This is a track from American R&B and soul artist Alicia Keys' fourth studio album, The Element of Freedom. Keys explained the album title to Billboard magazine: "This album is really just about growth and freedom. Sonically, the sound is grand and massive. It feels emotional and vulnerable but there's also a kind of freedom in it. I can't quite find a better word than freedom to really describe it. Even though every song has touches of different textures and sounds, the overall [sense of] freedom is the thing that grounds it. It's definitely the theme of where I am in my life."
Keys told Billboard about this track's sound: "Some people say the piano on it sounds like something from Marvin Gaye or Bob Marley. We've been using a lot of different keyboard sounds on this album. This particular song uses the CP 70 keyboard. It looks just like a piano but has a different tone; more of an electric sound. The song has a darker tone to it and the beats get real heavy. But then the vocals are very soulful and bluesy."
This is one of two tracks on The Element of Freedom that was produced by Grammy-winning producer Jeff Bhasker (Kanye West, Jay-Z). rather than Keys' long-time collaborator Kerry "Krucial" Brothers. Their other collaboration was the album's second single, "Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart."
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