Lead guitarist Chris Stein stated in an interview with Mojo, "We thought to ask people because there's so much good music swirling about", rather than it being a result of running thin on ideas.

"We sorted the contributors ourselves, or someone would send us a bunch of songs and we'd pick one" he continued, explaining that Blondie and producer John Congleton had curated the submissions.

[6] The band's performance at WTTW's Grainger Studio in Chicago, taped on December 10, 2015, aired on the PBS concert series Soundstage on January 26, 2017, containing the new songs "My Monster" and "Gravity".

It was released on a limited edition 1000 copies one-sided 7" pressing,[13] sold at Blondie's pop up shop at the Camden Market as a promotional single.

On September 19, "Doom or Destiny" (featuring Joan Jett) was released as the album's fourth single, backed with a politically charged video directed by Rob Roth.

In summer 2017, Blondie undertook a co-headlining tour of the US with the band Garbage, in which Debbie Harry appeared onstage in full Honey Bee regalia.

A fledgling beekeeper herself, Harry also wore a full-length cape which declared: "STOP FUCKING THE PLANET" in large block letters.

Director Rob Roth created the documentary Vivir en La Habana with recordings and interviews from this travel, which premiered in several festivals and produced the homonimous live EP.

[18] Other songs performed on the tour included "Doom or Destiny", "Tonight" and "Best Day Ever" from Pollinator, "Picture This" and "Fade Away and Radiate" from Parallel Lines, "A Rose by Any Name" and "Euphoria" from Ghosts of Download, "In the Flesh" from Blondie and "The Tide Is High" from Autoamerican.

Covers of "Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35", "I Feel Love", "My Heart Will Go On", "Paranoid" and "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory" were also performed.

Jon Dolan from Rolling Stone said that "Each [collaborator] puts their own reverent spin on the band’s vintage neon Nu Yawk garage rock, as 71-year-old Debbie Harry has a catty good time all over the place."

Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic highlighted the balance between the effort to dialogue with modern sounds and the intention to be faithful to the identity of the band.

The film is divided into three segments: "Water", "Fire" and "Air", which present a meditation on the experience as well as highlights from the two-night live musical performances with special guests Alain Perez, David Torrens and Afro-Cuban rock band Sintesis at Havana’s Teatro Mella.