“Karma” is the vision of AJR’s vocalist Jack Met, as mentioned in an Instagram live-stream. Additionally, it was the very first track the band wrote for the album. The song is named after a theory called karma (also known as the law of moral causation), which is based on the belief that an individual’s actions affect their future. In the track, Jack is questioning the theory, asking his therapist why his good deeds aren’t circling back to him. "I had a really tough year last year (2018), I think it was with all the success of "The Click". I was a little bit blind-sided by it because we went so long without success and "The Click" went, and the touring was in the thousands, it’s like: “Oh my god, this is a lot of work, I’m really not used to this. I’m in France? When did I get here?” It kind of just hit me and I started having a bad year from there. My entire mindset was “I’m doing everything right, why am I not feeling better? I’ve been so good, I gave this homeless guy a dollar, please reward me for that.” I wrote “I’ve been so good / I’ve been helpful and friendly…” Then I was like okay, that’s a song for sure." Jack Met, on the Zach Sang Show It was performed live on December 26, 2020 as part of the band’s One Spectacular Night livestream show. The live performance of the song itself was later shared on January 26, 2020. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.