After parting ways with S-Curve Records, the group released the single "Just Keep Breathing" in April 2013.

Over the next couple of months, the band released "Find You There" and "Any Other Way" as singles before going on the Summer Fest tour.

In late September, the band started a campaign to crowd-fund their next album; it eventually received over $149,000 from 2,309 people.

The band recorded in Los Angeles, California, working with Blake Healy, Steve Shebby and David Immerman, all of whom co-wrote and produced songs on the album.

Despite receiving a mixed critical reception, Clark regarded the album as "a huge success!

"[1] Following the release of Sunshine State of Mind (2011), bassist Drew Thomsen left We the Kings, citing exhaustion from touring.

[2] After consulting their manager, Bret Disend,[2] We the Kings released "Just Keep Breathing" as a single on April 5, 2013.

[6] In July and August, the band went on the Summer Fest tour, with support from Breathe Carolina, The Ready Set and T.

[7] Clark said the freedom of working without a label "lent a sense of relaxation to the [writing] process and a stress-free environment.

"Art of War" was co-written with Healy, Kevin Bard, Taylor Clark, and Dylan Quagliato.

[2] On September 26, 2013, We the Kings set up a crowd-funding campaign on the website IndieGoGo to record a new album with a target goal of $35,000.

[15] The band offered 12 perks to fans who could receive rewards for their contribution such as a "Thank You" in the album's credits section, or spending a day in the studio.

[13] "Die Young Live Forever" features guitar parts by Jose Carreon of TheKingsMen, who had contributed enough money to the IndieGoGo project to allow him to record with the band.

[29] AllMusic reviewer Mark Deming called the album a "polished, heartfelt set of contemporary pop" with the group's "most accessible work to date.

"[12] Marcus Clark of SoSoActive called the "over produced pop" backing tracks "decent but I just can't [enjoy] it.

[10] Somewhere Somehow sold more copies on its release than the group's previous three albums,[30] debuting at number 44 on the Billboard 200.

They noticed that the song had accumulated around 20 million plays on Spotify, which Clark initially presumed to be a mistake.

[...] I just remember finding out that it happened and just being so blown away that for once in our career, we let our fans choose, kind of accidentally, which song we were going to go with.

"[41] "Sad Song" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in March 2018.