“The King” was released on the 7th of March 2019, after Conan Gray teased the title over three days and three posts on his social media accounts. Conan Gray has revealed on an Instagram post that the song is about a person "who waited four years to tell me they liked me back. I love hate you.", and many fans have speculated that this person is model Manu Rios.

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