More than thirteen years after the release of his last studio album, titled Another Earthquake!, and a substantial number of greatest hits compilations, Carter appeared in media outlets talking about his return to music.

[7] Carter began to tease the first single of the album, titled "Fool's Gold" which he wrote and produced himself, in November 2015 via Twitter.

Everything from the production, songwriting, mixing, photoshoots, music videos, packaging and distribution have been a collective involvement from a team I like to call 'Team Fool's Gold.

[19] Neil Z. Yeung, from AllMusic, rated the album three and a half stars out of five, writing that Carter does "an admirable job grasping the contemporary pop trends of 2017 and 2018 while adjusting his lyrical content from that of teen party jams to reflective heartbreak anthems.

"[1] Chuck Campbell, from the daily newspaper Knoxville News Sentinel, gave the album two out of five stars and described it as a "nondescript exercise in modern formula – shallow pop/EDM songs about relationships.