“Too Late” is a fast-paced, synthetic song that features the blame-taking theme from Abel that is seen all over the album, asking for forgiveness from his lover and to come and lead a life full of sin with him. Its production borrows from the genre of UK garage, similar to Abel’s previous song “Wasted Times” off his My Dear Melancholy, EP.

The song was first previewed by frequent collaborator and producer Illangelo in an Instagram story and later teased further in The Weeknd’s After Hours album short film on March 4th, 2020.

On March 17, 2020, the track was revealed to appear as the second track in the After Hours track listing by the music-identifying app Shazam. The track was later confirmed by The Weeknd in his tracklist reveal on the same day.