She personally wished for the album to become a playlist that carries one through a "life cycle of a relationship",[5] as she and co-producer Chris McClenney tried to narrow the tracklist down to 17 tracks.

While the first few tracks capture the "fluttery apprehension of a new connection", the ballads "Wreckage Room" and "Thermostat" reflect on motifs such as "conflict" and heartbreak.

A "nourishing, uplifting" track with "hip-hop instrumentation"[7] that sees another chapter of her signature "spirit of benevolence", Pitchfork writer Dylan Green awarded it "Best New Music" upon release.

[13] Writing for AllMusic, Andy Kellman praised the album as "unique in the way it examines and reflects on love with its philosophical and patient yet unconcealed perspective.

"[14] HipHopDX's Alec Siegel praised the album as "bursting with intimate details on a diorama-sized scale that loosely trace the relationship lifecycle: the boundless beginning, the comfortable middle, the abrupt end, and, crucially, the reflective aftermath.

"[18] In his review for PopMatters, Steve Horowitz described Woods' as having "a good sense of humor and engag[ing] in wordplay and childlike melodies to affect a mood or make a point.