You asked for this

In this grunge-pop anthem, Halsey (who goes by she/they pronouns) balances taking responsibility for their choices and confronting the high expectations society places on women. During the making of the album, the singer struggled with conflicting emotions about becoming a mother and what that meant for their identity as a woman. "I think being pregnant in the public eye is a really difficult thing, because as a performer, so much of your identity is predicated on being sexually desirable," she told Apple Music of her dilemma. "Socially, women have been reduced to two categories: You are the Madonna or the whore. So if you are sexually desirable or a sexual being, you're unfit for motherhood. But as soon as you are motherly or maternal and somebody does want you as the mother of their child, you're unf--kable. Those are your options; those things are not compatible, and they haven't been for centuries."

The track features Trent Reznor, who co-produced the album with his Nine Inch Nails bandmate Atticus Ross, engaging in a distorted-guitar battle with Dave Sitek of the indie-rock band TV On The Radio.

This is the second single from Halsey's fourth studio album, If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power, following "I Am Not A Woman, I'm A God."