"[1] The process took over a year, and the duo said in a press release that "There are no soft moments on our album and that's intentional... We don't want to be background music...

"[2] Lisa Vitale said of the album title: "I kind of think of it as the signature at the end of a letter.

"[1] Newsweek called the album "a bubblegum ode to modern culture" that includes "blunt statements on politics", "a blatant Trump mention", and "deep, eerie and melancholy messages and images" that "defines" the duo "as something larger than pop as we know it".

[2] Billboard said the album features "the duo combining their danceable sound with sociopolitical themes, such as women's reproductive rights, LGBT rights and substance abuse", highlighting the line "These days got me in a slump/ White women voted for Trump" in "A-OK (Everything's Perfect)".

[3] Paper called the song "Pretty" a "dark, contemptuous take on the ennui of living in a female body", saying it "feels refreshing and rebellious".