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A violin is heard in the introduction, while Wonder Woman and Marilyn Monroe are lyrically mentioned throughout the song, due to their icon status in femininity. It contains "pumping disco beats from the seventies and eighties" blended with Max's "vocal inflexions". "Salt" is a dance-pop song, with elements of disco. It was written by Max, Autumn Rowe, Madison Love, Nicole Morier, and the producer Cirkut. She acknowledged that the song's re-release was due to its high streaming numbers, despite containing no prior marketing or promotion. On December 5, 2019, Max revealed the release date on social media, which was subsequently re-released as a single on several streaming services on December 12, 2019. "Salt" was initially released on YouTube and SoundCloud in 2018, where it gained 4 million views on the former by December 2019.