Justin Hurwitz, el compositor de la cançó, va parlar de la inspiració de la cançó:[3]
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(anglès) Probably my favorite song in the movie. Compositionally, I'm more proud of that than any other song. Lyrically, it speaks to me quite a bit as a creative person in L.A. [...] And it came from a very pure place. With a lot of the other songs there was a lot of conversation leading up to them. There was a lot of back-and-forth with demos, loosely listening to references to get inspired. For "Audition", I wasn't really listening to anything. I wasn't really trying to sound like anything. I was just composing at the piano, and for that reason, I think the song comes from a very pure place and I felt like I was really composing from a place of emotion.
(català) Probablement la meva cançó preferida de la pel·lícula. Compositivament, n'estic més orgullós que qualsevol altra cançó. Líricament, em parla força com a persona creativa a L.A. [...] I provenia d'un lloc molt pur. Amb moltes de les altres cançons, hi va haver molta conversa que les va conduir. Hi havia un munt d'anada i tornada amb demostracions, escoltant vagament referències per inspirar-me. Per a "Audition", realment no escoltava res. Realment no intentava semblar res. Jo només componia al piano i, per aquest motiu, crec que la cançó prové d'un lloc molt pur i em sentia com si composés realment des d'un lloc d'emocions.
