It was released as a single through Columbia Records on 22 April 2022 and included on the deluxe edition of his debut studio album, The First Time (2024).

"Thousand Miles" is an acoustically driven midtempo emo pop ballad that blends guitar strumming and trap beats.

[9][10] Subsequently, the artist posted a 10-second TikTok video of himself playing a snippet of the song, encouraging fans to share their own "last mistake" while using the sound before photos of his former manager Scooter Braun flash across the screen.

[11] On 19 April 2022, Laroi took to social media to post a six-second clip of him sitting at a bench before a piano unexpectedly falls onto him.

[13] In Australia, "Thousand Miles" debuted at number four on the ARIA Singles Chart, making it Laroi's fifth top-ten entry.