Villains is the first installment of the "Versus" duology,[1] followed by Dreamcatcher's tenth EP Virtuous, which was released in July 2024.

[2][3][4] On October 21, 2023, the official Dreamcatcher X (formerly Twitter) account reposted a nine-second long screen-recording from the user "ymenehcra99" of two messages being received from a mysterious source identified only by a crown emoji.

The first official teasers for the album were released on October 31, starting with a comeback schedule, followed by individual and group concept photos, a track list, a highlight medley, a lyric spoiler video, a dance preview, and a music video teaser.

The name of the track "OOTD" is derived from the popular fashion-blogging term "outfit of the day", and the lyrics center on the concept of being "destructive and extraordinary" by being confident to the point of narcissism.

[1][7] Commercially, VillainS sold more than 117,000 copies in its first month of release, including the "POCA" versions.