The track became popular on video-sharing social media platform TikTok in late 2020, and peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Kash first recorded "Throat Baby" while "joking around", and was at first apprehensive about releasing it, fearing that he would receive backlash for "just degrading women".

[5] Jewel Wicker of GQ described "Throat Baby" as "a melodic ode to sexual desire and the things it can drive someone to do", while Uproxx's Aaron Williams called it a "campy, anti-romance anthem".

[6] Kash gave a live performance of "Throat Baby" as part of the Uproxx Sessions series in October 2020.

[13] Jon Powell of Revolt called the remix "an even more adults-only effort for fans to enjoy, especially from the feminine perspective".