Around this time, Taylor featured on songs with the likes of Trey Songz, Missy Elliott, and Kanye West.

Taylor has spoken about her inspiration from fellow female musician Lauryn Hill, which was noted with the release of her second mixtape in 2012.

The first, "Maybe", featured Pusha T and Yo Gotti, and peaked at number thirteen on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.

On June 23, 2018, Taylor released her second studio album K.T.S.E., short for Keep That Same Energy, the last of five similarly brief GOOD Music projects overseen and co-produced by Kanye West in Wyoming.

After a few preview tracks scattered across 2019 and the first half of 2020, most notably the Gold-certified single "How You Want It?," she delivered The Album on Juneteenth of the latter year.