“CLOSE” is the the third single from Rae Sremmurd’s 2018 album, SremmLife3, following “T’d Up” and “Powerglide.”

Swae Lee first announced the collaboration via Snapchat, before later confirming that a video had been recorded. Mike Will later previewed part of Travis' verse in a screen recording.

Swae initially said the release date would be April 20, however, this was later changed to April 18.

Rae Sremmurd and Travis Scott have collaborated before on Travis' remix of “Swang” and Swae Lee was featured on “Nightcrawler.”