On September 30, 2019, Pledis Entertainment confirmed NU'EST's comeback was set for October 21, 2019, and uploaded a teaser ending with the text, "The book has been closed.

[6] The album took more retakes to record than ever due to the members of NU'EST finding difficulties in adjusting concepts.

[5] The album is sold in three different versions with alternate photo books and covers: the Forenoon Ver., On The Table Ver., and Pieces of Pie Ver.

"One Two Three" is a new jack swing song expressing the happy emotions and heartbeat of a person falling in love.

[5] In South Korea, The Table debuted at #2 on the Gaon Music Chart,[8] selling a cumulative total of 219,477 copies.