Guitarist Steven Van Zandt noted the band's unusual need for rehearsal after a six-year hiatus, highlighting the significance of returning to the stage after such a long break.
"But then we'll probably be playing quite regularly through until the next anniversary - the 2028 anniversary that's just looming on the horizon. The 2018 one, I started to think about in late 2016, thinking, 'I've got a year and a half, it's easy!' And I still didn't manage to get there in time. Now, I'm starting to think, '2028, I must get things in order;' so [that's] the documentary film and various other things like that."
In its muted opening sequence, Eilish coats that titular lyric in sarcasm: Man, am I the greatest, she sighs, reflecting on a doomed relationship that seems to have suffered from some lopsided affection. As the song builds to its cathartic conclusion, though, a soaring melody allows her defenses to drop away. I loved you, and I still do, she sings. Just wanted passion from you, just wanted what I gave to you.