[1] After releasing his debut mixtape Gluee in 2014,[1] Bladee became a key figure in Swedish hip-hop and established a reputation for himself alongside Yung Lean in Stockholm's flourishing cloud rap scene during the mid-2010s.

[3] Craig Jenkins of Vice called Eversince "a strange amalgam of modern rap, R&B, gothic, new wave, and electronic music".

[4] Complex's Joe Price said Bladee's music "sits somewhere between Future and the Cure" and called it "a complete mix of styles far and wide", including inspirations of J-pop and Elliott Smith.

[6][b] The Fader's Duncan Cooper thought that "Lovenote" and "Wrist Cry" had more aggressive instrumentals, and described "Xd Out" and the closing track "Skin" as ballads.

my hopes and dreams, I don't wanna wake up" in the song "Rip" "leaned into deeply depressive territory".

[7] Following its release, Eklund called Eversince a "brilliant debut"[c] that sees Bladee "stepping out of Yung Lean's shadow".