[2] The Fool features production by Benny Blanco and Michael Angelakos,[3] whom Weaver also worked with in the writing of the album.

She also worked with British singer-songwriter Charlotte Aitchison, better known by her moniker Charli XCX on the album's first single, "OctaHate".

She claims the video wasn't executed properly and chose to create a new one because she "wanted people to understand [her] cohesive vision.

Weaver explained, "For the second one, we ripped a page from this '60s Czech film called Daisies — this feminist, absurdist piece.

Also speaking on the video, she explained, "I wanted to touch on the shifting power dynamic within relationships in a surrealist, psychedelic medium...

[14] Writing for Consequence of Sound, Lyndsey Havens stated that the album "spins on like a series of diary entries", while comparing Weaver's vocals to those of Florence Welch and Imogen Heap.

In a mixed review, Pitchfork's Miles Raymer claimed that the album had nothing close to "matching the intense pop rush" of her debut single "OctaHate".