"Bitch" was written by Brooks and Shelly Peiken. The song originated from feelings of frustration that Peiken felt in regards to her stalling music career. These feelings of frustration inspired the song's opening lyrics - "I hate the world today" - which resulted in Peiken conceptualizing a song titled "Bitch". Peiken reached out to Brooks to collaborate on this song, commenting that " had a lot of spunk, and I knew she could relate to this idea". The song was written in a single day in a spare bedroom of Peikens in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles. In an interview with "Billboard", Brooks described the song as being about self-acceptance, referring to the word "bitch" as a term of endearment. Brooks intended to reclaim the word, removing the pejorative connotations surrounding it. She further explained the meaning of the song: