[5] In April 2022, We Are won Album of the Year at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards; it earned Batiste nine nominations in total, with five wins.

[7] Batiste began working on the album in late 2019, making it in his dressing room over six days in September and finishing it by mid-2020.

[5][8] On June 12, 2020, he released the single "We Are", featuring the band from his New Orleans alma mater, the St. Augustine High School Marching 100.

[9] As part of Record Store Day 2020, Batiste released a limited edition EP titled We Are: Roots & Traditions.

[11][5] Speaking to Atwood Magazine, Batiste described We Are as "a representation of genreless music that's just about the story" and "a culmination of my life to this point".