Marie Louise Buch was raised in the suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark, by her mother, a fiddler and accordionist, and visited her father, a rock and roll guitarist, every other weekend.

[4][5] Skinned received critical acclaim, with Miles Bowe of Pitchfork summarizing: "In songs as slick and futuristic as the screens that surround us, the Danish electropop musician uses technology as a frame for deeply human feelings.

"[6] Buch released the song "Fleshless Hand" on 26 November 2021 alongside a computer-generated imagery music video,[7] followed by further singles "Well Bucket" and "Working It Out" in 2023.

"[8] Alex Ruder of KEXP noted that Buch's performance style is "reflective of her love of combining seven-string electric guitars in open tunings with synthetic instruments and electronic experiments.

"[19] Philip Sherburne of Pitchfork pointed to the differing styles of Buch's first two albums, contrasting the "vaporwave synths, atmospheric sound design, [and] Auto-Tuned choruses" of Skinned with the "sparkling guitars, frictionless rock drumming, and vocal melodies rendered with airbrushed clarity" of Suntub, marking a "shift from URL to IRL".