Songfacts®:

• This come-up anthem features A$AP Ferg trading verses with Future. The pair previously worked together on Juicy J's "Ice."
• Ferg starts his verse by recalling the hard times he had in his early days on tour with Juicy J. He recalled to Genius: "Tour life was f--king wack as s--t. Juicy J was living, he had the big-ass bus. We couldn't afford that s--t. We were grinding. It was a big tour for us, but we were pushing around in a Sprinter.
  
  I used to sleep in itchy beds in broke-ass motels. N---as were uncomfortable. Sometimes we slept in the sprinter, sometimes we slept in the motel. N---as had little red dots on they back. It was crazy."
• The video features cameo appearances by Cleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon, Olympic fencer Daryl Homer, and BMX biker Nigel Sylvester.
• Speaking during an appearance on the Rap Radar podcast, Ferg revealed that the song almost didn't make it onto Always Strive and Prosper.
  
  "Y'all almost didn't get 'New Level,'" he said. "I didn't have no turn-ups on my album because that wasn't how I was feeling. I'm an artist, I gotta go with what I'm feeling inside."
  
  Ferg eventually included the track after connecting with Future at the last minute.