This is the second time that Joe Keery portrays a YouTube and social media influencer. The first was Spree (2020), also released in 2020.
A retooling of Charlie Brooker's BBC series Screenwipe (2006) with Brooker not acting as the presenter, although he can be heard off-camera as the interviewer. The other regulars of the show, Diane Morgan as Philomena Cunk and Al Campbell as Barry Shitpeas do not feature, however Morgan plays a very similar character in Gemma Nerrick, with Campbell serving as co-director.
The documentary "America," seen playing on Gemma's TV, makes use of a video game's soundtrack. As Gemma describes the documentary, the loading theme from the Battlefield 2142 map "Minsk" can be heard in the background.