Chloe Bailey started working on material for her first solo LP in 2019, between the Chloe x Halle albums The Kids Are Alright and Ungodly Hour. She appeared on her own in 2021, first with "Feeling Good," contributed to the compilation Liberated/Music for the Movement, Vol. 3, and followed a few months later by "Have Mercy," a track she produced with a team that included Murda Beatz. In early 2022, she was heard on "You & Me," a track off Gunna's chart-topping DS4EVER. That April, Fivio Foreign released his Top Ten album B.I.B.L.E., featuring the Chlöe collaboration "Hello." Chlöe on her own delivered "Treat Me," a Warren Oak Felder production, the same day. "Surprise" and "For the Night" (with Latto) followed later in the year. ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi