Sundfør dedicated the album to her family, particularly to her daughter and her grandfather, theologian and linguist Kjell Aartun.

In an August 2018 interview, Sundfør revealed that she started the writing for the record; she said she was "see[ing] a lot of red" but clarified that it was not about apocalypse.

Alongside album's announcement, the songs "Alyosha" and "Leikara Ljóð" were released as a double single on 28 February 2023.

[5][6] Writing for AllMusic, Timothy Monger claimed that, "Despite its arcane references and philosophical nature, Blómi remains approachable and is often quite moving.

That Sundfør continues to make such consistently challenging music and be justly rewarded for it is its own small miracle, and with Blómi she reaches yet another career high.