Hayley Williams first confirmed that Paramore had recorded a track with David Byrne during a Q&A at The New Yorker Festival, on October 2023, by saying:

There was someone that [Amanda Petrusich, interviewer] mentioned who was going to be on this record [Re: This Is Why] but we’re saving it for something. So, all I’m going to say is it’s fucking insane. It’s incredible. It’s unreal. And hopefully, it won’t be too long before we get to share it. But we decided it was too special and we needed to wait and there’s more to that story and you’ll know all about it as soon as we’re able to share.

On January 10, the project was officially announced by the band and A24 Music, as a tribute album to Talking Heads, which will contain 16 tracks recorded by 16 different artists.

David Byrne watched Paramore’s show at Madison Square Garden in June 2023, and met the band backstage. Hayley shared a picture by talking about how honoured they were to finally meet one of Paramore’s inspirations and that David Byrne had complimented their show.