"[9] Throughout the story, the dimensionaut constructs his escape from reality, realising new experiences but also struggling with the isolation and loneliness of his complex new world.

The album's conclusion is left open-ended, as the dimensionaut may have either followed her back to reality or remained an eternal traveller, resigned to explore.

Prior to work on Dimensionaut, Collins and Nordstrom performed research in the areas of cosmology, quantum physics, astrophysics and astronomy, to develop the album's storyline.

[6][12] The foundation for some of the album's material already existed in the form of unfinished compositions, melody lines and ideas written by Kerzner.

"[9][10][12] The album was written and recorded over a period of five to six months between 2011 and 2012 with assistance from sound engineers Nick Davis and Chris Holmes.

[16] Six days prior to the release of Dimensionaut in Europe, a music video for the album's first single, "Not Coming Down," went public.

[17] The official music video for the album's second single, "Pale Blue Dot," premiered January 2014 at the USA Today website[18][19] and was released worldwide March 2014.