'Cold Hearted' received generally positive reviews. It was the third track on the album, which also includes 29 songs by various artists and two album mixes. 'Cold Hearted' was featured on Monstercat's thirty-third compilation album titled Monstercat Uncaged Vol. The tour features both Seven Lions and Kill the Noise alongside American electronic duo Tritonal. The song was released alongside the debut of the North-American tour titled Horizons Tour. On October 22, Seven Lions announced the song as 'Cold Hearted' and that the song was to be released by Canadian record label Monstercat.
The song would later be during various live sets by both Seven Lions and Kill the Noise for more than half a year prior to the song's release. In March 2017, During Excision's Paradox Tour, Kill the Noise first announced a collaboration between him and California-based electronic artist Seven Lions, playing the song in almost its entirety near the end of his set.
