Noah Cyrus and Lil Xan dated from around June 2018 to September 2018. The couple collaborated on this song about their relationship, releasing it on August 19th, 2018.
On September 3rd, 2018, in the midst of their breakup, Lil Xan posted saying “Yo, sorry to everybody, but i’m exing ‘Live or Die.’ That sh*t’s not coming out, the music video,” adding at the end, “people love to just hurt me.” Nevertheless, the song had already been made and released. On September 17th, the music video (that Lil Xan said would not be coming out) was posted on YouTube – perhaps leaked, by an unidentified account. Neither Lil Xan nor Noah commented on the leak.

All in all, this song started out as a couple’s love song, and ended as a ode of a love that had burned out quickly and publicly.