Songfacts®:

• The Kid Laroi started dating Canadian singer Tate McRae in January 2024, and for 18 months they were the sort of couple who could reliably be found on red carpets, award shows and Instagram feeds. By July 2025, the sightings stopped, the unfollows began, and Laroi posted the inevitable social media note: they had split, but on good terms.
  
  "A Cold Play" is a heartbreak track so obviously about the breakup that fans hardly needed detective work.
• The song borrows its title and emotional backbone from Coldplay's "Fix You." Laroi even loops the phrase "fix you" through the chorus, as if clinging to it like a frayed lifeline. He sings about photos still in the house, flying across continents between tour dates, and the slow, crushing realization that sometimes no amount of fixing will do.
• Tate McRae evidently approved of her ex's breakup song. She reportedly sang "Fix You" during a soundcheck around the same time Laroi announced the song, and she liked his Instagram post announcing the track.
• Behind the boards was Michigan producer KBeaZy, who provided a moody, cathartic backdrop that let Laroi's cracked, vulnerable vocals do the heavy lifting. KBeazy's resumé also includes hits for 24kGoldn ("Mood") and Lil Nas X ("Thats What I Want").