“1997 DIANA” is the band’s fourth single of 2018, following “1999 WILDFIRE”, “1998 TRUMAN” and “TONYA.” The song and video were announced via Kevin Abstract’s Twitter:

This reflects the band’s predicament at the time. While they were slated to drop their first summer release under their then-new $15 million dollar RCA record deal, lots of controversy halted their process and resulted in their album rollout being thrown more out of whack.