“I Wrote A Song” is Mae’s first solo release of 2023. Mae first teased the song via TikTok on the 27th of February.

Then 4 days later on March 2nd Mae posted a TikTok using the sound outside of BBC’s Maida Vale Studios which then started conspiricies that “I Wrote A Song” would be the UK’s entry to the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, held in Liverpool. On the 8th of March it was then leaked by The Sun that these conspiracies' were true and that “I Wrote A Song” would indeed be the UK’s entry into the contest being held on May 13th 2023.