Following the release of her second studio album, Am I the Drama?, in September 2025, the release of its fourth single, “ErrTime”, on November 18, 2025, marked Cardi B’s final solo release for the following nine months. In October 2025, she stated that she planned to release another project within less than a year. On July 27, 2026, Cardi B shared the first preview of the song on social media, accompanied by a video of her walking along a beach in the Dominican Republic while wearing a bikini.
In an Instagram Live video the following day, Cardi B provided further context on the song’s lyrics and their meaning. On July 29, Cardi B announced the song on social media and unveiled its cover artwork photographed by Zac Schuss, inviting fans to “meet [her] at the club”. Producer DJ SwanQo had previously collaborated with Cardi B on the single “Up” (2021), which became her fifth number-one single on the Billboard Hot
