 The artists co-wrote the song with Lonny Bereal, Trayce Green, and Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd, with Beatz producing the track.The song was released as the lead single from "Graffiti" on September 29, 2009, and was Brown's first official release since his altercation with former girlfriend, Barbadian singer Rihanna.Originally known simply as "Transformer", it is an electro-composed song infused with hip hop, crunk and "industrial" R&B musical genres, while making use of robotic tones.