It was released on April 17, 2020, through RCA Records as the lead single from her second extended play, Too Young to Be Sad (2021).

McRae recalls her lyric "But I don't really care how bad it hurts, cause you broke me first" being praised by songwriter Victoria Zaro and producer Blake Harnage while in the studio.

[13][14] She told Anna Rose of NME,[3] "This song is about someone in a relationship who couldn't care less for the other person and then 6 months later decides to crawl back.

Multiple critics wrote that the song was McRae's most personal to date, with some describing it as a "hard-hitting ballad".

[16][17] McRae reacted to the acclaim from fans and critics, saying she was "super happy that other people are connecting with the song too.

In the Republic of Ireland, the song entered the Irish Singles Chart three weeks before and eventually rose to number nine, becoming the first top ten peak in her career.

When it reached number 40 in its 20th week, the song attained the third-slowest climb to the top 40 by a female artist, after Norah Jones's "Don't Know Why" and KT Tunstall's "Suddenly I See".