Crystal wrote her post three months after she and Ne-Yo renewed their wedding vows in an elaborate ceremony following past marital strife and a 2020 breakup. Speaking to E! pop of the day in May, the singer said that at some point, while in quarantine amid the COVID-19 pandemic, he and his wife found themselves “considering divorce.”
“It took a lot of really uncomfortable conversations,” Ne-Yo continued. “As a human being, it’s really hard, especially with someone you love and care about. You care about how they feel, so tell them something about themselves that they maybe don’t like it, it’s hard to do that, plus it’s hard to hear about yourself.”
Their relationship struggles are the focus of his song, “Don’t Love Me,” which the singer wrote during the pandemic. He added: “I’ve always been better at writing it than saying it out loud.”
Entertainment