“First Time” is a nostalgic track reminiscing young love. The song is a return to Kygo’s tropical house roots with steel drums and synthesized flutes.

The track is Kygo’s follow up single to “It Ain’t Me,” and features British pop-star Ellie Goulding, the song marking the first collaboration between the two artists. However, this isn’t the first time Kygo has experimented with Goulding’s vocals, having previously remixed her track “High For This” into a tropical house hit in 2013.

The song was first teased in a tweet by Goulding on April 25, 2017, followed by both artists posting on Instagram about the track and its release date of April 28. The single art follows the new style of Kygo’s song covers with both Kygo and the featured artist shown with a black background and slight purple filter, with a wave of light (green in this song) cloaking part of the cover.