It was a really hot summer day. I was hanging with some friends and some girls by the pool. We were just having a few drinks and smoking, nothing crazy. I went inside to grab a drink and that melody just hit me in the head. I instantly knew what I wanted the entire song to look like. Man, there definitely was a special somebody and it was cool. First time in a while feeling that love and acceptance from someone. I’m a very on my own type kid. I don’t really get involved with girls like that too much. It was the first time in a while and I realized how good it felt to be accepted by somebody you love and you like and loved. I wanted to take that same feeling and I wanted to put it in a song, so when my fans listen to it and when people listen to it, I can just brighten someone’s day, brighten someone’s moment and then lift their frequency and energy. I started voice noting. I have a really early voice note of what the song was like. But you can tell exactly what it molded into from that. I went to the studio literally the next day and the song was done. I did like one edit a few weeks after, changing the chords and the hook, but for the most part it was finished because that energy and that vibe I felt that day was so specific, it was really easy to translate it into a track.

The purpose of “Mine” is that I wanted people to feel wanted, I wanted to make people feel special. The song was a lot about someone I cared about, but also about making people feel special and making my fans feel special. It’s about spreading something light in a world where everyone’s trying to be the coolest kid on the block, rather than talking about ice or how much money I have. Instead I’ll talk about something real and something genuine, and a feeling that people need to feel to live a happy honest life.

Bazzi explains in an interview with Billboard, “I think [the length] forces the listener to hear the whole thing. I wanted people to really dissect what I was saying in those two minutes rather than giving them a little too much.”