Primarily produced by Di Genius, Burns, Jason Gill, Steve Fitzmaurice, Cutfather, MdL and Sly, it was released on 24 August 2018 by Capitol Records.

Its title track, which features a guest appearance from American hip hop recording artist French Montana, was released on the same day as its lead single.

[5] However, on 16 August 2018, Payne announced that he was delaying the release of his debut studio album and decided to put out an EP instead.

[6] He posted a message on his social media, saying: "As you may know, the last few months have seen some big changes for me ...I looked at some of the songs on my album which were done a while ago and they felt from another age.

Chloe Gilke of Uproxx stated that the opening track "First Time", was Payne's "best iteration of club pop to date," feeling that "it could be a cut off Drake's Scorpion.