[2][3] Before the release of To Feel Alive, Uchis uploaded a video to her YouTube channel featuring snippets of demos for "Honey Baby" and "Angel", with the latter previously titled "Pablo Escobar";[4] ultimately, none of the songs were used for Por Vida.

[4] Ellen Johnson, writing for Paste classified To Feel Alive as a "stellar rendering of escapist pop",[6] while Antwane Folk from Rated R&B described it as "dreamy R&B".

[9] It consists of a brunette Uchis performing oral sex on a blonde version of herself,[10] representing the combining of styles found on Isolation and Por Vida, respectively, to form a new, more pleasurable one.

NME's Thomas Smith gave To Feel Alive a 4 out of 5 stars rating, praising Uchis' vocal performance and her decision to rerecord the demo tracks.

[4] Ramlogun Khushi of The Young Folks stated that with the EP "Uchis manages to tell a captivating love story in just a few tracks, chock full of groovy beats and colorful imagery".