“Do What I Want” was first teased by Cudi in his April 16, 2020 Instagram Live session, where he also revealed the track’s title and that the track would appear in the Entergalactic series of tracks. He later performed the track at his The Smoker’s Club Festival set on April 30, 2022, teasing the fact that he would preview a new song live for the first time before he performed his set.

On June 7, 2022, Cudi posted on social medias that the song would be releasing later that week, along with the track’s cover art.