“Wish” focuses on one of Redd’s prior relationships and the emotional tolls that came with it. The melancholy production combined with emo styled lyrics draw comparisons to hits like “XO TOUR Llif3.”
This song was first premiered on Trippie Redd’s Instagram on October 18th, 2017 with the caption “Make a wish/The world is yours [Produced by: @diplo]”. The post has since been deleted. Around November 3rd, a low-quality recording was leaked of the full song, followed by a CDQ leak on February 15, 2018. Diplo confirmed the track’s full commercial release on Twitter as a part of his California EP. The official music video was released on April 25, 2018.
The mixing of the final version of the track has made the harmonizing vocals quieter in comparison with their prominence in the leak, a change which Trippie disapproved of in an Instagram story:
Trippie delivered on his promise on his August 10 album LIFE’S A TRIP which featured the original version of the song and is titled on the album as “Wish (feat. Trippie Redd) [Trippie Mix]”.