Four of these songs ("1000", "Just Chill", "Love is So Nice", "Our Season") were initially revealed between July–October 2016 during the "Man Who Composes" corner on Jonghyun's Blue Night radio broadcasts.

Jonghyun and Taeyeon had previously collaborated in 2014 as a part of their record label's project SM The Ballad with the Korean-language version of the song "Breath".

In the lyrics, Jonghyun describes not being able to meet his eyes in the elevator mirror due to deep self-loathing and loneliness.

It alternates between heavier and softer moments, and features "heavily Auto-Tuned belts and piercing high notes" over "throbbing beats, distorted strings, and grating synths".

[3][7] Bonus track "Where Are You" is a humorous song in which Jonghyun bemoans his lack of a romantic partner, complaining that even cockroaches have lovers, but not him.

[12] In the United States, Story Op.2 debuted at number seven on the Billboard World Albums chart, becoming Jonghyun's fourth top ten entry.