On “Outro,” NF writes about the story of his journey to the top of the rap game, his motivation for making music, and also the emotions he has experienced from pain in his life.

“Outro” was teased on Twitter one day before its release with two tweets, one stating “O” and the other stating “U” with the cover art. He also hinted the song has a music video on his Instagram, posting a teaser clip announcing that it would release at midnight on August 2, 2017.

The music video was released the same night and pictures NF in the same neighborhood of the “Intro” video. It also uses parts of other videos including of his songs “Intro 2,” “I Just Wanna Know,” “Therapy Session,” “Real,” “Wake Up,” and “How Could You Leave Us.”

The song was the first single from NF’s third studio album, Perception. “Outro” is actually quite a surprise to fans since NF normally releases an Intro as the first track of a record, but decided to save “Intro III” for the album’s release. It was Nate’s first release in almost a year, following his single “Warm Up” which dropped on September 8, 2016.