This melancholy song starts with a voicemail message left for Cyrus by her father Billy Ray Cyrus during a "dark time" in her life. The message reminded her to smile at a time where doing so felt impossible and highlights the underlying message of positivity in this wistful tune. "I feel like a lot of artists these days are riding a bit of a trend of being sad. Like that it's 'cool' to be sad," Cyrus told Rolling Stone. "It's OK to struggle, but it's not 'cool' to struggle."