[2] Due to her busy schedule, Wilson said she focused on "quality over quantity" with respect to writing songs for Whirlwind, a different approach compared to her past projects.

[3] She wrote several songs with The Heart Wranglers, a songwriting collective consisting of herself, Trannie Anderson, and Dallas Wilson, as well as new collaborators such as Jon Decious.

[5] In conjunction with the album announcement, Wilson appeared on the cover of Billboard, premiered the trailer for her Hulu-exclusive documentary, Lainey Wilson: Bell Bottom Country, and shared news that she would be opening the Bell Bottoms Up bar in Nashville.

[1] "Country's Cool Again", "4x4xU" and "Good Horses" were issued ahead of the album as promotional singles.

[2] "4x4xU" was announced alongside the album's release as its second single to country radio, impacting on September 3, 2024.