Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney kicked off an arena-headlining tour in Nashville on March 6, 2020, but just six days later they were forced off the road by the COVID-19 pandemic and started to lockdown. While reflecting on the pandemic that's kept many people apart, Dan + Shay felt thankful for the people closest to them. They wrote this breezy song as a message of gratitude and love for the close family they were locked down with and all those loved ones they couldn't be with in person.
Dan + Shay released the song on February 5, 2021. "We've spent the majority of the past year, like many others, searching for answers and a sense of normalcy, but finding comfort in memories of better days (that we all know will return soon)," the singers said. "This song has taken on new meaning not being able to see our loved ones in person, but throughout history, music has always had a special way of bringing people together, even when we are furthest apart," they continued. "These words hold a special place in our hearts, and hopefully they will in yours too."
Dan Smyers arrived at the songwriting session with the song title already noted down. "I had the phrase 'glad you exist' written down on my phone and I always caught myself saying it to my wife," he told Radio.com. "I brought it to Shay and we started kicking around ideas. We thought it'd be a really cool song and to just turn it into a message about how grateful we are for everybody in our lives."
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