[1] The album announcement came alongside a new single, "Morbid Obsessions", as well as lead singer Reade Wolcott coming out as a trans woman.

[1] We Are the Union formed in 2005 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and released three albums before going on a two-year hiatus from 2013 to 2015.

Lead singer Reade Wolcott said “At that point, my focus was very pro-normalizing talking about mental health", as well as wanting to push conversations about mental health and writing songs about complex emotions.

[2] During a tour with Leftöver Crack in 2018, Wolcott fell asleep scrolling through a trans meme subreddit, to which she woke up the next day realizing she was a trans woman, to which she recalled “I remember feeling terrified, beyond my ability to reason, the biggest thing for me was the fear for my ability to live the life I want to.”[2] Wolcott officially came out on April 23, 2021.

[1] That same day, she made the announcement of the album, as well as the release of a single "Morbid Obsessions".