[1] It was released as a digital download in Norway on 17 February 2015, later it was included on Mørland's first studio album Make a Sail (2016).

The song also won the Marcel Bezençon Composer Award in 2015.

During the Melodi Grand Prix 2015 press conference on 21 January 2015, "A Monster Like Me" was announced as one of the eleven songs competing to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, Austria.

After winning Melodi Grand Prix, the song peaked at number 24 on the VG-lista chart.

It shows the two singers preparing to have guests over for dinner as Scarlett pours a vial of red liquid into the water goblets during the climax of the song the guests at the table begin to behave strangely as Morland and Scarlett sit oblivious to all the chaos.