[8] No further details of the progress was known afterwards until March 2019, when another teaser clip was uploaded with the title kaos 2 with 90 seconds of music which was released as a single on 15 November 2019.

It was the first Vildhjarta song in six years since Thousands of Evils EP which was released in 2013.

[9] Teasing continued throughout the year and more,[10] and on 29 April 2021, the band released a new single "När de du älskar kommer tillbaka från de döda" with an accompanying video, also hinting that the album would be titled Måsstaden under vatten, making a connection to the band's 2011 debut album, måsstaden.

Rickard Westman, who did the artwork for the band's previous two releases, also returns for this album.

[12] "Penny Royal Poison", the final single from the album, was released on 17 September 2021.