Before its release, her agency, YG Entertainment, stated that Lee Hi would take on genres like jazz and rhythm and blues that are rarely heard in the K-pop industry.

[4] The second teaser was released on February 26, 2013, and created similar confusion, depicting Lee Hi posing with the questions "Mini?

[5] On March 1, 2013, Lee Hi's official YouTube channel pre-released "Turn It Up", the intro to her upcoming full-length album.

[6] It was announced that March 7 would see the digital release of a preview mini-album featuring the first five songs off of First Love.

[9] "Rose" served as the title track of the album's physical release, reaching the summit of Gaon's national singles chart.