[1] Russ included this song on his 12th (and major-label debut) album There's Really a Wolf.

[2] The song was mixed, mastered, engineered, produced, written, and performed by Russ.

The song is a response to labels and women who now want to approach him due to his success as a rapper.

"What They Want" debuted at number 99 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, on the week of November 12, 2016.

[7] Russ debuted the music video to "What They Want" through his Vevo account on May 3, 2016.