On “We Cry Together,” Kendrick and Taylour Paige take opposite sides in a couple’s ugly dispute that sees them hurling insults at one another for nearly six minutes. Another interpretation of the song is that Taylour represents the state of hip-hop, hating Kendrick for being absent for the last five years—his previous album, DAMN., was released in April 2017.

The song opens with a vocal sample from Florence + the Machine’s 2018 song, “June,” before transitioning into a stripped-down piano and drum beat courtesy of The Alchemist. Following the album’s release, fans and media outlets pointed out that the song’s concept shares similarities with Eminem’s May 2000 song, “Kim.”

This track was also teased on March 5, 2020, in pgLang’s “Visual Mission Statement”: