The Prelude to A Tell Tale Heart is the first, full-length studio mixtape released by Dawn Richard.

[3] She has also remixed a few of her earlier leaked songs, like "Trip City" and "Superhero", with "Trip City" being remixed into "Intro (The Fall)" and "Superhero" being put on the mixtape as an a cappella.

[4][5] The album was titled "the prelude to..." because there was to be an official debut studio album by Dawn Richard entitled A Tell Tale Heart, which she had been working on for three years;[6] however, it was later titled Goldenheart and released in 2013.

To promote the release of her mixtape, Richard organized several club events.

On April 21, 2011 an event titled "Nightclub Mixtape Party Release" was held at PHX,[7] and earlier on February 7, 2011 at the Milan club in Baltimore.