[6] The album's ninth track, "Lazarus Drug", played during the final scene of "The Sign", a 28-minute episode of Bluey, which aired on 14 April 2024.

It was deliberately intended to be a departure from 2014's There There, an intensely personal EP that in part detailed a broken engagement.

Washington began working on the album, and it was set to be released under the title Sugardoom, then later Achilles Heart, with the later proceeding as far as a vinyl test pressing.

"[11] Bernard Zuel from The Guardian said "Megan Washington's third album ripples and glistens but is best described as contained, its strongest messages coming in its most exposed moments.

"[12] Caleb Triscari from NME said "With Batflowers, Washington has shown how much an artist can mature and grow over six years, offering up a record that is as stylistically complex as it is worth the wait.