[1] The song received positive reviews from music critics who noted it as one of the album's highlights, and celebrated its production, praising his 1980s sound including the use of talk box.

[2][3][4][5] The song was compared by some critics to the work of American band Chic and French electronic music duo Daft Punk.

[14] Mike Pizzo of Las Vegas Weekly praised his sound, but was not thrilled towards its lyrical content saying "it's hard not to nod your head to the cheesy '80s grooves of 'Fine by Me' or 'Zero', even if the message is endlessly eye rolling.

"[15] Jesse Cataldo of Slant Magazine praised the song saying that "'Zero' similarly has a pretty good neo-disco aesthetic, with warm synth washes and some genial Vocoder noodling, things that remind works from Daft Punk's Random Access Memories".

Rather than get into an argument, Brown decides to gather his boys and go out, and after he dance starting in an alley and moves his way into a laundromat with his crew before taking the stage at downtown theater.