The album features collaborations with the vocalists: Alex Aris, Andrew Watt, Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons, David Garza, Dougy of The Temper Trap, Franz Novotny, Gary Go, and Julia Spada; DJs: An21, Francesco Rossi, Saturday, Monday and Tom Taped; and the groups: Mako, Saints of Valory and The Presets.

Steve Angello has referred to Wild Youth as "the soundtrack of his life" in a recent statement of his; where he also stated about the album, "it's based on a true story—honest, naked and the most exposed I've ever been.

[17] "Wasted Love" was released as the album's lead single on 22 July 2014, featuring Indonesian singer-songwriter, Dougy from Australian indie group, The Temper Trap.

[21] All of the song's pre-sales in the month of June, along with 100% of its streaming revenue on Spotify, went towards the Save The Children organization, and their Nepal Disaster Relief fund.

[25] "The Ocean" was released as the album's fifth single on 20 November 2015, with additional credits given to the original artists of the song: Saturday, Monday and Julia Spada.

"[33] Ashley Zlatopolsky of Rolling Stone opined, "Wild Youth is a reminder that Angello is a solo dance force to take seriously.

Each ceramic piece has the figure of a different object, such as: a ninja star, ("Wasted Love"), a heart, ("Remember") and a baseball bat ("Tiger").

[40] For New York fashion week, Angello announced that he would open up a gallery exhibit for the art featured on Wild Youth.

[41][42] On 11 February 2016, the exhibit was held privately, where Angello displayed the aforementioned art, and also premiered the official video for "Tiger".

The Wild Youth gallery exhibit also featured Angello's fashion collaboration with Odeur Studios, a line of unisex and children's clothing items.