The lead single, "Another Dumb Blonde", was featured in the motion picture Snow Day and became a top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.

[1][3] The lyrics of lead single "Another Dumb Blonde" discuss the fact that Hoku's boyfriend "isn't after her heart or mind".

[3] Hoku was involved in writing two of the songs on the album: "We Will Follow the Sun", which she co-wrote with Antonina Armato and Ron Harris, and "You First Believed", which she wrote alone.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, for AllMusic, deemed Hoku an "Album Pick", writing that it "never tries to sound wiser than its years and it never seems to pander to commercial concerns.

Sure, it's commercial -- that's what teen pop is all about -- but never once do the record makers decide to push Hoku as a nymphet," comparing her to Jewel and concluding that the album is a "winning debut".

[20] The single elicited favorable reviews from critics: Billboard praised "Another Dumb Blonde" as "refreshingly zesty" and commended the song for not being "overly cutesy.

[1] Follow-up single "How Do I Feel (The Burrito Song)" was less successful commercially, failing to enter the Billboard Hot 100 and the Mainstream Top 40 charts.