On December 12th, 2018, Twitter user @grandson revealed a song title while answering a fan’s question regarding new music being played on his upcoming No Apologies tour

On December 4, 2018, the same day he announced the headlining tour, he also announced that Apologize would be released in January 2019.

It would later be revealed to be released on February 1, 2019. This is the first single from his EP “a modern tragedy: vol. 2”.