In an interview with Pitchfork where Haim discussed each track from Something To Tell You, Danielle and Este Haim provided insight into writing this song along with Rostam Batmanglij:

Danielle: Yeah. We recorded this at Vox, and the drums were literally recorded with one mic on the opposite side of the room. Rostam is so awesome in the studio. He’s like our cheerleader. He was just playing some chords, and this song came out. He was like, “At the chorus, sing the highest note you can sing! Keep going! Higher!”

Este: He definitely pushes you. When we write, we pass around the microphone, and we’re very much in our own comfort zone. He kicks you the fuck out of that. He’s like, “No, you can do it!”

Danielle: We don’t really write with a lot of other people, but we love writing with him. When it’s just the three of us, we can be like, “This sucks! I don’t know about that line!” But with Rostam, he records everything. I’ll sing the weirdest little [half-hearted] “nah nah nah nah,” and he’ll be like, “That’s amazing! That’s the chorus.” And we’re like, “Really?”