Nina Kinert told the story behind the song to Songs for Whoever:

”The story to this song is told through the perspective of different versions of myself. Or different versions of anybody really. We’re all diverse, stupid and smart, old and young, sad and happy. It can be pretty difficult to find a togetherness inside all of that and inside your different selves. So this song is a ‘what would I tell my younger self?’ kind of story. Or a ‘what would I tell my childish, stupid, sad or self-absorbed self?’ kind of story. How do I snap out of things with ‘only’ the different sides of myself as a weapon? I started writing it by the words ‘awful pale like a mother say yes’ which was, super cliché, scrabbled down on a piece of paper when I was really drunk and for a very long time I didn’t have any music to it. Then Tomas sent me a track from his album called ‘Destiny’s Child’. That’s the song I laid down the vocals to. I was so happy to hear what he built out of the vocals afterwards. What had originally been this sweet and easygoing song, became more of a disco anthem which I think is so much better. Especially with these lyrics.”