The song was written by its performers, while production was handled by West alongside Ojivolta, Mike Dean, and John Cunningham, each of whom are also credited as co-writers.

[7] After having appeared on Donda 2, the song was revealed to be set for release on Look at Me: The Album,[7][12] and it is played over the closing credits of the Sabaah Folayan-directed documentary film of the same name that focuses on XXXTentacion's career.

[15][19] On February 24, 2022, "True Love" was included as the opening track on West's demo album Donda 2, which was released exclusively on his Stem Player website.

[23] Jon Powell of Revolt named the song as a Donda 2 standout and "a powerful cut", attributing this to the emotional nature and how XXXTentacion's vocals "beautiful[ly] match" West's rapping about subjects such as his family and his failed marriage with Kardashian.

[6] HotNewHipHop's Alexander Cole declared that the "slow and melodic track" showcases West and XXXTentacion's "great chemistry", as well as demonstrating the late rapper "was a versatile artist who could take on a bevy of styles".

[14] Matthew Ritchie of HipHopDX highlighted the song's progression from "a delicate piano composition to a trudging drum beat" that would be appropriate on West's fifth studio album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010), further noting how he airs out family frustrations.

[16] Ritchie elaborated that amongst "legitimate gripes" about relationship insecurities, West "sneaks in barbs about Kardashian's alleged parenting skills, getting uncomfortably personal".

critic Riley Wallace said that West going after Kardashian and lamenting "the emotional, frustrating realities of co-parenting under hostility" is "a sharp juxtaposition" to the album's "much more menacing" track "Security", yet saw XXXTentacion's feature as filling in a glaring gap.

[20] Writing for The Daily Telegraph, Neil McCormick commented that West "kicks off about childcare arrangements", with the song including some of the "most sharply turned phrases" on Donda 2.

[19] He asserted that the song "swiftly degenerates into egotistic grumbles" about West's children wearing Nike shoes rather than his own brand's trainers, while XXXTentacion sings "weedily about lost love" over the chords.

[17] Petridis observed that West "sounds genuinely anguished" in his accusations against Kardashian, despite viewing the rapper "whining because he's spotted his children wearing a different make of trainer" as "pretty unedifying".

[15] He also declared that the song has "a plangent atmosphere but dull dynamics" as it moves idley along like "splashing through puddles", while finding West's introspection to barely exceed the quality of a crying emoji.