Newbold explains in an interview with The Pop Break that following the breakup of dollys, "I started each day by writing for an hour" for Well Wisher.

"[2] Newbold cites musical influences for Well Wisher from the Beatles, Brian Wilson, Elliott Smith, Built to Spill, Superchunk and the Pixies.

In anticipation of their debut album, This is Fine, the song "I Know Better" was released on 21 September 2018, and it is described as "catchy and fun, making light of stressful issues."

In reference to Newbold's prior band, the album artwork for This is Fine features a Barbie doll engulfed in flames.

17 in NJ.com's New Jersey music's 18 best albums of 2018, and the editor writes it "was one of my most anticipated releases of 2018 and this crunchy, hook-loaded debut was just as good as advertised.