On Lovelife, the band moved away from their earlier dream pop and shoegazing style and embraced a more Britpop-oriented sound.

The album was produced by Pete Bartlett and the band at Protocol Studios in London, and engineered by Giles Hall.

Jarvis Cocker of Pulp dueted with Lush vocalist Miki Berenyi on the song "Ciao!

In 2017, Berenyi revealed via Twitter that the lyrics to the track "Heavenly Nobodies" was about her and a friend's star-struck encounter with Hole frontwoman Courtney Love.

Berenyi recalled, "Pete [Bartlett] knew 'Single Girl' was a single right off the bat but says: 'You and Emma seemed almost embarrassed by the idea of commercial success and Emma kept trying to dismiss it as a B-side'…"[3] The video for the song also featured actors from Four Weddings and a Funeral.