Brown.

[10] Tasha Cobbs Leonard released the live music video of "This Is a Move" through their YouTube channel on January 25, 2019.

On June 28, 2019, Brandon Lake released his own rendition of "This Is a Move" via Bethel Music as a standalone single.

[18] Stephen James Hart, the art director and visual worship leader for Bethel Music, shared on his blog the story of the single artwork for Lake's rendition of the song.

[18] Hart worked with Suzzane Ecker and Lake on multiple covers before arriving at the final result, which captured "the tension between creativity and clarity.

"[18] "This Is a Move" is composed in the key of G with a moderate tempo of 74 beats per minute and a musical time signature of 68.