Composed by A. R. Rahman, the song featured lyrics written by Vivek and sung by actor Vijay, who also played the protagonist in the film.
[8] On 8 July 2019, Archana Kalpathi, the creative producer of AGS Entertainment, which produced the film had shared a picture with Vijay, Rahman, Vivek and Atlee being present at Rahman's recording studio Panchathan Record Inn, Chennai for the song which was titled "Verithanam".
[20] In mid-August 2019, reports being surfaced that this song has been leaked into the internet,[21] and became a trending topic in Twitter, urging fans to release the original track sooner as possible.
[26][27] At the film's audio launch held at Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Chennai on 27 September 2019, Vijay who participated at the event, sang a couple lines from the song while addressing his speech.
In September 2019, a video came up with connection to the number to strengthen the claims that the song has achieved records as a result of a paid campaign.
Some of the fans started trending the hashtag #PaidVerithanamLikesExposed and trashed the film's producers allegedly opting for a paid campaign to create a new record.