The song was released as a single through BMG Rights Management on 24 March 2017, and premiered by Billboard.

[2] The song was produced by Hitesh Ceon and co-produced by Andre "Dre" Harris,[3] and features guest vocals from Jill Scott.

Beatrice Hazlehurst of Paper wrote: "Just when you thought RnB music was destined to become more genre multi-hyphenate than the syncopated soul we all fell in love with, in comes Daley.

While Daley's expert simulation of OG RnB may come as a surprise given the fact Daley is red-haired British boy, but his latest offering, "Until the Pain is Gone", proves he deserves to be in the same arena as the greats.

"[4] The music video was premiered on 31 March 2017, and is directed by Julian Schratter.