Silk Sonic An Evening With Silk Sonic

Silk Sonic reunited with Christopher Brody Brown and James Fauntleroy to write the album. They recruited American musician Bootsy Collins, who came up with the name for Mars and Paak's duo, for narration and American record producer D'Mile to compose the album. Recording sessions for An Evening with Silk Sonic took place from early 2020 to mid-2021 at Shampoo Press & Curl Studios.

Several critics said An Evening with Silk Sonic was crafted from elements of R&B, soul, funk, hip hop and pop music. The lyrics of An Evening with Silk Sonic explore themes featured in previous Mars's albums, such as "seduction, romance", reconciliation, and materialism. Anderson .Paak is said to not have written about materialism previously.