This song is an epic tale about a post-apocalyptic world in the future. Watsky is known for having epic stories on his album, like The Legend of Hardhead Ned on Cardboard Castles.

This song features Dumbfoundead, Grieves, Wax, Adam Vida, Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs and Chinaka Hodge.

The title Exquisite Corpse is a reference to the poetry game of Exquisite Corpse, where people pass around a piece of paper and try to write a whole poem several parts at a time, hence the amount of features on this track.