Vaarwell moved from their hometown Lisbon, Portugal, to London in 2020, in search of its pioneering electronic music community in the worst possible timing - the city was quiet for the first time due to the pandemic. As it recovered, the duo watched the city’s rebirth unfold and experienced, for the first time, its clubbing scene renewed. As they started exploring London’s nightlife, the duo fell in love with its underground club scene and felt eager to create their own spin on UK garage and electronica, merging it with their indie and singer-songwriter background. This eventually led them to "could you not go?", fully self-recorded and produced in their home studio in south east London.