The album is born from some ups and downs Britton has experienced in recent years. "I had broken up with my husband, left Berlin, left my friends and left a way of making music and a way of living life," she says. "It was too painful to make music. I tried singing and it felt awful. I had to look at myself and understand how much I truly disliked myself. I had to get out of all my unhealthy relationships with people that were a mere reflection of how I felt inside. Music producing was out of the question. It reminded me of who I tried to be for other people."