"The Sneaker Dance" is Kero Kero Bonito's first outing since reworking Soccer Mommy's "rom com 2004" track in September, and is accompanied by a playful video showcasing Kerwin Frost's new Adidas collaboration.
While speaking to PAPER, Frost said of getting Kero Kero Bonito on board for the theme song, "I had listened to a lot of Kero Kero Bonito working on the collection, and I've always wanted to work with them. They're pioneers… sonically, aesthetic-wise, everything, It's just always been so original and so them. [Their music] always took me to this place that I really appreciated because it felt genuine."
"I asked them in 2019, when my daughter was going to be born, if they could make a children's song, which a lot of people would kind of expect from them," Frost continued. "But I also just love kid's music in general. I'm a big fan of Yo Gabba Gabba and things like that. Not to say that their music is children's music, but I just thought it would be sweet for my daughter."
Gus Lobban of Kero Kero Bonito said of the track, "It was pretty collaborative. Kerwin and I were chatting for quite a while about this thing, but it came together quite quickly. In the end, we just traded [a bunch of stuff], like we sent over a demo beat that was the initial seed, and it was just that arpeggiated Okinawan scale thing with the drums. And I think we also sent the melody of what became the chorus and talked about that for a little bit. But once you have that little seed, it's just a case of fleshing out the verses and lyrics, and making sure all the production bells and whistles are there."