[2] The song first appeared in 2011 under the title "In the Dark", in a demo form on the official promotional album sampler of True Romance.

B. David Zarley from The Line of Best Fit praised the song, describing it as "goth pop combines pop song craft and approachability with a drenching layer of dark luxuriousness", and said it "shifts from clipped vocals and pallbearer shuffling verses to a lofting, romantic hook; the entire thing is a microcosm of the microgenre, vivisected and labelled and easily consumable.

"[4] John Murphy from musicOMH said the song "will threaten to take up residence in your brain for months on end", and described it as "an [excellent] real pop nugget".

[9] Andrews has directed the music videos for several of Charli's tracks, including "Cloud Aura" and "So Far Away".

The EP includes Charli XCX's two singles released exclusively in the UK in 2011; "Stay Away" and "Nuclear Seasons".