The album featured music written and produced by the group with vocals by Katy Perry and British singer Adam Longlands.

In 2002, the Matrix produced five songs for Avril Lavigne's debut studio album Let Go, including the three top-ten singles "Complicated", "Sk8er Boi", and "I'm with You".

The commercial success of Lavigne's album led to a surge in popularity for the Matrix, resulting in them becoming a sought after production team.

The Matrix subsequently produced songs for other popular acts, such as Britney Spears, Ricky Martin, Robbie Williams, and Mariah Carey.

In 2006, "Live Before I Die", appeared on a bonus track version of Ashley Parker Angel's debut album Soundtrack to Your Life.

In 2007, a song from Skye Sweetnam's Sound Soldier album, titled "Boyhunter", which was produced by the Matrix surfaced.

"Broken" was reportedly planned to be released as the lead single from The Matrix in the spring of 2004, with the album following in the early summer.

Glen Ballard, however, claimed that the project fell apart internally and the production team could not even unanimously decide upon a lead single.

These plans were soon halted, however, after Perry's debut single, "I Kissed a Girl", achieved international commercial success after its release in April 2008.

[6] AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine described the album as "bland and stiff Euro-pop", maintaining that the effort illustrates that the Matrix "need a real star, somebody to provide focus and direction".