In the episode, because there are problems with the storyline for the Bombshell musical about Marilyn Monroe, choreographer and director Derek Wills (Jack Davenport) and producer Eileen Rand (Anjelica Huston) seek a new direction for the show without telling songwriting duo Tom Levitt (Christian Borle) and Julia Houston (Debra Messing).
[2] Tedder made a cameo on the series in "The Coup" as himself and within the show gives the song to Karen to perform after Derek (Jack Davenport) asks him to and work on the Marilyn Monroe project for him.
[6] Sam Lansky of MTV Buzzworthy said that the song serves as a reminder "of just how killer Katharine McPhee's vocals really are as well as her not-insignificant contribution to the realm of popular music".
[7] Although Entertainment Weekly called "Touch Me" "empty, generic electro-garbage",[8] PopCrush declared it a "dancefloor-ready" number, "a slice of synth pop that finds plenty of effects lacing McPhee's vocals".
They referred to this version of Karen as "RoboMcPhee", due to the "studio treatment on her voice as she delivers parts of the sexified lyrics in robot fashion", and concluded by saying "the song evolves into an EDM epic that should have fans putting their drinks down so they can shake their things while unencumbered on the dance floor".