“Life’s a Mess II” serves as the follow up to Juice WRLD and Halsey’s somber July 2020 track “Life’s a Mess.“ The track’s cover art and existence was officially confirmed by Clever via an Instagram post in December 2020.

According to a comment posted by Clever on Instagram, the track serves as the original version of “Life’s a Mess“ with a different beat:

the juice wrld record is a different version of “Life’s a Mess” by Juice and Halsey. I was on that record before Halsey- and the beat got changed- this version I have is the version Juice wanted as far as the beat goes. it has more of an acoustic vibe.. but with a verse from me on it- oh and this other artist you may have heard of named Post Malone


Clever announced on Instagram that the track would serve as the eighth on his upcoming album Crazy, and on February 27 confirmed the release date through an Instagram post to be March 5.