JVKE first shared “anxiety.” on his TikTok on October 20, 2021 stating how he wrote it for the 80% of people who have anxiety but don’t know it. JVKE originally created the song during his Twitch stream in September 2021. “anxiety.” had received over 6 million views on TikTok after a video of JVKE playing a sketchy kid that brought a duffle bag to show and tell with his mom playing a teacher.