The album features guest appearances from Angel Haze, Demi Lovato and Mike Posner.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Jonas stated that when Demi Lovato's The Neon Lights Tour gets off the ground, he will turn his attention towards his upcoming solo project.

[1] "I came in really wanting to make a record that was different from anything I'd done in the past, but that was true to my influences: Stevie Wonder, Prince, Bee Gees," he told Time.

[2] On July 30, 2014, it was announced that after Jonas' stint as a creative and musical director for The Neon Lights Tour, that there will be an duet between him and fellow Camp Rock star Demi Lovato on the record.

[7] The song was written and produced by Jason Evigan, with additional songwriting provided by Ammar Malik, and Daniel Parker.

[12] It was announced on September 6, 2014, that his fans could pre-ordered his upcoming album to get early access to the tour ticket sale.

The song peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Jonas' highest charting single in the United States as of August 2016.

[13][14] The music video (directed by Peter Tunney and featuring a cameo appearance by Jonas' real-life girlfriend Olivia Culpo) premiered on September 16, 2014.

[17][18] Within a few days later, the singer dropped "Area Code" on his SoundCloud account,[19] with a music video being later released on October 9, 2015.

[21] Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic stated, "For all the guests and modern accouterments, Nick Jonas is at its best when Jonas plays it straight, when he relies on his eternal Prince and Stevie Wonder fixations, which give him not only a fairly rich palette to draw from but provide him with a good direction to channel his melodic skills".