Songfacts®:

• "Martin's Sofa" refers to Headie One's old friend, Martin, who helped and supported the Tottenham rhymer through the tough times before he became famous, often letting him stay on his couch.
• In his bad old days of sofa surfing, Headie sold drugs to make ends meet.
  
  I pray when the fame and the charting's over, I ain't gotta end up on Martin's sofa
  
  The reference to returning to Martin's sofa symbolizes falling on hard times. Headie prays he avoids such difficulties in the future and doesn't have to return to his former life as a drug dealer.
• Now that Headie One is enjoying the many fruits of his labors, he can show gratitude to his friend. On Christmas Eve 2022, Headie gifted Martin a brand new sofa.
• M1onthebeat created the energetic production. The drill producer also supplied the instrumentation for Headie One's Drake collaboration "Only You Freestyle" and 2022 single "Can't Be Us."
  
  M1OnTheBeat samples the instrumental to Flatbush Zombies' 2013 single "Palm Trees." The instrumental became iconic in the UK after the late South London MC Cadet used it on his "Slut" freestyle. Future's 2015 track "Trap Niggas" is also sampled.
• Nathan James Tetty directed the video. The clip captures Headie on Martin's sofa and draws on the rapper's past drug-dealing lifestyle.
  
  Tetty is a regular Dave visual collaborator, including the videos for "Funky Friday" and "Black."