On January 16, it was reported that GFriend would make comeback in early February with a mini-album titled 回:Labyrinth.

[7] On January 21, the group released a teaser video titled "A Tale of the Glass Bead: Previous Story" through Big Hit Entertainment's official YouTube channel.

Through this teaser, Gfriend announced the beginning of a full-fledged growth musical narrative based on organically connected storytelling.

[23] The group promoted the album with performances of "Crossroads" and "Labyrinth" on various South Korean music shows starting with Mnet's M Countdown!

[27] On February 23, GFriend canceled a last minute fan sign event due to the coronavirus outbreak in South Korea.

[28] Gfriend released 3 versions for 回:Labyrinth: "Crossroads", "Room" and "Twisted", each containing a pair of different concept photos.

[29] The first photo of the "Crossroads" shows the members standing on the intersection of a cracked train track, staring with expressionless faces.

[30] The first photo of the "Room" version shows the members staring at the camera with face devoid of expressions, in the light coming through the windows.

[33] Big Hit's in-house producers, Adora and Frants, led by co-CEO Bang Si-hyuk, participated in lyric-writing and the overall creative process of the EP.

[35][36] The lyrics were written by "hitman"bang, Cho Yoon-kyung, Noh Joo-hwan, Adora and Sophia Pae.

[35] The lead single "Crossroads" is a synth-pop song with a retro Eighties pop beat and a dance rhythm.

The lyrics are melancholic, in which the group sings about "a girl who stands at a crossroads, contemplating whether to stay or move forward in the course of growing up.

[38] In the South Korean main table, the Gaon Album Chart, Labyrinth debuted at number one and became the group's fourth launch to accomplish this feat.