[4] The EP's experimental pop sound divided critics and fans upon release but accrued a cult following, and has been retrospectively credited as a pioneering work in what would later be termed the hyperpop movement.

"[19] Tiny Mix Tapes wrote "this is pop music reinventing itself, reasserting its autonomy", describing Sophie's production as "like liquid metal or maybe the noise equivalent of non-Euclidean geometry.

[14] Drowned in Sound's Lee Adcock compared the EP positively to Charli's previous album Sucker, but criticized its usage of "pre-established styles of other black artists" to create "PG-rated, glittery sketches of excess bling and forbidden love".

[13] In a negative review for Pitchfork, Laura Snapes wrote that "no one is being done any favors reducing Charli XCX to a vapid cypher, particularly as it drains her vivid personality from the work".

[22] In October 2021, the site included it in their "Rescored" list, with Cat Zhang suggesting an adjustment of the EP's score from 4.5 to 7.8, retrospectively claiming that, "[a]t the time, many critics seemed to be paranoid about PC Music's motives.