Olivia Rodrigo loves expressing the "weirdness that goes on in [her] brain" through songwriting. "I think when you start writing or creating, you kind of see things through the lens of a creator." Olivia also cited Honeybee as the most memorable songwriting experience from her new album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love. She said: "I feel like writing Honeybee was really fun and it happened in a really short amount of time. Honeybee, which explores her relationship with her ex-boyfriend, actor Louis Partridge, captures what Olivia was thinking at a particular moment in time.