Described by Rap-Up as "dark and provocative", it finds Azalea bathed under red lights while dressed in a netted bodysuit and lace mask, as two hands grab her breasts.

[citation needed] "Kream" has since been certified Platinum[1] by the RIAA and became Azalea's first track to enter the Billboard Hot 100 in over three years after switching labels.

In November 2014, a reissue of Azalea's first studio album The New Classic (2014), titled Reclassified, was released; it featured five new songs, including two singles — "Beg for It" and "Trouble".

[13] Following the release, Azalea confirmed the scrapping of the 2016 material and as well as recordings of 13 new songs which include collaborations with YG, Lil Uzi Vert, and Jeremih.

It was reported many tracks from Digital Distortion were leaked online, which was after Azalea expressed her frustrations towards label executives for "ignoring" her on Snapchat.

In an interview with iHeartRadio, she emphasized the song's lyrics being written at a time during her breakup with NBA basketball player Nick Young, and her career she "was used to [...] had abruptly stopped".

Described by Rap-Up as "dark and provocative", it finds Azalea bathed under red lights while dressed in a netted bodysuit and lace mask, as two hands grab her breasts.

[29] On 7 November, she officially cancelled Digital Distortion and announced she would release a new project titled Surviving the Summer, after severe creative differences.

[37] In attempt to further promote the EP, Azalea planned a 21-city North American Bad Girls Tour at the end of 2018 with support from Cupcakke and Megan Thee Stallion.

[40] Survive The Summer received generally mixed reviews by the music critics, Neil Yeung of AllMusic said the EP "presents Azalea as a hardcore rapper with little desire to court the mainstream, which was once her bread and butter," continuing that, "her flow is effective and the production pops, but it's just not as enjoyable with the fun sucked out of it."

[41] Sheldon Pearce of Pitchfork described Survive the Summer's influence of hip hop music, "she knows what a good rap song should sound like in the abstract, but she is incapable of making one".

[44] Mike Nied from Idolator named the EP as one of the rapper's most consistent offerings, stating, "There is none of the shimmering pop aesthetic that helped her top the Billboard Hot 100 with 'Fancy' in 2014.

"[46] In a review for Slant Magazine, Alexa Camp characterized Survive the Summer as "consistent to a fault, laser-focused both sonically and thematically, abandoning the groove centricity of singles like the slept-on banger 'Mo Bounce' and the recent 'Savior'", adding that "all six songs are uniformly dark, weird, and minimalist, with stark verses filled almost exclusively with assertions about Azalea's figurative and literal assets.

"[47] Writing for HotNewHipHop, Mitch Findlay considered the track "OMG" a highlight which "finds Azalea at her most confident, spitting at a level that may garner secret appreciation not unlike a guilty pleasure.

"[48] In Australia, Survive the Summer debuted at number 17 on the ARIA Top 50 Digital Albums Chart for the week commencing on 13 August 2018.