“Zoom” was originally previewed in a since-deleted Instagram post made by Lil Uzi Vert nearly a month after the release of his debut studio album Luv is Rage 2, which featured the caption:

Just a Vibe💨 ….👨🏾‍🎤vs🌎2® ?🙄

This caption would spark the assumption that the song would land on a forthcoming, as-of-yet unreleased, sequel to his Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World mixtape from 2016.

In July 2019, FaZe Clan member Nordan, better known as FaZe Rain, took to Snapchat and played part of the song. He later joked about dropping it, however, he then went back on it, saying he “didn’t want to do Uzi like that.” Despite this, the song later leaked externally on August 10, 2019. It appears quite unfinished, featuring mostly the same lyrics looping throughout the track.