The album, released to widespread critical acclaim, was supported by three singles, "Reckless & Sweet", "Co-Star", and "Wasted Eyes".

Fountain Baby was released to overwhelmingly positive reception.

[5] Pitchfork named the record "Best New Music" with Julianne Escobedo Shepherd writing, "The Ghanaian American singer's dazzling second album is a confident and unconventional record that flows, saunters, and boasts its way to one of the best pop albums of the year.

"[1] Tarisai Ngangura for NPR enjoyed the variety between songs and was impressed by the cohesive fusion of various genres.

[11] Robert Christgau, reviewing in his "Consumer Guide" column, appreciated Amaarae's grounded gratitude for the same-sex obsession "she can afford" to have as a successful artist: Her portion of fame proud and earned, her voice simultaneously fragile and self-possessed, her star-time comforts and advantages acknowledged without vanity or apology, she doesn't so much boast about her crushes, trysts, and conquests as lay them out lubriciously or matter-of-factly as the cherished rewards of a lifestyle I wouldn't be surprised to learn she's exaggerating ... she appreciates what she's got without taking it for granted, and without assuming there are no more chapters to her story.