[5] The band intended for 2020 to be a hiatus year, but decided to write an album during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.

Ideas for the album were shared over phone calls and e-mail and members would record in the studio alone due to Canada's COVID-19 restrictions.

Guldemond states that the album was inspired by the isolation he experienced during the pandemic, wanting to theme the lyrics around "going within to understand oneself better, to be better."

The album's title refers to both Canada's stay-at-home orders and "going inside of oneself."

Guldemond imagined a fusion of industrial and dystopian sounds combined with alternative and indie rock.