On August 8, 2012, Zendaya signed to Hollywood Records and began writing songs for her debut album.

[2] Her debut single, "Replay", was released on July 16, 2013, produced by Mick Schultz and written by Tiffany Fred and Paul "Phamous" Shelton.

Her debut album, Zendaya, was released on September 17, 2013, and reached number 51 on the US Billboard 200.

Following this, she appeared on a radio station in Dubai and premiered a longer snippet of the song entitled "Close Up".

[6] On January 1, 2016, it was reported that Zendaya's second album would be released in February,[needs update] and be preceded by the single "Something New", featuring Chris Brown; the single was released on February 5 via Hollywood Records and Republic Records.