“BDE” was announced a few hours before the release, and premiered on BBC Radio 1 as Annie Mac’s “Hottest Record in the World.” The song marks the first collaboration between Shygirl and ​slowthai, and Shygirl’s first new music since 2020’s Alias. A demo of the song leaked without Slowthai’s contributions several months before the song was released.

BDE most likely stands for “big dick energy”, as Shygirl sings about her desire for a well-gifted boy for her to achieve full satisfaction in bed. Continuing the themes of sex and craving for pleasure, slowthai raps about being the right choice for a woman in bed, while also details his innermost wild kinkiness.