SPIN also confirmed that "he’s taking his melodies seriously though, calling on heavyweight producers like Emile Haynie (Lana Del Rey's Born to Die) and Jeff Bhasker (Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy) for help".

The lead single from the album is a track entitled "The Emotion" which the singer posted on his Vevo and was later released on iTunes and Apple Music.

The album is preceded by his late-2014 debut EP Candy, which included the songs "Electric Love", "10,000 Emerald Pools" and "Past Lives".

[3] A Target edition of the album has also been released, containing two additional tracks, called "Rolling in the Roses" and "A Song for the Stoned Girl in My Bed.

[6] In a positive review, Tina Roumeliotis from The Daily Listening named the musician "the male Zella Day", and concluded that "Dopamine is definitely an album worth picking up this fall".