The album had three singles: "Death", "Void", and "Evil"; the first two marked her first original appearances on the chart, respectively reaching numbers 95 and 61 on the Billboard Hot 100.

[2][3][4] After a two-year hiatus from music, she started to archive all of her Instagram posts and began to tease her then upcoming album on February 18, 2023.

[6] In February 2023, Martinez released a teaser video showing a mushroom in a foggy forest, with the phrase "RIP Crybaby" engraved in its stem, accompanied by a snippet of a new song.

[13] The main theme of the album centers around the idea of a never-ending cycle of life and death and was described as "otherworldly and extraterrestrial".

[17][16] This is followed by "Tunnel Vision" which has "layered eerie vocals" and transitions into an trip-hop outro that ends with Melanie's sigh "Show me how far obsession goes / Could've been more, now we'll never know".

The song was likened to that of rock music with a "fuzz-toned guitar riff and emphatic beat" and fades into ocean waves.

[12] In the song, Martinez compares nymphs in Greek mythology to "men, social media and the music industry" who put "femme-presenting people" into boxes and "use them for their own pleasure or gain and discarding them".

[23] In March 2023, Martinez teased the lead single "Death" on Instagram, featuring a cryptic message and a photo showcasing a pink alien alter-ego "emerging from a prone human form".

[13] "Void" was released digitally as the second single from the album on March 29, 2023, and was sent to alternative radio in the United States on April 11, 2023.

[27] Rolling Stone writer Tomás Mier praised Martinez's use of a new alter-ego, noting that she used "that character to deliver her most introspective lyrics and sounds that move outside her sonic comfort zone".

[13] He called the album an "effortlessly inventive, mature record", saying that it "reintroduces her as an artist unafraid to start from scratch and tackle complex, difficult ideas".

[13] Brig Newspaper writer Emma Victoria Jenky called the album "undeniably authentic" and added that it is "exciting to see her grow her skills into production, and receiving credit for her genius ideas".

[35][36] It also reached number two in the United Kingdom,[37] three in Canada,[38] Ireland,[39] Scotland,[40] and top ten in Germany,[41] Belgium,[42] and Spain.

[23] In March 2023, two dates in Mexico were added, bringing the North American leg to a scheduled close on October 19.