[1][2] In an Instagram Live video on 20 April 2020, he revealed that the track originated from an idea that frequent collaborator Dominic Maker of English electronic music duo Mount Kimbie had sent him cut from a piano and vocal recording that Blake had made.

[7] Carlos Hawthorn of Resident Advisor noted how the track continues in the same romantic vein of Blake's previous album Assume Form (2019), writing that "the mood is sweet and loved-up.

"[13] BrooklynVegan's Andrew Sacher noted that the track initially recalls the "atmospheric, experimental side" of Blake's earlier work before building to "the more pop-oriented direction he tends to go in lately,"[14] while Josiah Hughes of Exclaim!

Carlos Hawthorn of Resident Advisor described it as "a beautiful song, busy yet cohesive, every piece with its place and purpose," comparing it favourably to Blake's 2018 single "If the Car Beside You Moves Ahead".

[3] Similarly, DIY wrote that it was "a pulsating and delicate love song" and a "an absolutely gorgeous new’un to soundtrack your weekend in style,"[16] while Frankie Dunn placed it on i-D's list of the best music that came out that week, calling it "very beautiful.